OCR reads text out of scanned pages and photos so it becomes searchable and editable. It is a building block of document AI.
In practice, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) shows up across many AI tools. Below are 8 tools where the idea is useful - open any to see it applied.
Unified lakehouse platform for data engineering, analytics and AI
Microsoft business intelligence service with Copilot-assisted reporting
Visual analytics platform known for exploratory drag-and-drop charting
Open-source BI platform you can self-host with SQL-first dashboards
Train and run machine learning models inside BigQuery using SQL
Fast chart and map publishing built for newsrooms and reports
Template-driven storytelling visuals and animated data presentations
Collaborative notebook and app workspace with AI-assisted analysis