machine-displayable text
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Definition
- Noun:
- Electronic text stored as a digital image: "machine-displayable text" refers to text in an electronic format that is designed to be shown on a screen or digital display. It is stored not as editable characters but as a fixed image, like a picture of text.
Usage
- This term is used in computing and digital document management to describe text that is captured or saved in a non-editable, graphical format.
- It is often contrasted with "machine-readable text," which is stored in a format that software can process, edit, or search.
Examples
- Noun:
- The scanned document was saved as machine-displayable text, making it easy to view but impossible to edit.
- Many PDFs contain machine-displayable text rather than selectable text, which can be a problem for accessibility tools.
Advanced Usage
- "Optical Character Recognition (OCR)": A technology used to convert machine-displayable text (like a scanned image) into machine-readable text (editable and searchable characters).
- We used OCR software to transform the machine-displayable text from the old book scans into a searchable digital archive.
Variants and Related Words
- Machine-readable text (n): Electronic text stored in a format that a computer can process, edit, and analyze directly (e.g., plain text, HTML). This is the key contrasting term.
- Digital image (n): A broader category that includes pictures, graphics, and text saved in an image format (e.g., JPEG, PNG, TIFF).
Synonyms
- Rasterized text: Text that has been converted into a grid of pixels.
- Image-based text: Text that exists as part of a digital image.
Related Concepts
- Accessibility issue: Machine-displayable text often poses challenges for screen readers used by visually impaired individuals, as the software cannot interpret the text within the image.
- The website's use of machine-displayable text in its graphics created significant accessibility issues.
Noun
- electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image