All about OCR Files

The OCR file type is primarily associated with Subtitle Workshop.

OCR	File extension: OCR
	File type:	script

What is an OCR file?

OCR files mostly belong to Subtitle Workshop by URUWorks. An OCR file contains a script created by Subtitle Workshop movie subtitle editor. The OCR script contains key-value pairs and regular expressions which Subtitle Workshop uses to find and replace errors in subtitle documents generated using optical character recognition technology. Another type of OCR file is an index which ORBIT GIS framework uses to access resources and assets internally. OCR is also the filename extension of a transcribed text document which FAX Grabber optical character recognition software has generated from a fax document. This fax format is obsolete.

How to open OCR files

You need a suitable software like Subtitle Workshop to open an OCR file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your OCR file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a OCR file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert OCR files:

Subtitle Workshop by URUWorks
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. OCR files are often referred to as Subtitle Workshop miscs because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Notepad (fax document) by Microsoft
Notepad is a plain text editor that is built into Windows operating system. It can read an OCR file containing the text content of a fax document transcribed by FAX Grabber (which is now discontinued). This file format is classified as Simple text file.

OCR file format details:

Every file has a defined file format, i.e. how the data is arranged in the file. A file format is determined by the file extension and signature, so JPEG images have the extension .jpg and the first bytes in the file are ÿØÿ. Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. So you need a detailed analysis of a file to find out the format and the associated program. Our examination of the OCR files comes to the following conclusion:

The OCR file extension is not widely used. Such a file has no uniform or dominant file format. The two most popular formats are as follows:

10% of all OCR files use the same file format, which have the signature 01 01 . These files contain text and words, not binary data. The files are 1 KB to 9 KB in size, with a median of 5 KB. The files contain the following words: GGGG, BTL MGT, CDA HQ DET BORDEN, R AND D and R AND QSS. Such files are related to post, move and instr.
7% of all OCR files save the data in PDF file format. PDF is short for Portable Document Format, is a file format to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The average file size is 59 MB with most files being between 17 KB and 65 MB in size.

All other OCR files (83%) have different formats. Tagged as shiftjis, basiccn or tiers. You can get all the details of your OCR file by dragging it onto this page or by clicking the button "Choose your .ocr file to analyze" above.

Technical Data for OCR File Extension

File classification:

Misc

Related files:

mc3, orc, pdf, docx, jpg, jpeg, txt, ssa, pyw, jsf

an ocr script is a special file format by URUWorks and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with OCR files

Associate the OCR file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open scripts. Because only the current version supports the latest OCR file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the URUWorks manufacturer website after an available Subtitle Workshop update.
To make sure that your OCR file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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