De-skew

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• A process where the computer detects and corrects the skew in an image file.^[1]

• The process of straightening skewed (off-center) images. De-skewing is one of the image enhancements that can improve OCR accuracy. Documents often become skewed when they are scanned or faxed.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^  RSI, Glossary.
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.