Input

OCR reader:

• May be a scanner used to read magnetic characters, as in a cheque or
• May be a scanner designed to recognise single characters either type written or handwritten. This is used to read addresses on envelopes in automatic postal sorting systems.

Use

• Type-written or handwriting character recognition. Used to read addresses on envelopes in automatic postal sorting systems
• Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR): used on cheques etc

• Characters are created in a particular type style which can be read by humans and OC readers.
• Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) characters of a particular style readable by humans and made of iron oxide are passed through a strong magnetic field to become magnetised and then under a read head so that the data can be transferred to the computer