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Optical and Intelligent
Character Recognition
OCR technology is predominantly used in payment
processing applications found in most financial institutions,
accounting departments, and at point of sale counters.
These transaction readers scan relatively short character
streams such as an account number at the bottom of
a check. OCR is a proven and widely used technology
but is slowly being replaced with new ICR applications.
Several hardware and software solutions exist for ICR
applications that can convert either text or handwritten
information. Hand held ICR readers can convert text
into Windows based programs simply by striping a line
of text. Several ICR applications can translate whole
pages of text into computer-readable data. Some ICR
applications even specialize in automatically scanning
business cards into an easy-to-use address and phone
database. The more advanced ICR applications store,
manage, and find electronic information among directories
or even whole volumes. Documents are scanned and easily
accessed in this advanced document retrieval system.
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