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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Cheque]]
* [[Magnetic ink character recognition]]
* [[Magnetic ink character recognition]]

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(OCR).

Technical process that allows written text to be converted into an electronic format by the use of computer-scanning technology.

It is used to capture electronically information on cheques and other paper-based documents and is similar to magnetic ink character recognition (MICR).


See also