COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HARDWARE

INPUT DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This device converts the text on a scanned image or photograph into text that can either be edited or looked up in a database.
A
Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
B
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
C
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
D
Concept Keyboard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -OCR stands for “Optical Character Recognition.” It is a technology that recognizes text within a digital image. It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents and images. OCR software can be used to convert a physical paper document, or an image into an accessible electronic version with text.

Detailed explanation-2: -Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process that converts an image of text into a machine-readable text format. For example, if you scan a form or a receipt, your computer saves the scan as an image file.

Detailed explanation-3: -Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software can convert scanned documents in an image format into editable documents. You can use this software to edit scanned documents using a PDF or word processing application.

Detailed explanation-4: -OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition/Reader. MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition/Reader. OCR can scan any kind of printed text. MICR scan specific formats present in a cheque.

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