OCR (optical character recognition) is a function of a scanner system for a computer used to take paper documents (or what have you) with writing on them and convert it to a format that a PC can read and edit.
This, because it's a function of a scanner, makes it an "input" device.
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Yes, OCR or Optical Character Recognition is an input device.
input device
The function of OCR, input device is to scan the characters on the page, one by one and then compares them with characters stored in the computer's memory.
A device that reads OCR.
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What is a device that transfers hard copies to a computer
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is used in a variety of situations. Businesses that receive a large quantity of mail that needs to be input to a computer, then archived (such as a bank or building society) - use OCR to scan incoming mail. This saves the time and man-hours that a human would take to manually input the data. Another use - would be to read a book to a blind person.
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It is an input device.
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition, and it's software to recognize the actual words in a scanned image. A scanner only copies the image it sees, it can't understand what the characters mean in a text image and that's what OCR s'ware is for. You teach the s'ware what each character represents (if it can't recognize it right away), and then it can be edited in a text editor program, like Notepad or Word. Now the answer to your Q is in the reply, both input and output.
it is an input device