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Why is an OCR an input device?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

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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