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From: SXNAHM%bbng@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re:  OCR and Checks
Message-ID: <1979@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 10:40:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1979
Posted: Thu Jun  9 10:40:00 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jun-83 21:22:10 EDT
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I have also heard that some banks have discontinued returning
checks, however my bank still does.  Some that do not return
the actual check return a facsimile of the check.  Recognition
Equipment shows one such system that uses a laser printer in
the literature I received from them.  This might still be usable
for OCR input.

Also, I would think that there will always be some conservative
bankers somewhere who will return checks.  If there is a move
afoot to discontinue this practice *entirely* I would like to
hear about it.

In any case, OCR can be applied to more applications than the
check reading example I used.  If it can be done on your basic
micro cheaply, I'm sure people will find ways to use this 
powerful input device.

Steve