Which is a way to read input from a source document with an optical scanner rather than off the magnetic media?
A) mark sense forms
B) punch out forms
C) optical character recognition (OCR)
D) bar codes

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Optical character recognition (OCR) is a technology that enables a computer to read printed or handwritten text documents and convert them into digital text. This is done by using an optical scanner that analyzes the document and converts it into a digital image, which is then processed by OCR software that extracts the text from the image. Mark sense forms, punch out forms, and bar codes are other methods of input, but they do not involve optical scanning to convert the text from the source document.

Which Is a Way to Read Input from a Source