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Marsden, Jim – School Business Affairs, 1993
Desktop scanners can be used with a software technology called optical character recognition (OCR) to convert the text on virtually any paper document into an electronic form. OCR offers educators new flexibility in incorporating text into tests, lesson plans, and other materials. (MLF)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Computer Peripherals, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
