Technology in

Special Education
O p t ic a l C ha ra c ter Reco gnit ion (O CR )
By Raigen Huss
EDU 214
Optical Character
Recognition
Optical Character Recognition, or OCR as I’ll be
calling it for the rest of this presentation, lets
blind students scan books and other print to have
i t i nte rpre t e d us ing “sy nthe ti c o r di git al spe e ch”
as the article calls it, meaning a generated voice.
 How is OCR
Used?
The device is portable and can be attached
t o a c o m p u t e r o r s c a n n e r. T h e s t u d e n t s i m p l y
places the text they would like read on the
scanner and it will read it to them.
Pros and Cons
of OCR

Pros:
Cons:

•E a s y t o u s e •C a n n o t r e a d

•S t u d e n t c a n handwritten

“read” material

independently •M o r e e x p e n s i v e

•P o r t a b l e than Braille
computer
technology
 Reviews of OCR Devices

Click here for a review of various

Click here for a YouTube review
forms of OCR by the Electronics
of the Scanmaker Wireless Scan
and Communications
Pen by The Deal Guy
Department at KL University
This is a handheld OCR device. The device plugs into a
computer and the computer will read the words out loud.
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