Direct Input devices

Card Readers:

           

1. Magnetic Stripe Reader

Details about bank accounts are stored on a magnetic stripe.

2. Chip and Pin Reader

 Chip and Pin Reader require the  correct identification number to be entered.

Information  on a card`s chip is more secure than on magnetic stripe.

they have a tiny ‘chip’ of computer memory embedded inside them. 

3. Contactless card readers

Reading text and /codes:




Optical Mark Reader(OMR)

    They can read the shaded  areas on lotto tickets.

They can read the shaded areas on multiple choice tests

Optical Character Reader(OCR)

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR)