The 6500 OCR Reader is among the most versatile data entry tools available. As a low-cost alternative to keyboard data entry, this character reader helps avoid payment processing delays, data entry errors, and repetitive stress injuries. This all-in-one unit has the ability to quickly scan characters and bar codes. The 6500 Reader can be ordered with a hand held wand for versatile scanning of short fields or selective scanning from a form or menu.  For longer scan lines, the tabletop slot version integrates a slot for OCR with an adjustable read head.

Processing is done in the USB driver inside the PC, allowing it to appear as keyboard data, sending keystrokes along with hand-typed data. The readers can be programmed to emulate the operator keystrokes necessary to flow data into any application.

• Fonts: OCR-A, OCR-B, E13-B, Arial, Times New Roman, Courier, handprint, and U.S. currency
• Up to 300 characters per second with over 99.99995% accuracy on ANSI Y-Grade media
• Interface via USB
• Linear barcodes: Interleaved 2 of 5, Code39, Code128, Codabar, UPC A, UPC E, EAN13, EAN8
• Image Preprocessing: smoothing, thickening, thinning, thres-holding, character size and length limits
• Password Protected settings
• Startup with user specified settings
• Debug screen for configuration tuning
• manual configuration file editor
• Image Archiving - save image to file
• Validation and formatting processing
• Keyboard emulation output or output to databases via script languages

• Auto-discrimination between multiple document definitions
• Special processing for travel documents: passports, Visas, ID cards
• Fully programmable through on-screen software for: preamble, post amble, character output codes, inter-character delay, inter-message delay, input field, validation, check digit verification, data suppression, character insertion, field move, character translation, zone definitions and more
• Programmable audio/visual confirmation of read
• Customer supplied sound files for audio prompt
• Decode image files on disk
• Bring to front keystroke target window
• Calculate eight different kinds of check digits
• Read image upside down or right side up
• Detect spaces between characters
• Multiple Line decoding