Normally banks process checks by putting them through an optical scanner, which reads the account number.

Per unit, the cost of optical scanners is about $1,000 more than a typical touch-screen machine.

She pulled on her surveillance helmet with its portable bridge of optical scanners.

The optical scanners provide a fast count and use paper ballots, essential in case of a recount.

That ideal will probably never come to pass because the optical scanners cannot read most handwriting.

He then used an optical scanner to electronically transfer these and other photos to the Web site.

It had been his idea to take the optical scanner apart and use it as a weapon.

Duke pulled cover from the optical scanner and clicked on the power.

Counties need only one optical scanner for each precinct, compared with several computerized systems.

The paper will be fed into an optical scanner that can read and tabulate the votes.