1.   The data is captured by an optical scanner.

2.   Using this method, the input device is an optical scanner, which captures the image as a pixel representation.

3.   Although the gray mass of glyphs is intended to be meaningless to the average office worker, the encoded information can be read easily by an optical digital scanner.

4.   Five of the companies are seeking approval for the ATM-styled touchscreen system and two are seeking certification for optical scanners.

5.   Five of the companies are seeking approval for the ATM-styled touch-screen system and two are seeking certification for optical scanners.

6.   His tools are optical scanners, sophisticated statistical analysis and computers linked to worldwide tree ring data banks.

7.   Instead, it reads the surface of a table or desk using an optical scanner, moving the mouse cursor on your screen in concert.

8.   In the Volusia case, election officials improperly marked absentee ballots with a black felt-tip pen to more easily recount them with an optical scanner.

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

10.   Punch cards here, optical scanners there, paper ballots and curtained booths fading away, touch-screen technology looming.