OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. This is a process of converting text into a machine readable codes. Unicode incorporated these OCR symbols in version 1.1 under the range 2440 to 245F.
Alt Code Shortcuts for OCR Symbols
You can insert the OCR symbols using alt code shortcuts in Windows and option code shortcuts in Mac.
- On Windows documents, press and hold one of the alt keys and type the decimal code in the third column of the below table using numeric keypad.
- On Mac documents, press and hold one of the option keys and type the hexadecimal numbers in last column of the below table. However, you should change the keyboard input method to Unicode Hex Input for this to work.
| Symbol | Description | Windows Alt Code | Mac Alt code |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⑀ | OCR Hook | Alt + 9280 | Option + 2440 |
| ⑁ | OCR Chair | Alt + 9281 | Option + 2441 |
| ⑂ | OCR Fork | Alt + 9282 | Option + 2442 |
| ⑃ | OCR Inverted Fork | Alt + 9283 | Option + 2443 |
| ⑄ | OCR Belt Buckle | Alt + 9284 | Option + 2444 |
| ⑅ | OCR Bow Tie | Alt + 9285 | Option + 2445 |
| ⑆ | OCR Branch Bank Identification (MICR) | Alt + 9286 | Option + 2446 |
| ⑇ | OCR Amount Of Check (MICR) | Alt + 9287 | Option + 2447 |
| ⑈ | OCR Dash (MICR) | Alt + 9288 | Option + 2448 |
| ⑉ | OCR Customer Account Number (MICR) | Alt + 9289 | Option + 2449 |
| ⑊ | OCR Double Backslash | Alt + 9290 | Option + 244A |
MICR Codes
The above shortcuts for OCR symbols also contains symbols used in Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR). You can see these MICR symbol codes in the bottom portion of the bank cheques. Below is an sample cheque image from Wikipedia showing the MICR code at the bottom.
Banks use code reader to segregate the cheques based on the issuing bank and send to the corresponding bank branches for clearance.
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