... information from sensors, bar code readers and scanners. For example a temperature sensor records the temperature and stores this data until it is downloaded onto a computer for processing. A Turnaround Document is a semi-automatic system, for example an electricity meter reading form. The computer system prints a form showing the customer details with a space to record the meter reading. The reading is written on by hand and the form is then returned to the electricity company and the new data is then added to the customer record on the computer. Automatic and Manual Data Capture Systems. Each of the methods has its advantages. An Automatic Data Capture System is faster and can be more accurate than a manual system. Also humans don't have to be present so this means that this type of data capture is useful in dangerous or inaccessible places, (e.g. nuclear reactors) A Manual Data Capture System ...

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