Its called a MRZ code or Machine Readable Zone which is encoded in alphanumeric OCR. There are plenty of scanners on Amazon and other sources that support the format for IDs/Passports/DLs etc. Try Google the keywords above that should get you started. On 11/21/14, Michael Pedersen via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Skunks.
On the backside of ID-cards the bottom section is a code essentially summing up the details of the id-card. Anyone know what the name of the format it's "encoded" in - and if there are commercial hardware readers that can read it ?
.. Mike
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