Characters that can be read by persons, such as letters and numbers, as opposed to bar codes.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A character, number, or symbol printed in a font that can be read by a human; as opposed to bar code symbology that can only be read by a machine. See text. ILD Infrared laser diode. Used in some hand laser scanners to project a light beam.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Referring to the representation of the contents of a bar code symbol characterized by alphabetic and numeric characters, as well as special symbols that can be read by a human.