摘要 |
<p>Postal item e.g. envelope 10 is provided with a pre-printed address panel 11 for completion by the sender. The panel 11 has a series of frames (Figure 2) arranged in rows to guide the sender in writing characters and/or numerals of an address. Optical character recognition can be used to electronically read or scan the alphanumeric characters to facilitate automated handling and delivery of the item. Blind people may be provided with pre-printed self-adhesive braille characters for attachment to a postal item.</p> |