Optical Character Recognition software

The OMR sheets are used as answer sheets as well as forms. These sheets have a special design with index points on its four corners. These index points make it possible for the Addmen OMR software to detect the marks made on the OMR bubbles.

The OMR answer sheet checker software reads and evaluates the answers and calculates the marks too, while the OMR form reader software reads the dark marks and exports the data to an Excel sheet. In some OMR forms as well as answer sheets, there could be some pre-printed text like serial number, roll number or unique identity number. Earlier, these numbers had to be manually checked and entered. However, this is no longer needed as the OMR software also has OCR or Optical Character Recognition software.

• The ability of reading printed text comes from the fact that the Addmen OMR software possesses OCR technology. OCR or Optical Character Recognition technology enables the OMR software to read the pre-printed text on the OMR sheets.
• As the OMR software can only read dark marks, the OCR technology is used for reading pre-printed numbers like roll numbers or unique identity number, etc.
• Barcodes on OMR sheets can also be ready with the help of Optical Character Recognition Software.
• You do not have to run the scanned OMR sheets twice for the software to read the printed numbers or text on the document.
• When the OMR software reads the sheets for OMR bubble marks, the OCR technology reads the printed text at the same time. In other words, reading of the printed text does not take any extra time.

The OCR technology has reduced the number of errors which quite commonly occur when the numbers or printed text are entered manually. The presence of OCR technology in the OMR software has increased the demand for the Addmen OMR software.