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What is OMR Technology

OMR refers to the technique of converting a handwritten marks into an  ASCII value. The Mark is created by filling a circle or a box on a  pre-printed form . The presence or absence of a Mark in a specific location is then converted into a value such as a selection in a multi- choice question,  the selection of one item in a list of several, or even to code a  specific numeric or alphanumeric value, such as a date using six columns of 10 boxes or name with 26 columns etc Thus, if a Mark by itself can only generate a binary choice (presence or absence), the combination of several marks arranged on a form can  provide intelligent answers to questions and be used as a fast and accurate replacement to data entry in many applications.   Basically an OMR Reader is only intelligent to accurately give the position of the marks , interpretation of marks is an important aspect and more than  often known as Template Creation .   Optical marks recognition is traditionally perfo