The OMR full form is Optical Mark Recognition. OMR recognizes marks made by humans on specifically printed paper or journals used in studies, surveys, etc. It is commonly used in situations when a large number of applicants apply and to analyze data with consistency and speed. The OMR reader can read the OMR sheet.
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The OMR sheet is scanned by an OMR device equipped with a scanner that focuses a light beam on the form paper and finds areas of minimum light transmission, i.e. marked areas reflecting less light than blank zones. It has an error rate of less than one percent.
Applications of OMR
Several OMR applications are listed below:
- Surveys
- Insurance and Banking applications
- Examinations
- Election
- Evaluation & Feedback form
Benefits of OMR
- Previously, OMR systems required a specific type of paper, ink, and input reader, which limited the questions that could be answered.
- Now, OMR sheets can be prepared in whichever format is required.
- Testing takes less than five milliseconds on average.
- In OMR forms, responses can be entered utilizing marks such as circles, squares, and ellipses.
Restrictions of OMR
- Large amounts of text cannot be collected, as this would complicate the results.
- In the case of a large text, data may be lost.
Only MCQs (multiple choice questions) are favorable.
