OMR Software Vs OMR Scanner

Addmen OMR software solution

Cost Effectiveness

The OMR scanning software comes with many advantages and as a convenient replacement to the old OMR scanners. First point to note – priced at just about 10% of the cost of scanners and with no maintenance cost associated, OMR scanning is significantly cost-efficient with the software solution. Needless to say, software solutions are immortal and any sort of maintenance or upgrade can be done from remote server locations. Additional costs incurred otherwise due to limitations of paper quality and personnel assistance are effectively curbed.

International Deployment

OMR software solutions can be deployed at multiple locations with ease, and you simply need to pay a small amount to purchase the licenses. Scanning and evaluation are two different modules. OMR test sheets collected from the candidates can be scanned from multiple locations and the collected raw data sent a central server location for analytical processing and evaluations. This facilitates convenient conduction of international exams and greatly enhances the speed of processing of results and merit lists.

Performance

Addmen OMR software solutions used to scan OMR sheets and forms come with built-in aligner modules that auto-corrects skewed images and tilted OMR scans. Need for rescanning almost never arises, and all scans are properly read, ensuring seamless collection of bulk data. Processing the results and generating reports are a lot quicker with the SQL based software solutions, and the results can be exported into formats for interpretation and evaluations.

OMR Machine based solution

Cost Effectiveness

OMR Scanning machines cost around Rs. 200,000 for a well-configured model. Also, depreciation is a term associated with hardware solutions. An OMR scanner is subject to wear and tear as it require continuous physical handling, and environmental factors such as dust, heat, and dampness also add up to its age. Amendments and upgrades demand physical customizations of the scanner parts.

 International Deployment

Today, with the growing need for conducting examinations on a greater magnitude, physical deployment of the traditional OMR scanners at every data processing center on an international scale is but an expensive solution.

 

Performance

Traditional machine based form/sheet scanning solutions come with a set of limitations. OMR scanners are slow in operation for a start, and often face difficulty reading sheets of certain paper color, thickness or quality. Tilted or misaligned sheets are likely to be rejected, which calls for rescanning. Whereas, these are not parameters that affect the performance of the sheet scanning software.