Functions of the OMR

OMR. 'Optical mark recognition' is the process of capturing data by contrasting reflectivity at predetermined positions on a page. By shining a beam of light ...

OMR is a technology wherein a scanned image of a paper having checkboxes or bubbles is subjected to a process of determining the marked/unmarked status of each of the checkboxes/bubbles contained in the image. The processor may be a hardware device such as an OMR scanner OR software such as SmartOMR.

Whereas, OCR. Optical character recognition, is the mechanical or electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text.