FormScanner

FormScanner is a useful Java-based application that can help you scan multiple-choice forms, to make grading faster and less exhausting. It provides OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) capabilities and, provided Microsoft Excel is installed on your system, can save the results to CSV spreadsheets.

You can create a template from any image file of your choice that contains corner markers. The application supports the following formats: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG and WBMP.

You can then select the field type, specify whether the answers are multiple choice, as well as indicate the number of responses for each question.

Finally, you can verify that the program has correctly detected the corners of the provided image file, then save your newly created template.

If you need to increase the quality of the scanning process, it is possible to modify various scanning settings, to increase detection accuracy.

For example, you can alter the threshold value, which defines how the program distinguishes black from white pixels.

You can modify the density value, which indicates the percentage of pixels adjacent to the one being analyzed that need to be the same color for it to be considered black.

FormScanner features an ungainly interface, as it can be difficult to manage all the various windows you need to work with. Visually, the program also appears rather outdated.

It would help if the application offered detailed instructions and documentation, as the only way to understand the program's functions is to follow online tutorials, which some users may not have access to.

Overall, FormScanner is a useful Optical Mark Recognition tool, designed to help you easily scan and mark multiple-choice exams. It may, however, be difficult for some users to get to grips with its functions, as it is not particularly intuitive and lacks adequate documentation.