Remark Office OMR 6.0 is a leading Windows based forms-processing software package for any paper based questionnaire, surveys, college enrolment/attendance and school tests, stock/inventory control...in fact for any paper based data capture process. The software recognizes optical marks (bubbles and checkboxes) as well as barcodes. With Remark Office OMR, you can, after designing and printing your own forms using any word processor, scan and recognize data with your image scanner and then analyze the data or export the data to the application of your choice! It's that easy! And at approx £600 it's cost-effective. Its uses are unlimited -best value analysis in local government, customer surveys, market research, any form based questionnaire, exams, enrolment and/or attendance recording in education establishments, medical record analysis, personnel records, stock/inventory control in manufacturing to name just a few major application areas. Read on for more information, or use the links to the left for product information, downloads, etc..

 

  Remark Office OMR Overview

Creating Forms
The Remark Office OMR software allows you to create your own forms using any word processor or survey design package. Forms can be printed on a laser printer, photocopied, or sent out to your local printer. We are not involved in the creation of your forms… you have the flexibility to create and duplicate as many as you need.

Training Remark to Read Your Form
Remark Office OMR is unique in that forms do not require any registration marks or drop-out inks (special printing). Because of this, you have complete flexibility over how the form is set up and where the marks are located. In order for Remark Office OMR to read these forms, users must "train" the software on the new form and create a template file for the form. Training is accomplished with the Remark Office OMR Template Editor. It is a simple procedure where the user scans a form, the software displays the image of the form, and with the mouse, the user drags "boxes" around the areas of marks and fills in some information about these areas (defines what each mark should translate into if filled in). The training session takes a few minutes per page.

Scanning Forms
The Remark Office OMR software works with an image scanner to scan and process your survey or test forms. Remark Office OMR can read OMR areas, as well as barcode information from your forms. Handwritten and typewritten areas cannot be read by the software but can be captured as image fields for later key entry by an operator. Built in exception handling easily locates and allows you to correct or verify any erroneously marked forms (i.e.- a person fills in two marks for a question, or fails to answer a question).


Data Export

Once your forms have been scanned and processed the software can save the data to one of over 30 different output formats for use with virtually any analysis package (such as SPSS, dBase, Access, Excel or Lotus 1-2-3). Remark Office OMR can even save your data to an HTML format for publishing on the Internet or to an Intranet. Or, save your data in Remark Office OMR's own format and take advantage of the software's built in analytical tools. 

Data Analysis
Remark Office OMR includes Remark Stat Pro™, which allows you to tally surveys or grade tests with the click of a button. You can tabulate your survey and then run reports such as an item analysis, item statistics or crosstabs to view your results. If you administer tests, the software can automatically grade them. For a test, you can specify an answer key, grade scale and other options, and then the software can grade the test and produce statistics and graphs representing the item analysis, frequency distribution, student scores and several other test statistics. Remark Office OMR also produces a grade report for each student which can be printed and handed back to the student.

 

 

Remark Office OMR Features

Review the following feature list to learn what Remark Office OMR can do for you ...not sure if you should upgrade from an earlier version ... then download the demo!

Feature Highlights

  • User-Friendly, Spreadsheet-Style Interface

  • Exceptional OMR (Optical Mark Sense) Recognition for Plain Paper Forms

  • Recognizes Barcodes In Any Orientation (Code 39, Codabar, and Interleaved 2 of 5)

  • Works with Forms You Create from any Popular Word Processing Package

  • Automatic Form Identification

  • Database Verification

  • Collates Double-Sided, Multi-Page Forms

  • Grades Tests & Tallies Surveys 

  • Ability to Add Question Text to Make Analysis More Useful

  • Produces Useful Reports with 3D Graphs & Charts

  • Supports Nearly All Desktop Scanners

  • Exports Data to Any Spreadsheet, Database, or Statistical Package (Over 30 Different File Formats)

  • HTML File Format for Publishing Data to the Internet or an Intranet

  • Supports Over 20 Different Image File Formats

  • On-line Error Correction & Entry of Handwritten Comments

  • Recognizes Low Quality Images

  • Batch Mode for Unattended Data Entry

  • Affordable Price £590

    Optional Annual Technical Support £145

Export Formats

You can export data to virtually any spreadsheet, database, or statistical package via one of the following data file formats.

  • Remark (RMK)

  • SPSS (SAV)

  • Survey Pro (SRV)

  • Survey System (DAT)

  • ASCII [commas] (ASC)

  • ASCII [tabs] (ASC)

  • Spreadsheet [commas]

  • Spreadsheet [tabs]

  • Lotus 1-2-3 (WKS)

  • Report (RPT)

  • DIF Files (DIF)

  • Fixed ASCII (SDF)

  • LXR Test (MRG)

  • Access 2000 (MDB)

  • Access 7.0-8.0 (MDB)

  • Access 2.0 (MDB)

  • Access 1.1 (MDB)

  • Access 1.0 (MDB)

  • CCI Assessment

  • dBase 5.0 (DBF)

  • dBase IV (DBF)

  • dBase III (DBF)

  • FoxPro 3.0 (DBF)

  • FoxPro 2.6 (DBF)

  • FoxPro 2.5 (DBF)

  • FoxPro 2.0 (DBF)

  • Excel 2000 (XLS)

  • Excel 8.0 (XLS)

  • Excel 5.0-7.0 (XLS)

  • Excel 4.0 (XLS)

  • Excel 3.0 (XLS)

  • Paradox 5.X (DB)

  • Paradox 4.X (DB)

  • Paradox 3.X (DB)

  • ODBC

  • HTML (HTM)

Statistics

Remark Quick Stats provides a detailed analysis of surveys and a complete grade report for tests:

Survey Statistics include:

  • For each item Remark Office OMR calculates: Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, Standard Error, Min, Max, Range, Median, Skewness, Kurtosis, T-Value, Percentiles, Confidence Intervals

  • For each answer choice Remark Office OMR calculates: Frequencies, Percentages, Valid Percent

  • A Comment Report displays all of the handwritten comments for any Image field on one, easy to read, report

  • Crosstabs

Test Statistics include:

  • A Grade Wizard steps you through the process of setting up an answer key, grade scale, questions points and other grading information for your test

  • For each item Remark Office OMR calculates: Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, Standard Error, Min, Max, Range, Median, Skewness, Kurtosis, T-Value, Percentiles, Confidence Intervals, P-values, Point Biserial Correlation

  • For each answer choice Remark Office OMR calculates: Frequencies, Percentages, Point Biserial

  • For each student Remark Office OMR calculates: Total score, Raw score, Grade, Z, T, ETS scores, Dev. IQ, Number correct, incorrect, unanswered

  • For the test Remark Office OMR calculates: Number of graded tests and items, Max, Min, Median, Range, Percentile scores, Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation, Confidence Intervals (1,5,95,99%), KR 20, Coefficient (Cronbach) Alpha

  • A Grade Report displays each student’s results on the test and optionally, can include an image of the student’s form

Users can select from a variety of graph types (all of which can be copied and printed):

  • Pie 

  • Bar 

  • Horizontal Bar

  • Line

  • Area

  • Point

  • Polar

  • Fast Line

  • Box and Whisker 

  • Error

  • Volume

  • Bezier

  • Radar

Image Formats

Remark Office OMR can process forms that have been saved as image files. This features allows Remark to read incoming faxes and pre-scanned forms.

  • AT&T Group 4 (ATT)

  • Brook Trout (BRK)

  • CALS Raster (CAL)

  • CIF (CIF)

  • Gem Raster (IMG)

  • Kofax (KFX)

  • Laser View (LV)

  • Macintosh Paint (MAC)

  • Macintosh Picture (PCT)

  • Microsoft Paint (MSP)

  • Multipage PCX (DCX)

  • PBM (PBM)

  • PCX

  • Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

  • Silicon Graphics (SGI)

  • Sun Raster (RAS)

  • TIFF (Uncompressed)

  • TIFF CCITT

  • TIFF CCITT G3 (1d)

  • TIFF CCITT G3 (2d)

  • TIFF CCITT G4

  • TIFF Mulitpage

  • Windows Bitmap (BMP)

  • Windows DIB (DIB)

  • Windows Metafile (WMF)

  • WordPerfect (WPG)

  • XBitmap (XBM)

  • XPixmap (XPM)

Supported Scanners

Remark Office OMR works with document imaging scanners. An automatic 
document feeder (ADF) is recommended but not required. Remark Office OMR supports most scanners currently available through one or more of the following scanner protocols:

  • TWAIN (Includes Most Commonly Available Scanners)

  • ISIS (Includes Most High-End Scanners)

  • Kofax (Includes Any Scanner Working with a Kofax Image Processing Board)

System Requirements

  • Pentium or Faster IBM-Compatible Computer

  • 32 Bit Windows.

  • 32 (or more) MB RAM

  • 100 (or more) MB Hard Disk Space 

  • Supported Scanner 

  • Mouse

  • CD-ROM Drive for Installation

  • Windows Supported Printer (optional)