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7:03
June 1, 2009


gianniskpf

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Hello. Can someone recommend me some of the available software for questionnaire scanning purposes? I'm familiar with mrScan and mrPaper by SPSS. I also found KeyPoint Scanning by Speedwell and something like Remark OMR (i'm not sure this is the correct name of the product). I don't know if the above are suitable for what i'm looking for, but i thought i'd give it a try asking. I'm interested in scanning paper survey questionnaires into a pc and, if possible, enter the data into SPSS in order to use it. I would appreciate any answers


Thank you


P.S. I am sorry if this topic already exists, but i'm new!

11:54
June 1, 2009


jonathan

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Hello!

We've actually considered implementing something like OCR into our service, but while it poses a potential technological interest for us, we just haven't had enough customer demand to implemented and release a working version of such a feature.

Jonathan Turk, SurveyGizmo Account Manager
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4:06
June 2, 2009


gianniskpf

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Post edited 11:09 – June 2, 2009 by gianniskpf


First of all thank you for your reply


I think i have misunderstood the subjects of this forum. I thought it was an open forum where one can post any question he had about survey software, and i hadn't realised that it concerns surveygizmo provided material. If it is possible, i would appreciate it if someone could inform me about the generally available software that i can install on a pc. I have this task for my school to find and “compare” programs for questionnaire scanning, in order to find a way to enter scan data into SPSS and work.


Thank you again, and sorry for the inconvenience

9:31
June 2, 2009


jonathan

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Post edited 4:31 – June 2, 2009 by jonathan


Don't even worry, I'm happy to help whether you use our service or not. I know what its like having a project and a timeline. :-)


My personal favorite place to look up topics like this is Wikipedia – I found the Wikipedia page on OCR (Optical Character Recognition – the ability to “scan” in questionnaires) The page gives alot of good information about the technology and history, but most important for you, has a great list of available software, as well as limited information about each one, with links to more in depth information.


I think this might be exactly what you're looking for:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O…..ecognition


I hope this helps!

Jonathan Turk, SurveyGizmo Account Manager
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10:48
June 2, 2009


gianniskpf

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I can assure you it helped a lot! I agree with you on Wikipedia, but, as a Greek i had some trouble translating exactly what i was looking for into, well, Optical Character Recognition, so it was kinda difficult. At least now i have a basis to search futher.


Thanks again



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