Optical Mark Reader (OMR)

Have you ever looked closely at the National Lottery ticket selection form?

Or have you ever had to do a multiple choice test at school where you had to use a pencil to show your answer (like our picture on the right)?

But really you must have filled the UNEB school choice selection by shading or ticking some choices for a course or a college.  

                                                                                         

These forms are scanned by a special piece of equipment called an 'Optical Mark Reader' (OMR). they detect the presence of your pencil mark by reflecting light onto it. Less light is reflected where a mark has been made.

 

The OMR then interprets the pattern of marks and sends the results to the computer for storage, analysis and reporting.