[ic] IC related form scanning for data entry

[N.E.S.T. Solutions]

> interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm trying to find a way to use a scanner to scan a pile of sheets 
> > containing data that needs to be put into my stores DBs.
> > 
> > Each sheet would have coordinates and rows of boxes, some 
> marked with 
> > a black dot.
> > 
> > It is almost the same as a school exam answer sheet with 
> rows of boxes 
> > where we simply mark/darken the desired box with a pencil. 
> I want to 
> > do something like as if I wanted to automate the exam 
> corrections, and 
> > send the data into mysql DBs.
> > 
> > I know how to input the data in the DB, I just don't know 
> what to use 
> > to get the data off the sheets! Any suggestions would be greatly 
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Martin H.
> 
> 
> This, while interesting, is not IC related. You'd have better 
> luck at an OCR forum, esp one with and API like I believe LEAD has:
> 
>http://support.leadtools.com/SupportPortal/cs/forums/18/ShowForum.aspx
>
>At any rate, any good OCR and a perl script to parse the data should
work, but any solution won't be 100% accurate. You 
>may want to use "zone detection", two zones being for registration, and
the rest for answers, then use imagemagik to see >whats going on with
the pixels (if that's possible) to determine what's filled in and what's
not. I wouldn't leave it to >recognition of text and numbers though, too
ify.
>
>http://support.leadtools.com/SupportPortal/cs/forums/2480/ShowPost.aspx
>
>HTH
>
> Paul Jordan
>
>Gish Network
>  Tel 626 285 7609
>  Fax Toll Free 866 401 2657
>  paul at gishnetwork.com
>


Ok thank you Paul

Martin H.