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Evaluator
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Frequently
Asked questions
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(FAQ)
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| Purpose |
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of this document is to provide answers to Frequently asked Questions or
queries related to Evaluator 2.0 software and other related topics.
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| Confidentiality |
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contains proprietary information of Veltronics India Pvt. Ltd. No part of this
document may be reproduced, stored, copied, or transmitted in any form or by
means electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the express
consent of Veltronics India Pvt. Ltd.
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FAQ – Evaluator 2.0
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following list of Frequently Asked Questions applies to evaluator 2.0 and
has been broken down into several categories. Locate the category to which
your question applies (links for the categories are listed alphabetically):
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OCR, ICR and OMR
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Evaluator
2.0
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Precautions/Prerequisite
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Scanning/Storing
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Viewing/Printing/Exporting
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Technical
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Service and Procedures
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Correct answer/Marking
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Misclleneous
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Purchase/License/Fees
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| 1.OCR,
ICR and OMR |
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| What
does OCR stand for? |
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OCR
stands for Optical Character Recognition. This term is typically used for
general character recognition which includes the transformation of anything
humanly readable to machine manipulatable representation.
In
this context the task of character recognition involves understanding of
machine printed characters and handwritten characters. There have been
significant advances in the former and the bulk of software available for
automation is geared towards the recognition of machine printed character
recognition
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| What
does OMR stand for? |
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stands for Optical Mark Reader or Recognition OMR is used to read forms which
have variable size field entries and the entry can be in form of a check mark,
a cross, or some scribble. These forms include but are not restricted to
automated entry sheets where the user needs to fill in an oval shape with a
number 2 pencil. OMR usually needs a blank form and a definition of entry
zones, then the OMR detects marks in the scanned image and classifies them
accordingly. |
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| ICR
stand for Intelligent Character Recognition. ICR is usually considered to be
the extension of OCR which explicitly includes handwritten characters. There
are a large number of research efforts in this field and does not seem to be
ending anytime soon. Most working testbeds work on limited vocabulary and clean
handwriting. A robust mechanism does not exist to perform this task
effectively. However there are a large number of publications and test images
which are available for further research.
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2.
Evaluator 2.0
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| What
is Evaluator 2.0?
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| What
is purpose of using Evaluator 2.0?
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| What
are the advantages of Evaluator 2.0 over others OMR Form Processing
software?
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| What
are the functions of Evaluator 2.0?
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| What
are deliverables of Evaluator 2.0? |
| What
are site requirements of using Evaluator 2.0? |
| How
many clients are till now of Evaluator 2.0?
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| How
is Evaluator 2.0 different from the traditional OMR reading systems? |
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| What
is Evaluator 2.0? |
| Evaluator
2.0 – A window Based Forms processing software for data collection, Processing
and Verification of answer sheets and application forms (available soon),
recognizes optical marks (bubble and checkboxes), with form printing options
others inbuilt features |
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| What
is purpose of using Evaluator 2.0? |
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Used
for Printing of Answer sheets for Objective test / Exams,
Processing of scanned Images and Extract data / Generate result
Processing of Application forms
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| What
are the advantages of Evaluator 2.0 over others OMR Form Processing software? |
| Advantages
of EVALUATOR 2.0: |
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Highly Suitable for Indian Environment
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Low
Operational cost, Lowest Recurring Cost, Simplicity in use etc
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Minimum or no data entry
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User Friendly/GUI Based
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Extract all data from scanned images
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15 most popular Answer sheets
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Reliable and stable design
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100 Installation across India
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In depth R&D resulted in Evaluator 2.0, Future
Upgrades will be available
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Processing of Application form is under development
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No need of Specific OMR, OMR expertise
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Saves Rs. 2 per sheet processed *
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OMR Sheets for OMR Readers will cost Rs. 3 each while Normal
Offset Print will cost only Sixty Five paise - Almost the cost of Normal paper
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No vendor Dependencies
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Does not need any specific OMR readers
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Does not need any Alignment
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Works with Any TWAIN compatible scanners.
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Scanning Requirement 100 DPI / B&W
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Very fast, cost effective, efficient
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Adaptability for Future devices and Plug and play features
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Excellent after sales service
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| What
are the functions of Evaluator 2.0? |
| Evaluator
2.0 is integrated OMR Form Processing software covering all the functions with
No/Minimum data entry in the following areas:
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Answer
sheet formatting – Modifying and printing
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Correct
answers from scanned sheets/entered manually
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Marking
of answers
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Options
for bonus and negative marks
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Image
settings (setting of scanned answer sheets)
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Processing
of answer sheets Images
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Maintaining
database
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Generating
results and reports
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Generating
graphs
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Maintaining
student details and performances
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Class
and batch management
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Other
setting options
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Extract
data form application forms and print reports
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| What
are deliverables of Evaluator 2.0? |
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EVALUATOR 2.0:
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Software
CD and Lic.
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Product
Manuals
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FAQ
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Support
Manual
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Sample
answer sheets
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SRS
and Project Documentation (Optional)
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Help
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| What
are site requirements of using Evaluator 2.0? |
Site
Requirement For EVALUATOR 2.0:
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Any
Standard Pentium 4 based Computer System
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With
Win 98/NT/2000/XP
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256
MB RAM, 40 GB HDD
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LASER
Printer
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HP
or equivalent Scanner with ADF
Uninterrupted Power Supply (Optional)
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| How
many clients are till now of Evaluator 2.0? |
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Client List EVALUATOR 2.0 :
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Professional
Tutorials, Indore
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Vidhya
Sagar, Bombay
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Resonance,
Kota
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Vidhya
Mandir, Bombay
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Anil
Abhyankar, Indore
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Himanshu
Joshi, Bhopal
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Mr.
Maheshwari, Bhopal
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Professional
Examination Board, Bhopal
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And
many more……
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| How
is Evaluator 2.0 different from the traditional OMR reading systems? |
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For
the past 20-30 years, many tasks that were once performed in hardware have been
solved more efficiently in software. This is just another one of those tasks.
In
2001, Veltronics released the first version of the Evaluator software
package. Evaluator 2.0 works
with an image scanner. Specialized, dedicated equipment is not necessary. Since
the software has some intelligence, it does not require forms to fit stringent
specifications.. Forms can be printed on a laser printer and duplicated with a
offset Printer. It is much more flexible and economical than a traditional
hardware based approach.
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Precautions/Prerequisite |
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| What
will happen if students make marks on the OMR forms using a pen? |
| Which
types of desktop operating systems are usually supported?
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| How
much disk space does an imaging system typically require?
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| What
if my database is too big to fit in one data volume? |
How
much total RAM does imaging software require?
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| What
will happen if students make marks on the OMR forms using a pen? |
| Nothing,
in the sense that the form will be read by the machine. However, if a mistake
is made, it is impossible for the student to erase the error. It is possible,
but not trivial or entirely reliable, for staff to correct such errors. It is
for this reason that students are instructed to use pencil.
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| Which
types of desktop operating systems are usually supported?
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imaging systems have client applications that can run as Windows applications
on Windows 98, and Windows NT or higher versions.
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| How much disk space does an
imaging system typically require? |
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the rapid drop in prices for hard drives and optical media, it costs much less
to store documents on an imaging system than with paper. A single page
typically occupies around 946KB of disk space, the image is stored in .bmp
format. Each gigabyte (GB) of storage space (which costs only a few hundreds of
Rs.) will hold approximately Fifteen thousands
Answer sheets / Application pages.
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| What
if my database is too big to fit in one data volume? |
| A high-end imaging system will allow
data and images to be stored across multiple volumes, with each volume residing
in a different directory or on a different drive, disk array, CD or MO disk. |
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| How much total RAM does
imaging software require? |
| 256MB or more. |
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Scanning/Storing |
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| What
types of scanners are suited?
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are the Scanning requirements?
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| What
is the standard format used to store images? |
What are
the most common hardware and software scanner interfaces?
What image resolution should I use?
Can I use any Other Image Resolutions? |
| How
are “skewed” images handled?
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| What
types of scanners are suited? |
| Require
no special scanner or hardware device. Any type of scanner TWAIN Compatible can
be used.
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| What
are the Scanning requirements? |
| Requirements
for image scanning to be used for OMR are:
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Output
Resolution:
100
dpi
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Color
Mode:
Black
and White
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Threshold
value:
160-165
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Paper
size:
A4
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| What
is the standard format used to store images? |
| .BMP
files.
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| What are
the most common hardware and software scanner interfaces? |
| TWAIN
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| What
image resolution should I use? |
| 100
dpi. |
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I use any Other Image Resolutions?
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| NO,
Evaluator 2.0 can process only Black & white images scanned at 100 Dpi.
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| How
are “skewed” images handled? |
| Skewed
(crooked or tilted) images can adversely affect the accuracy of the OMR
process, so an imaging system should include software that recognizes skewed
images and compensates for them. This is particularly important when scanning
press cuttings on a flat bed scanner or when scanning documents through a
worn-out or poorly-designed ADF (automatic document feeder). Evaluator 2.0
Handles this situation intelligently and the software solutions has built in
features to correct skew and rotation.
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Viewing/Printing/Exporting |
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| How
can I get printed answer sheets? Do you provide? How much do you charge
for printing answer sheets? |
| How
are forms designed? |
| How
can I export data? |
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can I get printed answer sheets? Do you provide? How much do you charge for
printing answer sheets? |
| We
are software developers. But looking into customer difficulties we can provide
you answer sheet / Application forms printed from a printing company according
to your need, with maximum accuracy and Lowest cost as possible.. |
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| How
are forms designed? |
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can design forms as per your need. |
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| How
can I export data? |
| Evaluator
2.0 has optional feature of exporting data to Most popular format. |
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Technical |
| How
accurate or reliable is an Evaluator 2.0?
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| What
is the percentage of accuracy? How does it compare with the accuracy percentage
published by other companies?
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| How
fast is the OCR process? |
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accurate or reliable is an Evaluator 2.0? |
| Much
better than human beings for sure. Given the same form to scan repeatedly, one
can expect less than one error in each million boxes scanned. Evaluator 2.0 have
been used to capture data from Answer sheets, an application where great
emphasis is placed on accuracy and reliability. |
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| What
is the percentage of accuracy? How does it compare with the accuracy percentage
published by other companies?
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| Evaluator
2.0 software is as accurate, or in many real world applications, more accurate
than traditional OMR readers. However, we do not claim any specific accuracy
percentage like the 99.99% accuracy number that others publish. This is not a
real number. It is derived from scanning a set of perfectly filled in forms. In
reality, you will never be processing a set of perfectly filled in forms!
These
forms can be filled with pen or pencil. Of course, if respondents filled in
every bubble with a high degree of accuracy, everyone would be happy… but this
does not happen.
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| How
fast is the OCR process? |
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133 MHz Pentium generally needs about 6 seconds per page, while a 450 MHz
Pentium II will take about 2-3 seconds per page. |
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Service
and Procedures
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| What
is the Warranty of the Product?
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| What
about support after warranty period? |
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| What
is the Warranty of the Product? |
| Evaluator
2.0 is supplied with One year Free support . the nearest reseller will provide
you the support in case of requirement.
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| What
about support after warranty period? |
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Warranty if required the AMC will be 10%, How ever free telephonic and Email
support will be provided.
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Correct answer/Marking |
| How
can we mark correct answer?
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| How
can I get correct answer from scanned sheets? |
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| How
can we mark correct answer?
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can mark correct answer in two ways; one by entering it from keyboard or you
can directly put correct answer from a correct answer scanned sheet.
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| How
can I get correct answer from scanned sheets?
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| Scanned
the correct answer filled sheet, select
and get automatically filled correct answers.
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Misclleneous |
| Do
you release software updates? How do I know if one is available?
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| If
power is fail during the evaluation of the O.M.R answer sheet |
| If
power is fail during the Scanning of the O.M.R answer sheet
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| If
current database is corrupted
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| Do
you release software updates? How do I know if one is available? |
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Development and refinement in the software is regular feature and thus the
changes in the software will be done periodically and intimated to the
registered user as and when the upgrade is available along with technical /
commercial details if any.
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| If
power is fail during the evaluation of the O.M.R answer sheet |
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should delete the current test record and again start the evaluation of the
answer sheet. The user is required to take precaution in creating the test name
again (or change the test Name for safety). A ups is also advised to use to
circumvent such problems
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| If
power is fail during the Scanning of the O.M.R answer sheet
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| Take
off the answer sheet carefully and when power supply again then reconfigure the
scanner setting, because the scanner not work at previous setting and
put the sheet again on the scanner. You are also advised to delete the Images
if any in the current selected folder |
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current database is corrupted
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weekly take the back-up of the database, if the database is corrupt during the
evaluation then remove the current database and copy the last week database and
re-evaluate the current database.
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Second possibility: -
If
database is corrupt during the import, from center to Headquarter then
re-import the data.
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point to remember during the scanning of the O.M.R answer sheet is that O.M.R
sheet is placed on the scanner should not be folded from the corners, this will
cause an error so this precaution is taken during the scanning of O.M.R answer
sheet. |
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Purchase/License/Fees |
| What
kind of support fees is associated with this purchase?
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associated with this purchase?
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There
are none. Veltronics makes support available for free to registered
users. While it is not a toll-free number, you can call our support staff
between 9AM and 5PM EST, or can email them at any time. Veltronics support
professionals consistently get glowing reviews
from customers and prospects. We believe that we have the best support
staff in the industry and work to exceed your expectations in service.
In
addition to free technical support, Veltronics provides a free form review
service to customers or potential customers. At any time, you can fax or email
your forms to our support department. They will review them, and in a matter of
few day will be able to give you form generated by Evaluator 2.0.
All
of this is provided
free
with your purchase of any of our products. There are no
yearly maintenance fees
and no
time limits
on your support.
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