| General Features |
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| Reads optical marks (bubbles or checkboxes) on plain paper. |
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| Recognizes barcodes on plain paper forms. |
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| Interfaces with most desktop scanners/supports the Twain scanner protocol. |
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| Forms can be created with any word processor or survey design package |
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| Produces output that can be used with most popular spreadsheet, database, survey design and stat programs including Access, Excel, SPSS, ASCII, DBF and many others |
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| Saves a Remark Office Archive Format file that includes data and images. Allows correction of errors on a separate system (requires proper licensing) |
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| Batch Headers |
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| Spell Check |
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| Includes an easy-to-use task pane to assist in navigating the features of the software. |
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| Context sensitive help is available by pressing F1 in all windows. |
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| Template Editor |
version 5.5 |
version 6.0 |
| Includes a template editor for creating definitions for virtually any plain-paper OMR form. |
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| Allows for the adjusting of properties of individual questions within a single OMR region |
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| Reset images facility allows for easy replacement of base template images to accommodate form changes. |
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| Auto align facility allows to easily realign regions within a template. |
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| Reading Forms |
version 5.5 |
version 6.0 |
| Accurate plain-paper OMR and barcode recognition |
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| Allows capture of image regions for data entry of handwritten text |
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| Updated Form Recognition feature allows for recognition of forms scanned upside down and for better recognition on poorly filled forms. |
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| Processes multiple-page forms and double-sided forms. |
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| Read Wizard simplifies the steps in reading forms. |
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| Allows for the correction of errors while scanning pages or as a post-scanning task. |
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| New integrated error Review Exceptions process simplifies correction of errors. |
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| Saves scanned images to disk for response verification or for use by another software program |
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| More flexible naming of images when scanned. Scanned images can be named based upon a piece of data read from the form. |
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| Recognizes image files saved to PCX, TIFF, other formats. |
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| Recognizes images in PDF format. |
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| Auto Form ID feature allows for recognition of different forms within the same batch. |
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| Auto Page ID feature allows for recognition of specific pages within a multiple page form |
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| Respondent Tracker feature allows for recognition of specific respondents' forms within a multiple page form. |
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| Respondent Detection feature recognizes which respondents from a group have and have not completed the form. |
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| Database lookup facility allows user to lookup a piece of data from the form and replace with an item from a database |
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| Enhanced Database lookup facility allows user to lookup a piece of data from a form and replace with several items from a database. |
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| Analysis |
version 5.5 |
version 6.0 |
| Grades tests and provides item and summary analyses reports. |
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| Grade Wizard allows user to create a custom answer key for the test. |
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| Multiple Test Versions |
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| Different weights can be assigned by various sections of the test to accommodate questions that were answered correctly, incorrectly, or not at all. |
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| A subjective set of points can also be read and added into a final grade. |
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| Measures performance against learning objectives. |
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| Allows user to specify benchmark scores to assess respondent data compared to an established benchmark. |
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| Produces several versions of item analysis reports. |
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| Tabulates surveys. Remark Quick Stats produces item analysis, item statistics, and crosstab reports. |
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| Survey Wizard allows user to customize the survey tabulation process for reporting purposes. |
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| Produces a comparative report allowing user to break data down by demographic groups. |
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| Export results to Excel |
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