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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

optical mark recognition (OMR)

Machine recognition of data recorded as simple marks on a document. The OMR reader detects marks made in the predetermined positions and software interprets this as data. The marks may be printed or put on the form by hand, e.g. on a national lottery ticket. The OMR software only detects marks, not characters such as letters or numbers. It is very reliable and suited to small quantities of multiple-choice data.

Related terms
characterautomatedmagnetic ink character recognition (MICR)optical character recognition (OCR)handwriting recognition
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