has anyone tried a scantron-like scouting system?

[thegeekguy]

after doing preliminary research i discovered OMR (optical mark recognition) is basically scantron, but not propriatery. If we were able to figure out and obtain OMR tools (haven't been able to find a free one), our team had the idea of using a custom scan sheet for scouting along with a usb printer to have a quick data entry system. i'd love to learn of everyone elses scouting techniques and ideas too, Thanks!

[colin340]

look at http://www.gradecam.com/features/

[thegeekguy]

Wouldn't that require internet to grade? We want to do this in the stands.

[itsjustmrb]

How about this one?

http://www.quickkeyapp.com/pages/index

[Joe Ross]

There have been several interesting threads about scantron in the past. I suggest searching for scantron and omr.

[thegeekguy]

that one looks great, just need to make sure it's output is data and not just a percent correct

i tried searching, but i couldn't find anything. i'll try again later though.

[Jared]

Team 254 has done this.

http://www.team254.com/driving-practice-and-lights/

[Nebster]

This is 1306's current scouting system, we call it CrowdScout. It's a scantron sheet that scouters fill out, then is ran to the scanner at our scouting station where the data is taken and uploaded to a server. The purpose of this is so that other teams can collaborate and use CrowdScout to make scouting better for everyone. This is just what I know as the driver - all of the software and logistics behind it you'll have to ask our programmers. If you're interested, PM me for a more in depth explanation on how it works.

Edit: Link to the crowdscout thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1263721

Edit 2: Later thread with more information about this kind of stuff, as well as more detail on CrowdScout: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121800&

[1306scouting]

As Nebster said, team 1306 has done this for a few years now.

Our scanning software (an integral part of CrowdScout) is open-source, viewable at our GitHub repository (https://github.com/team1306/OMAR). We'll be integrating it with our new improved version of CrowdScout soon.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.