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From: wg@cbnewsm.att.com (Bill Gieske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: scanning forms for data, not image
Keywords: scanning
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.125607.6741@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 17 Apr 91 12:56:07 GMT
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I am a volunteer for a not-for-profit organization that would like to 
conduct several surveys, one with a population of about 500, the other
with a population of around 2000.  We would like to design the survey
such that it could be optically scanned to retrieve coded responses -
much like an SAT test form or the census form.  What exists to do this,
how expensive is it, how difficult would it be to set up?  Is there a 
possibility of using a hand scanner if the responses were concentrated
in a 4 inch wide area going down the page?

Thanks!

Bill Gieske
wg@alux2