Talk:Scantron Corporation/Archives/2014

Irvine California
This article is in the category Companies based in Irvine, California but there's no mention of California in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattclare (talk • contribs) 16:12, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

OMR
The more generic name for this process is OMR -- Optical Mark Reader. Not all OMR forms are Scantron forms.

AMEN! This page is written with no distinction between Scantron, the trademark and company, and the commonplace usage of scantron as a generic term for all mark-sense and optical-mark-recognition systems. I recommend clearly distinguishing these two uses of the word, with the generic use simply referencing the generic terms (with, perhaps, a cite to kleenex, a term that has undergone a similar shift from trademark to generic).128.255.45.57 (talk) 14:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Pen
Has anyone tried using pen on a scantron? I would think it would work, but they say don't so one can erase a mistake. Other optical-recognition systems, such as lotto tickets allow pen. --Metallurgist 02:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

There are actually several different OMR machines that Scantron makes. The ones most people run up against are the 888 series (includes the P and P+ models.) These units only read pencil or I have seen them read dark black marker. They will not read pen. Other machines such as the 8000 series, the 2000 series, and the ES machines can be purchased with Ink read heads. These machines are usually connected to a PC. They can also be configured as TSM (Test Scoring Machines) and act just like the 888s. These machines can also have 2 read heads and read both sides at the same time. I know these machines well as I am a Scantron Tech.
 * Do you know if electrical sensing machines still used (especially in the developing world)? Does anyone still manufacture them? Nil Einne 13:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't know about pens, but definitely don't use a #3 pencil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.220.118.10 (talk) 02:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * There are instructions on the scantron to use only a #2 pencil. Anyway, I knew someone who used pen for the scantron and they had to recopy the answers with a pencil. Every single one was marked wrong. The teacher heard a ton of ticking sounds. 71.133.211.176 (talk) 23:28, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Is This Filler?
I really don't see the point of this paragraph: Almost anyone in the United States and Canada who has taken an exam will have experience with Scantron sheets, especially their instructions for use, from "Do not make any stray marks on the answer sheet" and "Fill in each circle/square completely. To change your answer completely erase the mark", to "Please use a number 2 pencil." All it really seems to be saying is that scantrons are most commonly used in the United States and Canada. Is there anything else which is trying to be conveyed? Because, as it stands the paragraph seems a bit superfluous.67.150.217.132 05:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Modified it accordingly, since such sheets are common in other countries of this world too. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.234.117 (talk • contribs) 03:36, 18 June 2007

Variants
Is there a difference between scantron colors? My school has red ones that have oval fills and green ones that have rectagle fills. Bioniclepluslotr (talk) 00:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Scantron is based in Eagan, Minn.
Article has been edited to reflect this. This change took place in 2008. Please refer to www.scantron.com for evidence of the veracity of this update. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.32.130.2 (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The score tells the instructor how smart the test taker is. this is a dubious claim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.191.28.156 (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Problems
1. Michael Sokolski is not the only founder and may not have been the principal founder. The company website lists Michael Sokolski, William Sanders, and Richard Stewart as the founders. William Sanders was the President of the company and Chairman of the Board, Sokolski was only VP.

2. Michael Sokolski's Wiki article states he invented the Scantron. Other sources say he did not. They say it was invented by William Sanders and Michael Sokolski helped flesh it out.

http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-01/business/fi-775_1_net-income

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_22060728/palos-verdes-peninsula-couple-bill-and-georgia-sanders

Where can we go from here? 71.108.131.193 (talk) 20:27, 25 November 2012 (UTC)