Live ink character recognition solution

Live ink character recognition solution

Developer(s)	Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Initial release	August 2014
Written in	C#
Operating system	Windows 10

Live ink character recognition solution (also known as LICR solution) is a digitisation method which uses character recognition technology and question paper rubrics to publish examination results.^[2]

Development

The solution consists of a digital pen, tablet and a special printed paper^[3] used as the top sheet on answer booklets. The digital pen is used by an examiner to write marks on the top sheet. The pen digitizes marks in real time and transfers data to the tablet. The allotted marks is displayed on the tablet in handwritten form as well as digitized format.^[4] Once the user validates marks in the tablet, the data is encrypted and transferred to the centralized server of the education board.^[5]

Features

• The tablet handles question paper rubrics application, marks totalling and captures the date and time of evaluation.
• Once the marks are validated, the tablet as well as the digital pen does not contain any residual data.
• A LICR pen and tablet set could be shared by several evaluators at an evaluation camp since the set would be required only at the time of writing the marks on the top sheet, which would take approximately less than a minute per answer script.
• Evaluators will continue to check and correct answer sheets using traditional pen and paper method of evaluation. So, there is no additional learning cycle required while using LICR devices.^[6][7][8]
• Once the marks data is transferred to the central servers, it is immediately available for download in the education board's server.

Board exams and entrance tests

Board examination results is a deciding factor for students who aim to apply in reputed colleges and institutes for further studies. The national and state-level competitive entrance examinations are often held at a date convenient to the respective college or institute organising the examination. One of the criteria to apply for these examinations is the board examination results. So, students wait for their tenth or twelfth board examination results to enable them to apply for entrance examinations. To make schools relevant to changing trends, school education boards and councils have started adopting new technology^[9] and methods^[10] to enable faster and accurate marks publication.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]} By doing this, the boards and councils earn the goodwill of their students and also enhance their credibility in the market.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Reception

The Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), a premier private board of school education in India, has utilized LICR technology for academic year 2016 to publish marks. With the use of this technology, the results was published 2 weeks earlier than expected.^[22][23] The solution won the National Award for the Most Innovative Product in the Testing & Assessment Category held at the e-India Summit held at Kovalam, Kerala State, India in mid-November 2014.^[24][25]

See also

• Character recognition
• Rubric (academic)
• Tablet computer
• Data encryption
• Data remanence
• List of institutions of higher education in India
• Board examination
• Matriculation

References

1. "Orion India Systems Private Limited". May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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18. Soon CISE school students in UAE may get all records online, 05 March 2016, Dubai Khaleej Times, (05 March 2016). Retrieved on 30 April 2016.
19. New digital pen to speed up compiling of mark sheets, 24 February 2015 Indo-Asian News Service, NDTV, (24 February 2015). Retrieved on May 2016.
20. Technology for accurate class X and XII results, 05 June 2015, Kolkotta. The Hindu (05 June 2015). Retrieved on 19 January 2016.
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25. ICSE ISC results declared Girls outperform boys yet again, 06 May 2016, New Delhi Khaleej Times, (06 May 2016). Retrieved on 08 June 2016.