FREE OMR, OCR & BCR
Formread is an answer sheet scanner software with OMR (optical mark recognition), OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and BCR (Bar Code Recognition)
Yes is free, no hidden fees, no credit card asked
Meant for Individual and Companies
You can use right away or implemented in your own web site.
Easy Peasy
Really easy to use for you or your customers
FormRead is All Yours
Embed it in an <\iframe> tag and gather the results directly in your system
Optimized for All Devices
You can have all the features in any device. Planing to read lots of forms, use it in your desktop/laptop. Want to grade you class as soon as they finish the exam, just grab your phone and get:
- Online OMR software
- QR Code and Barcodes recognition
- Optical character recognition
Corner Detection for Phone Cameras
FormRead allows you to scan your answer sheet with your phone and perform the well know 4 point transformation and get a scanned-like imaged, just make sure you have:
- A fairly good camera resolution
- A steady hand
API Integration
You have your own system, you don't need to buy software that gives you tons of info and stats that don't fit in it, just get the result and do whatever you want with it.
- FormRead is all yours, Users will never know they are in another site
- Gather the results instantaneously
AI-Powered Features
Harness the power of artificial intelligence to transform your forms and images into actionable insights
Intelligent Grading
Let AI evaluate open-ended questions with human-like understanding. Save hours of manual grading while maintaining consistent evaluation standards.
- Automatic essay and short answer grading
- Customizable grading rubrics
- Detailed feedback generation
Handwriting Transcription
Convert any handwritten text to digital format with remarkable accuracy. Perfect for processing handwritten forms, notes, and surveys.
- Advanced handwriting recognition
- Multi-language support
- Handles various writing styles
Stats Dashboard & AI Analysis
Every reading gets an instant stats dashboard — and an AI analyst that builds any chart you ask for, in plain language.
Instant per-question stats
Answer distributions, blanks and multi-marks for every question, computed the moment your sheets are read.
Grading insights
Score histograms, grade distributions, hardest questions and per-section averages when grading is enabled.
An AI analyst on your dashboard
Ask in plain language — the AI adds, edits and rearranges dashboard widgets for you, and saves the layout for next time.
Start Using it with whatever fits best for you:
Free
$ 0
Yes is free, no hidden fees, no credit card asked
Launch App- Get all OCR, BCR and OMR
- Check errors automatically
- Read up to 10 forms at time
Basic
$ 5.95
PER MONTH
Billed annually at $71.40
Start Free 5-Day Trial- Get all OCR, BCR and OMR
- Check errors automatically
- Save your forms and used it for later
- No limit in sheets per month
- One Simultaneous Sessions
250,000 AI credits per year
Also included
- Online tests and quizzes
- Online surveys and live polls
- In-browser AI proctoring
- Class attendance with face scan and kiosk
- Answer sheet generator with AI designer
- Desktop app for Windows and Linux
Enterprise
$ 23.95
PER MONTH
Billed annually at $287.40
Start Free 5-Day TrialAll premium features plus:
- 20 Simultaneous Sessions
- API access integration
1,050,000 AI credits per year
One test. On paper, online or live.
Give exams, quizzes, surveys and live polls online, with AI grading and AI proctoring included in every plan. Keep scanning paper whenever it fits better.
Let your AI assistant run FormRead for you
Connect FormRead to Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT or any app that supports MCP (Model Context Protocol). Then just ask, in plain language.
Stop burning tokens on full images: your agent sets up the form once, then FormRead reads every sheet. A thousand sheets cost no vision tokens.
- Set up a form from a photo of your sheet: the assistant places the fields and FormRead shows it what it read until everything matches.
- Read whole folders of scans, review doubtful answers and export to Excel.
- Grade with an answer key and get per-question stats.
- Create online tests and surveys, and take class attendance.
Connect in one step: add this MCP server URL in your AI app
https://formread.org/mcp
codex mcp add formread --url https://formread.org/mcp
Included in every paid plan. You sign in with your FormRead account and can revoke access at any time.
Done. The form reads all 99 questions; I checked it against two sheets before running the batch. 312 sheets read, 9 need a quick look (double marks).
Frequently Asked Questions
What can FormRead actually do?
FormRead digitizes any paper form. On a single scanned page it can: read multiple-choice bubbles (OMR), extract printed text (OCR), transcribe handwriting (ICR with AI), and decode barcodes and QR codes. You can review the extracted data with a QA step, export to CSV/Excel, or pipe it into your own system through a REST API or embeddable iframe.
What kinds of paper forms can I use it for?
Pretty much any structured paper form: multiple-choice exams, employee and customer surveys, paper polls and ballots, attendance sheets, feedback forms, patient intake forms, safety inspection checklists, consent forms - anything with fillable bubbles, checkboxes, text fields or barcodes. Whether you call it "OMR" or just "scanning paper forms", it is the same workflow.
Is FormRead really free?
Yes - the Free plan gives you OMR, OCR, and barcode reading with no credit card. Paid plans unlock unlimited scanning, saved form templates, AI handwriting transcription, AI-based grading of open-ended questions, and the API.
Do I need a Scantron or any special scanner?
No. FormRead is software OMR - any smartphone camera or regular office scanner works. No $5,000 hardware, no proprietary forms.
What is ICR and how is it different from OCR?
OCR reads printed, machine-generated text. ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) reads handwriting. FormRead uses modern AI models for ICR, so you can extract handwritten names, notes, and open answers from scanned sheets.
Can I grade essays or open-ended questions automatically?
Yes. AI grading evaluates open-ended answers against a rubric you define and returns a score plus written feedback. It works on any paid plan with AI credits, bought from your dashboard. It is meant to save time on short-answer and essay grading, not replace a teacher's final review.
Can I embed FormRead in my own app or school portal?
Yes. The iframe integration lets your users design forms and scan results inside your product without ever leaving it. The REST API covers server-to-server use cases - send a scanned image, get structured OMR/OCR/barcode JSON back.
What happens to my scanned images and data?
Forms are processed on your behalf and stored only for your account. You can delete saved forms and results at any time. Scans are never sold or used to train third-party models.
What languages and form sizes do you support?
The interface is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Forms can be any layout you design - Letter, A4, custom - and mix OMR bubbles, OCR text areas, handwriting zones, barcodes, and QR codes on the same sheet.
Ready to read your first answer sheets?
Really easy to use for you or your customers