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NAME

       AMC-analyse - automatic data capture from scans for AMC multiple choice exams.

SYNOPSIS

       auto-multiple-choice analyse --projet project-dir [--seuil-coche threshold] [--tol-marque tol] [--list-fichiers files-list.txt |
			    scan-files...]

DESCRIPTION

       The AMC-analyse.pl command performs automatic data capture from scans of completed answer sheets of an AMC multiple choice questionnaire.
       Before calling AMC-analyse.pl, AMC-prepare(1) should have been called to make working documents (--mode s) and the layout should have been
       processed with AMC-meptex(1).

       --data data-dir
	   gives the directory where data files are (see for example AMC-meptex(1)). Defaults to project-dir/data.

       --cr project-cr-dir
	   gives a directory where to create image reports of the data capture (zooms on the boxes in a zooms sub-directory, name filed extraction
	   as a name-*.jpg file, and layout report as a page-*.jpg file).

       --projet project-dir
	   When using this option, if --cr is not used, project-cr-dir will be set to project-dir/cr.

       Giving the names of the scan files to process can be done in two ways:

       o   these names can be given as arguments,

       o   these names can be written to a plain file (one filename per line), using the --list-fichiers files-list.txt to give the name of this
	   file.

       Some parameters for data capture may be set using the following options:

       --prop proportion
	   sets the proportion of each box that will be measured to decide if the box is ticked or not. Default value is 0.8.

       --seuil-coche threshold
	   When deciding whether a box is checked or not, AMC-analyse.pl compares the black ratio (number of black pixels over total number of
	   pixels) to threshold. If the black ratio is greater then threshold, the box is declared to be checked. Standard values can be 0.15 in
	   the standard layout, or 0.5 for separate answer sheet layout (in this last case, letters are drawn in the boxes, and the students are
	   told to fill the boxes entirely). The black ratio is written in the data capture reports, so that this threshold value can be refined
	   later without calling AMC-analyse.pl again.

       --bw-threshold threshold
	   This parameter is used when converting the grayscale scan file to black and white. To get more black pixels, use a greater value. To
	   get more white pixels, use a smaller value. The threshold must be between 0 and 1. The default value is 0.6.

       --ignore-red
	   With this option, only red channel will be used from color scans. This way, all that is written in red will be ignored in the scan.
	   This can be useful when the boxes are printed in red.

       --tol-marque tol
	   defines the tolerance when detecting the four marks in the scans corners. These marks are detected looking for black connected
	   components which dimensions are closed to the target dimension target (exact dimensions of the marks if printing/scanning process where
	   perfectly acurate). If tol is a real number, accepted dimensions are those between (1-tol)*target and (1+tol)*target. If tol is
	   "tinf,tsup" (where tinf and tsup are real numbers), accepted dimensions are those between (1-tinf)*target and (1+tsup)*target. A
	   standard value is 0.2.

       --multiple
	   This option is to be used when the scans are photocopies from some subjects (different students can have the same subject). In thie
	   case, copy numbers are allocated to students so that their answer sheets, with the same subject number, can be differenciated.

       --pre-allocate copy_id
	   This option can be used in conjonction with --multiple. The copy numbers used for the scans will start from copy_id, in the same order
	   than the scans given as arguments.

       --debug file.log
	   gives a file to fill with debugging information.

AUTHORS

       Alexis Bienvenue <paamc@passoire.fr>
	   Main author

       Jean Berard
	   Translation from French

       Georges Khaznadar
	   Translation from French

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Alexis Bienvenue

       This document can be used according to the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1					    06/19/2012							    AMC-ANALYSE(1)