How to programmatically read over a scanned document or image

Question

I\'ve searched around on the net, as I\'m a bit of a n00b when it comes to OCR, and I\'m actually not sure where a good starting point would be.

I\'d like to build a

Answer 1

If all you're doing is looking for X's in boxes, then you could print the form in light blue and ask people to mark the boxes with a black ink pen.

You just scan the image and look for the black X pixels. They should be relatively easy to find, compared to the light blue form. Particular x, y, coordinates on the scanned image would correspond with the answer and product type, respectively.