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Topic: Form design

Getting started with PaperSurvey

Help Center Form designLast updated: 12 August, 2025

Watch this comprehensive overview video to understand how PaperSurvey transforms paper-based data collection into digital insights.

What you'll learn

This video demonstrates:

  • Creating and designing paper surveys
  • Setting up different question types
  • Printing survey forms
  • Scanning and uploading completed surveys
  • Automatic data extraction with OCR
  • Viewing and exporting results

Video highlights

0:00 - Introduction - Overview of PaperSurvey capabilities 1:30 - Survey Creation - Building your first survey 3:45 - Question Types - Multiple choice, text, grids, and more 5:20 - Printing - Generating print-ready PDFs 6:50 - Scanning Process - Best practices for scanning 8:30 - Data Processing - How OCR extracts responses 10:15 - Results & Export - Accessing your digital data

Ready to start?

After watching the video:

  1. Sign up for a free trial
  2. Create your first survey
  3. Test with a small batch
  4. Scale up your data collection

Need more help?

The video provides a practical foundation for getting the most from PaperSurvey's features.


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