Photo intake

Photograph any paper. Dehreen files it where it belongs.

A register, a duty list, a marks sheet, last year's roznamcha, a stamped challan, a page from the khata. In any handwriting, in Urdu, English or Roman Urdu, read line by line, and filed only after the right person approves it.

کسی بھی لکھائی میں، کسی بھی زبان میں

795Photos of paper in September
0Rows filed without a person approving them
176Rows Dehreen was unsure of, and asked a person about

The screens

At the desk and in the office.

Registers, duty lists and marks sheets. Scroll to see each one read, and where it goes.

The screens, continued

In the accounts.

Old day books, challans and khata pages, checked against the bank.

In numbers

A month of paper.

Every photo the demonstration school took in September, and what happened to it.

Photos795on the desk's and office's phones
Rows read29,008names, marks, amounts, duties
Unsure, asked a person1760.6% of rows
Filed without approval0every photo waits for a person

What was photographed

September
PaperPhotosRows readUnsureApproved by
Attendance registers44023,01261Front desk
Fee slips and screenshots1862144Accountant
Marks sheets381,21421Principal
Duty lists261482Principal
Old day books and khata pages1054,42088Accountant

How often Dehreen was unsure

% of rows, by paper
Attendance registers
0.3%
Fee slips and screenshots
1.9%
Marks sheets
1.7%
Duty lists
1.4%
Day books, khata
2.0%

Handwritten Urdu day books are hardest. Printed registers with a clear P and A are easiest.

Who approved what

rows approved, September
Front desk
23,012
Accountant
4,634
Principal
1,362

The person responsible for each paper approves it. Nothing else changes a record.

Illustrative figures from a demonstration school with 1,046 students on two campuses.

What changes.

Most schools todayWith Dehreen
Paper is typed in again, days later, by whoever has time.Photographed where it is written, and read in seconds.
A typing mistake is found months later, if at all.Anything unclear is flagged before it is filed.
Old day books sit in a cupboard.They become records you can search and total.

Questions schools ask.

What if the handwriting is hard to read?

Dehreen reads what it can and flags the rest. A row it is unsure of is shown to a person with the photo beside it.

Does it read Urdu?

Yes. Urdu, English and Roman Urdu, printed or handwritten.

Is anything filed automatically?

No. Every photo waits for the person responsible: the front desk for registers, the principal for marks, the accountant for money.

Bring a photo of your hardest paper.

A register, a khata page, an old roznamcha. We read it in the demo.