# Paparazzi

- **Event:** [Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon)
- **When:** Oct 26, 12:00 PM – Nov 4, 9:00 PM (EST)
- **Where:** Online
- **Team:** [Jeremiah Monebit](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/StealiesTag)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/StealiesTag/Ze-Auto-Scanner-9000
- **Demo video:** https://youtu.be/OQdN38qJjs4
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/5140

Paparazzi — Papers, Say Cheese!
An AI-Powered Automated Test Scanning, Grading, and Teaching Assistant

Teachers, especially from what I've seen at my own university, spend countless hours manually checking test papers, recording grades, analyzing student performance, and preparing follow-up lessons. Existing scanning solutions can be expensive, require specialized equipment, or still involve scanning papers individually. For example, the current solution my professors are currently using is a phone app for scanning papers. However, it still requires manual attention and costs 400 pesos/month. Other solutions exist like professional document scanners, but those go for 20-30k pesos.

Paparazzi transforms ordinary printers into affordable, AI-powered assessment assistants.

Using a low-cost ESP32 camera attachment, Paparazzi is designed to capture completed answer sheets as they pass through a printer's paper-feeding mechanism. Images are transmitted wirelessly to a computer, where Muse AI helps identify and reorient the test papers, where computer vision identifies student IDs, recognizes shaded answers, and automatically grades submissions against a teacher-provided answer key.

But Paparazzi goes beyond grading.

Its analytics dashboard tracks individual scores, class averages, and frequently missed questions, helping teachers identify learning gaps. Most students got wrong on question number 4? Well Muse Spark AI helps identify the learning objective for that question and helps provide suggestions/planning for potential educational support.
By analyzing these results alongside the original examination PDF, Paparazzi uses AI to suggest targeted teaching strategies and generate downloadable lesson-review materials.

Paparazzi also aims to integrate with Canvas LMS, allowing teachers to match scanned student IDs with their Canvas accounts and submit verified grades directly to the appropriate assignments. Further saving time, as the teachers don't need to manually grade each student's account.

Hopefully, by combining affordable hardware, computer vision, AI-powered educational assistance, and LMS integration, Paparazzi makes automated assessment more accessible to schools without requiring the big, bulky, expensive machines!

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