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Form Sync

  • Seamless integration of offline responses to your online platform
  • Accurate handwriting transcription of your offline inputs
  • Time-saving automation
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Go Vocal’s Form Sync feature is a game-changer for organizations looking to run hybrid engagement. It makes capturing and integrating offline input far more efficient.

By leveraging advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, Form Sync allows you to easily digitize handwritten responses and integrate them into your online platform. This saves you significant time and effort, while allowing you to engage your residents both online and offline.

This bottom-up participation method empowers residents to shape policies and initiatives directly, leveraging their unique position to identify and address gaps in current policies, fostering a more inclusive and responsive democratic process. Go Vocal offers everything to set you up for success. From an intuitive space for residents to propose, support, and discuss initiatives to a strong back-end that gives you valuable insights into what truly matters to your community.

Why use Go Vocal’s Form Sync

  • Printable forms for offline engagement: Easily generate printable idea forms and paper surveys to gather feedback during in-person events.
  • Easy digitization by scanning: Quickly upload handwritten inputs, such as paper surveys or sticky notes, at scale with a simple scan.
  • Accurate handwriting transcription: OCR technology automatically recognizes and transcribes handwritten content, converting offline data into digital insights with high accuracy.
depicting Go Vocal's Form Sync method
image depicting Go Vocal's Form Sync method
  • Time-saving automation: Eliminate hours of manual data entry and errors by automating the digitization process, allowing your team to focus on analysis.
  • Unified data source:  Combine both offline and online responses within a single platform to gain a complete view, making data analysis more powerful and comprehensive.
  • Improved accessibility: Form Sync allows you to reach community members in environments where digital devices may not be readily available, enabling broader and more inclusive participation.
  • Anonymous participation options: Empower participants to share feedback freely by enabling anonymous responses,  promoting inclusivity be it optional or mandated.
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The addition of these online input opportunities transformed Engage Allen from an information board into a true engagement space and allowed us to hear from far more people than just those who were able to attend in-person meetings.

Erik Waldbauer
Marketing Specialist, City of Allen, TX

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