With Examino, examino is an AI-powered tool that automates grading for academic papers, including handwritten assignments, helping educators save hours. Built for educators from primary school through higher education, it processes both typed and handwritten submissions — including text, diagrams, and equations — directly from smartphone scans.
The tool has documented limitations with subjective content. A teacher on the French forum Neoprofs reported errors when grading high school literature: Examino failed to penalize paraphrase and awarded points for copied text without proper citation. For nuanced assessments, human review remains essential.
How Examino Automates Paper Grading
The workflow is straightforward: upload your exam subjects (typically in PDF format), define your scoring criteria, then scan student papers using a smartphone. The AI evaluates each response against your rubric and returns pre-graded results in about 20 seconds per paper, according to Examino’s own data.
Its core strength is processing handwritten assignments — text, diagrams, and mathematical equations — within a single scanned submission. Few general AI grading tools handle this well. Examino also recognizes multiple valid solution methods for math problems, includes built-in anonymization, and complies with GDPR for institutional data privacy.
Capabilities by subject area:
- Math and sciences: Complex calculations, diagrams, graphs, multiple solution methods
- Humanities: Essays, arguments, historical dates and facts, writing quality
- Cross-disciplinary: Mixed-format papers combining text with visual elements
Examino Pricing Plans
Examino uses a credit-based freemium model where each graded paper consumes one credit. If an error occurs or a paper receives a zero, your account is re-credited.
| Plan | Price | Papers/month | Scale modifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Free | 10 | 1 per exam |
| Standard | €5.90/month | 100 | 3 per exam |
| Plus | €14.90/month | 300 | 3 per exam |
| Institution | Custom | Custom | Advanced analytics |
The Plus plan allows exporting corrections without a logo — lower tiers include a watermark on exported documents. The Standard and Plus plans are billed monthly with no annual commitment. For larger institutions, a custom plan with advanced analytics and premium support is available upon contact.
Before committing, consider the hidden cost of human review. Examino automates much of the grading process, but accuracy depends heavily on the clarity of your scoring criteria, and poor scan quality can lead to errors on handwritten documents. You’ll still need to review the AI’s evaluations for subjective answers to ensure fairness and provide feedback the tool can’t generate on its own.