Supported Formats

Three routes bring results into Ring Reader — which one is right depends on what you have in hand: a photo belongs on the Capture page, a file on the Import page, a QR code in the scanner. All three routes are free.

Photo → Capture page

The Capture page processes photos only — straight from the camera or from your gallery. Every photo is classified automatically; you don’t have to select anything beforehand. Ring Reader recognizes these seventeen photo types:

~ = approximate shot pattern — details below.

If a photo can’t be classified unambiguously, the “What’s on this photo?” dialog opens, where you pick the format manually.

ABVisie, Scopos, InBand Scoring, freETarget and Perfect Shots results are imported via the Import page (see below). For Sport Quantum you scan the QR code at the range or import the CSV file. SETA works both ways: photograph the printout or import the PDF. The same goes for SIUS: photograph the printout or import the report PDF from the SIUS Shooting Sports Cloud.

The chapter Scan a Target shows how to take good photos. Why a photo won’t import is explained in the blog post Why your photo won’t import.

File → Import page

The Import page processes files only — it does not accept photos. These formats are supported:

Scanned or image-based PDFs are automatically detected page by page and processed by the photo recognition (PDF triage) — you don’t have to do anything differently.

The chapter Import Results describes the workflows in detail. Every route for Meyton and DISAG is compared in the blog posts Import Meyton results and Import DISAG results.

QR code → Scanner

• Meyton: direct import via the scanner on the Capture page.
• Disag: not supported — photograph the printout instead or use ShotsApp screenshots.
• Sport Quantum: direct import via the scanner on the Capture page.

Importing via QR code shows the workflow.

Which route for me?

• Paper target in hand? Photograph it — Capture page.
• Printed result sheet? Photograph it — Capture page.
• Screen at the range? Photograph it — Capture page.
• File or export? Import page.
• Meyton QR code? Scanner on the Capture page.

What does each format provide?

Not all import formats contain the same data. The following table shows what each format provides:

Shot pattern means that the exact X/Y coordinates of each shot are available — either imported directly or reconstructed from a screen photo or screenshot (Disag screen photo, ShotsApp, BlackHole). This allows the shot pattern, heatmap and computed precision data (group size, MPI) to be displayed.

Shot pattern ”~” means a shot’s position is only known approximately, exact up to its decimal-ring window. For Meyton PDFs the measured positions of every shot are available; on Meyton printouts, "" now only applies to individual shots, and on Meyton screen photos to layouts without a Teiler column. For a SIUS printout it depends on the layout: the coordinate layout delivers exact X/Y values, while the protocol layout gives approximate positions. For a SIUS Cloud report only individual shots stay approximate. On a Megalink result sheet the positions are measured from the printed shot pictures; "" remains only for shots whose hole is hidden in the picture — there the direction is exact (the arrow is printed at its true angle) and the distance is known to the decimal-ring window.

Self-accessible? shows whether you can get at the data yourself as a shooter — or whether you have to request the export from the range official or range operator. How a club makes the files available to all members is in For clubs: making competition results available.