[Athen] Handwriting to OCR text

[Travis Roth via athen-list]

Hi Joshua,

On the Read tab SeeingAI does have a take Picture button which will still show the document view. But I’ve not tried handwriting with it, so if you are saying even the take picture mode is bad at handwriting that is unfortunate.

Can you share how I may find/try the Image Braille agent?

 

 

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Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text

 

SeeingAI used to convert handwriting to text, but now it just attempts to read it aloud…and it’s not as good as it used to be. That’s a shame. 

 

You can upload an image of the handwritten text to AI and have it converted to digital text. 

 

Gemini: Best AI for image descriptions and handwritten text. 

ChatGPT: Creates great images but can go wildly inaccurate unless using the “Image Braille” GPT. That’s some high-quality system prompting powering that customized GPT. 

 

I have video examples of using Gemini and OpenAI on my mobile device to describe lecture content in a LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-musings-bridging-tactile-chemistry-lecture-audio-joshua-hori-kyglc/ <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-musings-bridging-tactile-chemistry-lecture-audio-joshua-hori-kyglc/?trackingId=sKmgtHt1SPWYrhAnngJuVA%3D%3D>  

 

Sorry, no video or audio editing tools available. I stream/record on a budget. 

 

Best, 

 

Joshua Hori

Accessible Technology Coordinator

Information Educational Technology

Academic Technology Services

50 Hutchison Dr.

Davis, CA 95616

530-752-2439 

 <https://calendly.com/d/ytt-hsj-vbn> Schedule a meeting via Calendly

 

 

 

 

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Subject: Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text

I am unaware of any OCR software that can do both handwriting and text.

Susan's advice is the best: You'll have to do this in several steps. Use a good text based OCR software (Abbyy FineReader or OmnipagePro) for the text and insert (type up the handwriting manually) separately after removing it (by cleaning up) from the original. 

No easy button for this one!

Wink

 

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 7:20 AM <lorraine at rcn.com <mailto:lorraine at rcn.com> > wrote:

Wink,

It is handwriting on a PDF.  It is the other software that I am looking for recommendations on.

Thanks

Lorraine

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