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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'>Have you checked OneNote’s ability to convert handwriting to text? Not sure it would work on a scanned graphic of both handwriting and print but might be worth a try.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'>I used to use it all the time for note taking. Even with my horrid handwriting, it converted accurately.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'>…and you’ve just given me a task to test this morning!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Serif",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Hori via athen-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 8, 2025 8:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Travis Roth <travis@travisroth.com>; Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The camera fails and throws errors now but if you hover over it, it will still try to OCR and read it aloud. We used to use SeeingAI back in 2018 to convert handwritten notes into digital text. It worked with good accuracy back then. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This is the Image Braille GPT (free):</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://chatgpt.com/g/g-fXlS5yyJA-image-braille">https://chatgpt.com/g/g-fXlS5yyJA-image-braille</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It’s a little challenging navigating OpenAI with a screenreader since they don’t have ARIA live tags. I find Gemini more accessible to screenreaders. NotebookLM is accessible…with exception to navigating their chat responses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Joshua Hori<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Accessible Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Information Educational Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Academic Technology Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>50 Hutchison Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Davis, CA 95616<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>530-752-2439 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://calendly.com/d/ytt-hsj-vbn"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Schedule a meeting via Calendly</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=mail-editor-reference-message-container><div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Travis Roth via athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 5:34</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>PM<br><b>To: </b>'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Joshua,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can you share how I may find/try the Image Braille agent?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua Hori via athen-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com">foreigntype@gmail.com</a>; Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:lorraine@rcn.com">lorraine@rcn.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>You can upload an image of the handwritten text to AI and have it converted to digital text. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Gemini: Best AI for image descriptions and handwritten text. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have video examples of using Gemini and OpenAI on my mobile device to describe lecture content in a LinkedIn article: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-musings-bridging-tactile-chemistry-lecture-audio-joshua-hori-kyglc/?trackingId=sKmgtHt1SPWYrhAnngJuVA%3D%3D">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-musings-bridging-tactile-chemistry-lecture-audio-joshua-hori-kyglc/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sorry, no video or audio editing tools available. I stream/record on a budget. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Joshua Hori</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Accessible Technology Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Information Educational Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Academic Technology Services</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>50 Hutchison Dr.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Davis, CA 95616</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>530-752-2439 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://calendly.com/d/ytt-hsj-vbn"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Schedule a meeting via Calendly</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div id=mail-editor-reference-message-container><div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of <a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com">foreigntype@gmail.com</a> via athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 8:37</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:lorraine@rcn.com">lorraine@rcn.com</a> <<a href="mailto:lorraine@rcn.com">lorraine@rcn.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Athen] Handwriting to OCR text</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p>I am unaware of any OCR software that can do both handwriting and text.<o:p></o:p></p><p>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p>No easy button for this one!<o:p></o:p></p><p>Wink<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 7:20 AM <<a href="mailto:lorraine@rcn.com">lorraine@rcn.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wink,<br><br>It is handwriting on a PDF. It is the other software that I am looking for recommendations on.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Lorraine</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>