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Handwriting OCR is an AI-powered service that converts handwritten and printed documents into searchable, editable text with industry-leading accuracy across 300+ languages.
Founded in 2023 and based in London, UK, the company was created to solve a problem traditional OCR couldn't: accurately recognising handwriting. Using AI models trained
on hundreds of millions of public-domain documents, Handwriting OCR handles cursive, historical scripts (including Sütterlin and Kurrent), and messy handwriting with accuracy that was impossible before modern machine learning.
The platform serves genealogists digitising 18th-century family records, legal professionals processing handwritten contracts, researchers working with historical archives, and businesses automating form processing. Independently tested at 95% accuracy on 150,000 handwritten pages — outperforming GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Azure, and Transkribus.
Key capabilities include document transcription, table extraction, custom field extractors for forms, and a full REST API with webhook support. All plans include API access, starting with a free trial. Privacy-first by design: customer documents are never used for training.
