Read Cursive Handwritten data in PDF

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#1

Hi,

I’m working on POC of robotics process automation (RPA) using UiPath. one of our requirement is to read text of scanned image from pdf. My workflow will be like this:

  1. Iterate through multiple email.So we will get multiple PDF files.
  2. Downloading scanned image of PDF from each email.
  3. Read handwritten data in PDF file.
    I tried all the OCR activities. But I’m getting garbage characters in place of handwritten data. I will attach sample data in PDF document. Can anyone help me on this please?

Regards,
RenjuCapture

#2

Please find out some paid OCR engines to extract these handwritten text.

#3

Is there any other way to fix this problem?

#4

You can have a look at these options.

https://docs.uipath.com/integrations/docs/read-handwritten-text

https://www.uipath.com/solutions/whitepapers/rpa-intelligent-character-recognition

Read Scanned Typed and Handwritten PDF
#5

No Free OCR will work for hand written text.
please find following link

#6

Hi,
I tried using microsoft azure vision. But, it takes image input only. And I tried using Abbyy cloud OCR. But I’m getting garbage characters in place of handwritten data. Could you please explain how to use ICR. I have installed trial version of Abbyy finereader.

Regards,
Renju

#7

I have not personally used ICR, only watched the webinar. That is why I suggested it, because it could potentially solve your problem, but I don’t know the specifics of it sadly.