Hello Peter and List Only last night, in Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, mention was made of a freebie that does what it is I think you need. Details of his article, together with the details of the programme, called Transcribe, can be found at: <http://blog.eogn.com/2015/01/17/transcript-a-windows-program-for-transcribing-documents/> Louise Gibson Burnie, Tasmania On 20/01/2015 11:53 AM, aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:08:20 +1100 > From: Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? > To: "AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com" <AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com> >> > Hi Listers, > > I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition software > (or Intelligent Character recognition)? > > This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand writing and > converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text formats. > ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's exaggerating !!) > > I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from books but > I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand written and > shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially when your a two > fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. > > Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success or am I > delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such as AABBY > Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! > > Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:43:44 +1100 > From: David Cripps <cripps@netspace.net.au> > Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? > To: Peter Oakley via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <733388798.20150120114344@netspace.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Hello Peter, > Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 11:08:20 AM, you wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition software > > (or Intelligent Character recognition)? > > This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand writing and > > converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text formats. > > ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's exaggerating !!) > > I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from books but > > I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand written and > > shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially when your a two > > fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. > > Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success or am I > > delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such as AABBY > > Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! > > Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? > You ask an interesting question Peter, one I'll sit back and watch with > interest. > My first thought after looking at some of my old letters from 1861 and a bit > later, is that piece of software will have to be damn intelligent to > decipher some of those flowery swirls both above and below the line in that > cursive script. > I've only been able to properly transcribe some letters after looking at the > word repetitions and the use of the first letter in each word within the > sentences, and then looking at the likely possibilities. After countless > coffees too of course and forced repeats of each transcription to double > check. > As you say OCR just won't cut it and the thought of having to transcribe > lots of these letters is cause enough to distract you onto other things<g>. > Again, thanks for the question; It at least made me spend a few minutes > checking out Flexicapture. > Cheers > Dave Cripps > -- > David Cripps, Tasmania <[1]cripps@netspace.net.au> > > References > > 1. mailto:cripps@netspace.net.au > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-TASMANIA list administrator, send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-TASMANIA mailing list, send an email to AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-TASMANIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 19 > ******************************************** >

I was following this discussion with interest as I find transcribing wills, deeds etc a challenge. Thanks for the link Louise. I downloaded and installed the beta version of Transcript and started transcribing a will. It does not transcribe it for you, but it makes it so much easier to do the transcription. If you keep your lines the same length as in the original, then as you hit Enter to go to the next line, it moves down a line in the image making it easy to keep track of where you are. I am an instant fan! Now back to the will where he leaves plots in a graveyard to various people - weird! Cheers Carolyn Carolyn Jones Brisbane, Queensland Australia -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Louise Gibson via Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:58 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com; Peter Oakley Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? Hello Peter and List Only last night, in Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, mention was made of a freebie that does what it is I think you need. Details of his article, together with the details of the programme, called Transcribe, can be found at: <http://blog.eogn.com/2015/01/17/transcript-a-windows-program-for-transcribi ng-documents/> Louise Gibson Burnie, Tasmania On 20/01/2015 11:53 AM, aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:08:20 +1100 > From: Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? > To: "AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com" <AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com> >> > Hi Listers, > > I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition > software (or Intelligent Character recognition)? > > This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand writing > and converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text formats. > ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's exaggerating > !!) > > I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from books > but I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand > written and shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially > when your a two fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. > > Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success or > am I delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such > as AABBY Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! > > Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:43:44 +1100 > From: David Cripps <cripps@netspace.net.au> > Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? > To: Peter Oakley via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <733388798.20150120114344@netspace.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Hello Peter, > Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 11:08:20 AM, you wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition software > > (or Intelligent Character recognition)? > > This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand writing and > > converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text formats. > > ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's exaggerating !!) > > I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from books but > > I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand written and > > shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially when your a two > > fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. > > Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success or am I > > delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such as AABBY > > Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! > > Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? > You ask an interesting question Peter, one I'll sit back and watch with > interest. > My first thought after looking at some of my old letters from 1861 and a bit > later, is that piece of software will have to be damn intelligent to > decipher some of those flowery swirls both above and below the line in that > cursive script. > I've only been able to properly transcribe some letters after looking at the > word repetitions and the use of the first letter in each word within the > sentences, and then looking at the likely possibilities. After countless > coffees too of course and forced repeats of each transcription to double > check. > As you say OCR just won't cut it and the thought of having to transcribe > lots of these letters is cause enough to distract you onto other things<g>. > Again, thanks for the question; It at least made me spend a few minutes > checking out Flexicapture. > Cheers > Dave Cripps > -- > David Cripps, Tasmania <[1]cripps@netspace.net.au> > > References > > 1. mailto:cripps@netspace.net.au > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-TASMANIA list administrator, send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-TASMANIA mailing list, send an email to AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-TASMANIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 19 > ******************************************** > ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Caution! I recently downloaded "Free OCR to Word" and it brought with it a program called "Ads By Surfkeepit" >From that moment on any work on the web was bombarded by pop up adverts. It took some research and a whole lot of effort to get rid of the offending program. Despite the above the OCR program works very well and is easy to use. Have not tried it on handwriting though. Murray NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Gibson via" <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> To: <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com>; "Peter Oakley" <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? > Hello Peter and List > > Only last night, in Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, mention > was made of a > freebie that does what it is I think you need. > Details of his article, together with the details of the programme, called > Transcribe, can > be found at: > <http://blog.eogn.com/2015/01/17/transcript-a-windows-program-for-transcribing-documents/> > > Louise Gibson > Burnie, Tasmania > > > On 20/01/2015 11:53 AM, aus-tasmania-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:08:20 +1100 >> From: Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> >> Subject: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? >> To: "AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com" <AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com> >>> >> Hi Listers, >> >> I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition software >> (or Intelligent Character recognition)? >> >> This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand writing and >> converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text >> formats. >> ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's exaggerating >> !!) >> >> I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from books >> but >> I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand written and >> shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially when your a >> two >> fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. >> >> Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success or am >> I >> delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such as AABBY >> Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! >> >> Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Peter >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:43:44 +1100 >> From: David Cripps <cripps@netspace.net.au> >> Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hand Writing /ICR software - anyone used such? >> To: Peter Oakley via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <733388798.20150120114344@netspace.net.au> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> Hello Peter, >> Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 11:08:20 AM, you wrote: >> > Hi Listers, >> > I've been wondering if anyone has used hand writing recognition >> software >> > (or Intelligent Character recognition)? >> > This software can be utilised on (particularly) cursive hand >> writing and >> > converts it to text as opposed to OCR which is used on block text >> formats. >> > ( results can be up to 97% successful -but I think that's >> exaggerating !!) >> > I've used AABBY Fine Reader a number of times on text pages from >> books but >> > I keep looking at all the material I have that has been hand >> written and >> > shudder at trying to translate it all manually. Especially when >> your a two >> > fingered pecker on the keyboard like myself !. >> > Has anyone used a free version of such a software with any success >> or am I >> > delving into unknown territory? I've noticed some software such as >> AABBY >> > Flexicapture but at $400 way out of my league! >> > Hoping someone can point to something that might be useful? >> You ask an interesting question Peter, one I'll sit back and >> watch with >> interest. >> My first thought after looking at some of my old letters from 1861 >> and a bit >> later, is that piece of software will have to be damn intelligent >> to >> decipher some of those flowery swirls both above and below the line >> in that >> cursive script. >> I've only been able to properly transcribe some letters after looking >> at the >> word repetitions and the use of the first letter in each word within >> the >> sentences, and then looking at the likely possibilities. After >> countless >> coffees too of course and forced repeats of each transcription to >> double >> check. >> As you say OCR just won't cut it and the thought of having to >> transcribe >> lots of these letters is cause enough to distract you onto other >> things<g>. >> Again, thanks for the question; It at least made me spend a few >> minutes >> checking out Flexicapture. >> Cheers >> Dave Cripps >> -- >> David Cripps, Tasmania <[1]cripps@netspace.net.au> >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:cripps@netspace.net.au >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the AUS-TASMANIA list administrator, send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the AUS-TASMANIA mailing list, send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of AUS-TASMANIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 19 >> ******************************************** >> > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message