Convert handwriting to text
Turn handwritten notes, letters and forms into editable text. Cursive works too.
Result
Your Markdown or JSON shows up here.
3 free pages a day, no sign-up.
How it works
- 1Take a photo of the page
- 2Upload it
- 3Copy the typed text
Why use this Handwriting to text converter
Built on vision models
Handwriting goes to models that read cursive and mixed print, not to classic OCR that only knows printed letters.
Forms with mixed writing
Printed labels and handwritten answers on the same page are both read.
Editable result
You get plain text and Markdown you can paste into notes, a document or a spreadsheet.
What people use it for
- Typing up lecture notes and notebooks
- Digitising handwritten forms, surveys and inspection sheets
- Reading old letters and family records
- Turning whiteboard photos into meeting notes
Models that do this well
The free tool picks one for you. With the API you choose, and can set fallbacks so a failed page is retried on the next model.
1Gemini FlashGeneral vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
google/gemini-flash3 credits / page2GPTGeneral vision model. Good at messy scans and following extraction instructions.openai/gpt11 credits / page3ClaudeGeneral vision model with careful reading of long, dense documents.anthropic/claude14 credits / page4Mathpix ConvertSpecialist for math, science papers and handwritten formulas. Outputs LaTeX.mathpix/convert7 credits / pageDo it with the API
Converting more than a few files? The same conversion is one request. Pick any model, or let auto choose.
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "auto",
"file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
"format": "markdown"
}'Questions
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