Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)

HAND-ri-tn tekst rek-ug-NISH-uhn /ˈhændˌrɪtn tekst ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃən/

Technology that converts handwriting in images into editable, searchable text. HTR is related to OCR (Optical Character Recognition), but handwriting is harder because letter shapes vary widely between writers and time periods. Good results often depend on clear scans, representative training data and human review for difficult words.