[BCMA] Handwritten Text Recognition recommendations?

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

I was impressed by Pen2txt. It works surprisingly well but is rather
expensive.


Todd Davidson
Operations Manager
Princeton and District Museum and Archives
167 Vermilion Ave., PO Box 281,
Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0
250-295-7588
Main website: www.princetonmuseum.org
Collection website: www.princetonbcmuseum.com
Email: princetonmuseum at gmail.com



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On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:11 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <
listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:

> *Hello museum friends!*
>
> Hope you are doing fantastic, and that you survived the summer busyness ☀️
>
> We are working with the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club on the digitization of a
> large collection of mountain cabin guestbooks from Tetrahedron Park. These
> guest books contain handwritten messages from people who have stayed at
> each cabin, touching on weather conditions, funny anecdotes, and messages
> to future cabin guests.
>
> Has anyone worked with handwritten text recognition (HTR) scanning
> software in the digitization of archival documents? In an ideal world, we
> would love to digitize these guestbooks and allow users to search for
> familiar names in the scanned documents, but HTR technology is new to us.
>
> Anyone have any tips or recommendations on software/hardware to explore?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> *Matthew Lovegrove *(he/him) *| *Curator/Manager
> *Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives*
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