[blindlaw] Handwriting

[Ben Fulton]

I have seeing AI on my Iphone, and it is even worse than Kurzwell. Kurzwell is pretty good OCR, but unless the handwriting is almost perfect it will spit out incorrect answers.

I have a serious follow up question on this, and some relatively good news to share. First, I recently passed the bar exam, and I will be fully licensed soon. I am doing my articles right now, with a firm doing criminal defense work.

The disclosure we get is often a police report, with bad handwrighting. I'm fine for now, but when I finish my articles, I may need to ensure the disclosure I get is fully accessible. How should I best approach this issue. I am thinking there is an obligation to provide defense counsel with disclosure that is accessible, but how do I get them to fulfill that obligation.
 
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There is at least one app, that makes a go at handwriting recognition
-- Seeing AI from Microsoft.  I don't know how good it is, but suspect it might give you an idea, but couldn't be counted on.  Invision might also do the same thing -- can't remember.

Dave

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No applications can do this well.

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This is also my experience. 

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None. Hand writing is so variable that I do not believe it can be well read by a computer yet. I usually request a legal secretary or paralegal to read aloud hand writing so I can start work immediately. We also have document support services that can type up handwritten materials into a Word file, which is good for anytime I have to consult the document later. That being said, my practice involves relatively few handwritten materials. Most of them come from my pro bono work.

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All,

Good afternoon. Which OCR apps or programs do you consider best for reading handwriting?

Warmth,
Sanho