--- title: "26th October 2023 | Webinar: Prioritise the access & discovery of your digital collections" description: Introducing Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), a groundbreaking feature that automatically recognises text within historical documents. 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Utilising AI, our Text Recognition system can recognise typed text and a huge array of handwriting styles from historical documents, automatically adding this information as metadata to support enhanced searching of your collections. Register to the webinar and  opportunity to hear directly from our PastView development team and discover the exciting details about our new Text Recognition service.   ### Webinar Agenda: - What is PastView? - Introducing our Text Recognition service - Capabilities of Handwritten Text Recognition - Handwritten Text Recognition in action - Q&A [REGISTER NOW](https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CtNvpxvbQKm0Qv5URBC23g#/registration) ## Webinar Speakers: ![CS-Cover-400](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CS-Cover-400.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=CS-Cover-400.jpg) ### Casper Smithson Chief Operating Officer, TownsWeb Archiving ![ML-Cover](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ML-Cover.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=ML-Cover.jpg) ### Mal Langbridge Chief Technical Officer, TownsWeb Archiving ![MP-Cover-400](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MP-Cover-400.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=MP-Cover-400.jpg) ### Marshall Parr Marketing Manager, TownsWeb Archiving   [< Back to the blog](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Keep up to date Sign up to our newsletter and be the first to know about the latest access & discovery news and updates. ![PastViewLogo-Black](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PastViewLogo-Black.png?width=220&name=PastViewLogo-Black.png) ## Quick Links - [About PastView](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/about) - [Our Work](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/our-work/) - [Events](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/events/) - [PastView Community](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community) - [Contact](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/contact) ## Built For - [Cultural Heritage](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/buil-for/cultural-heritage) - [Government](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/buil-for/government) - [Industry](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/buil-for/industry) - [Materials](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/buil-for/materials) ## Get in touch - The Barn, Rothwell Grange Farm, Rothwell Rd, Kettering, NN16 8XF - 01536 713834 - hello@townswebarchiving.com - - [Cookie Policy](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/cookie-policy/) - [Terms & Conditions](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/terms-conditions/) - [Privacy Policy](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/privacy-policy-2/) - [Site Map](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/wp-sitemap.xml) - [Browser Support](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/browser-support-standard/) © TownsWeb Archiving 2023, all rights reservered ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Marshall Parr", "url" : "https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/author/marshall-parr" }, "dateModified" : "2023-10-17T09:23:10.058Z", "datePublished" : "2023-10-05T09:23:00.000Z", "headline" : "26th October 2023 | Webinar: Prioritise the access & discovery of your digital collections", "image" : [ "https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hubfs/pastview-webinar-featured-image-smal-octoberl.png" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/26-october-2023-webinar-prioritise-the-access-discovery-of-your-digital-collections-with-pastview", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hubfs/TWA%20-%20PV%20Logos.png" }, "name" : "TownsWeb Archiving" } } ```