--- title: Enhance access & discovery with Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) description: Discover how Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) is revolutionising digital access and discovery of cultural heritage. image: https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hubfs/community-asset-community-webinar.png --- [![PastView-Logo-Tagline-4](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pastview-logo-layered-2023-bold.png?width=1024&height=267&name=pastview-logo-layered-2023-bold.png)](http://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/) [![PastViewLogo-Black](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hubfs/PastViewLogo-Black.png)](http://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/) - [Features](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/features/) - [Manage](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/features/management/) - [Publish](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/features/publishing) - [Share](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/features/sharing) - [Design](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/website-design/) - Ingest - Built For - Communities - [Cultural Heritage](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/built-for/cultural-heritage/) - [Government](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/built-for/government) - [Industry](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/built-for/industry) - [Military](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/built-for/military/) - [Materials](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials) - [Bound Volumes](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials#bound-volumes) - [Documents](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials#documents) - [Photos](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials#photos) - [Audio Visual](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials#audio-visual) - [Born Digital](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials#born-digital) - [View all Materials](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/materials) - [Our Work](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/our-work/) - Resources - [Blog](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview) - [Case Studies](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/case-studies) - [Advice & Resources](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/advice-and-resources) - [Latest PastView News](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/latest-pastview-news) - [PastView Community](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community) - [Events](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/event) - [About](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/about) - [About PastView](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/about) - [Meet the Team](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/about#team) - [Partners](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/about#partners) - [Careers](https://www.townswebarchiving.com/careers/) - [Getting Started](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/getting-started) - [Contact](https://www.townswebarchiving.com/contact) - [Get in Touch](https://www.townswebarchiving.com/careers/) - [Request a Demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/cs20/internalexternal-meeting-link) - [Pricing](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/pricing) [CALCULATE MY INVESTMENT](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/pricing/access-calculator/) [![clear-logo](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Marketplace/webdew/Clear_-_Blog_Listing/Images/clear-logo.png?width=94&height=41&name=clear-logo.png "clear-logo")](https://www.webdew.com/clear/home) - Menu Item 1 - Sub-menu Item 1 - Another Item - Sub-menu Item 2 - Menu Item 2 - Yet Another Item - Menu Item 3 - Menu Item 4 # PastView Blog Find out more about Digital Access & Discovery   # PastView Community Find out more about Digital Access & Discovery   [Customer Stories](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/case-study) [Events & Webinars](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/event) [Feature Releases](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/tag/feature-release) [PastView Community](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community) [Digitisation & Data Capture](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/) [Product Updates](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/tag/product-update) [Feature Releases](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/tag/feature-release) [Community Webinars](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/tag/webinar) [Access & Discovery News](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/tag/product-update) [Digitisation & Data Capture](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/tag/product-update) ## Subscribe to the PastView blog Curated articles, news and advice on creating open access to digital cultural heritage. [Subscribe Here](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/newsletter-subscribe) --- ### Share this article: - [< Back to the blog](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview) [< Back to the community](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community) # Enhance access & discovery with Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) Posted by [Marshall Parr](https://blog.townswebarchiving.com/pastview/community/author/marshall-parr) on August 8, 2023 at 8:11 AM ### Introducing Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) to our new Text Recognition Service We are proud to be one of the first digital collection platforms to offer Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)!  Both Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) will shortly be available for all PastView users, providing you with the ability to automatically recognise text within your typed and handwritten documents. 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. Thank you to all of those that joined our webinar: [Enhance access & discovery with Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)](https://pastview.townswebarchiving.com/events/enhance-access-discovery-with-handwritten-text-recognition-htr/). We were delighted to have such a great turnout of PastView users at the webinar, and we look forward to learning about how HTR is supporting the discoverability of your digital collections. Let's take a moment to revisit what we covered during the webinar: - The launch of our Text Recognition service - Capabilities of Handwritten Text Recognition - Handwritten Text Recognition in action - How to access and use the new Text Recognition service Watch the webinar recording below:   ### Do you still have questions? 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