https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-life-discussions/ocr-of-hand-written-coordinates-in-field-forms/m-p/1339308#M147 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P class="">Hello world,</P><P class="">Anyone know of software that's capable of digitizing hand written field forms with results that are worth using?</P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/83418iC6ED36A898CAF82F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="handwritten-survey-form.png" alt="Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds.</span></span></DIV></DIV></DIV><P class="">MS Office "copy text from picture" fails miserably. I've tried a couple of online services that allow demos without going through a tedious sign up process but they were only marginally better. Many numbers were recognized, but without the table structure so it comes out a jumbled mess. Recommendations?</P></DIV></DIV> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:01:50 GMT MattWilkie1 2023-10-18T20:01:50Z https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-life-discussions/ocr-of-hand-written-coordinates-in-field-forms/m-p/1339308#M147 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P class="">Hello world,</P><P class="">Anyone know of software that's capable of digitizing hand written field forms with results that are worth using?</P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/83418iC6ED36A898CAF82F/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="handwritten-survey-form.png" alt="Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Field observation form with table of handwritten data and coordinates in degrees, minutes seconds.</span></span></DIV></DIV></DIV><P class="">MS Office "copy text from picture" fails miserably. I've tried a couple of online services that allow demos without going through a tedious sign up process but they were only marginally better. Many numbers were recognized, but without the table structure so it comes out a jumbled mess. Recommendations?</P></DIV></DIV> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:01:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-life-discussions/ocr-of-hand-written-coordinates-in-field-forms/m-p/1339308#M147 MattWilkie1 2023-10-18T20:01:50Z https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-life-discussions/ocr-of-hand-written-coordinates-in-field-forms/m-p/1339401#M148 <P>Hi!</P><P>It works to get the coordinates via Gmail&gt; Google apps&gt; Drive.&nbsp;</P><P>It does not copy the table.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Faiez_0-1697667272329.png"><img src="https://community.esri.com/skins/images/22E6D5EA52860D134D259BB2CF8E02B8/responsive_peak/images/image_not_found.png" alt="Faiez_0-1697667272329.png" /></span></P><P>2nd ex.:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Faiez_1-1697667456964.png"><img src="https://community.esri.com/skins/images/22E6D5EA52860D134D259BB2CF8E02B8/responsive_peak/images/image_not_found.png" alt="Faiez_1-1697667456964.png" /></span></P><P>Good luck</P><P>Faiez</P><P><A href="https://gin-gis-infonet.hub.arcgis.com/" target="_self">GIN</A></P> Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:19:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-life-discussions/ocr-of-hand-written-coordinates-in-field-forms/m-p/1339401#M148 Faiez 2023-10-18T22:19:51Z