The handwriting to text API for forms and field notes.
Doctor scrawls, inspection forms, customer-handwritten paperwork, whiteboard photos. Returns the same typed JSON as printed text. No separate model, no separate endpoint, no preprocessing.
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Try it on a real document.
Run OCR on a sample document, or drop in your own. No sign-up, no API key.
Or run it on your own document
Drop a document here
PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WebP, or BMP. Up to 4 MB, single page.
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See a handwritten form become extracted text.
Use text mode when a document mixes printed labels and handwritten answers. OCRWell returns the words on the form in a clean text format.
{
"job": {
"id": "019539a6-6c3d-7e5f",
"status": "completed",
"mode": "text",
"page_count": 1,
"created_at": "2026-05-14T00:18:00Z",
"completed_at": "2026-05-14T00:18:04Z"
},
"result": {
"pages": [
{
"page": 1,
"text": "PATIENT INTAKE FORM\nClinic: Riverside Medical Centre\nPatient name: Sarah Thompson\nDate of birth: 14/03/1978\nVisit date: 14/05/2026\nReason for visit: Persistent cough, two weeks\nAllergies: Penicillin\nSignature: S. Thompson"
}
]
}
}Tell us the fields. We read the page.
Send a template schema describing the values you need. OCRWell reads
the form, extracts the handwritten answers, and returns typed data in result.data.
{
"upload_id": "019539a7-8e4f-7a6b",
"filename": "handwritten-intake-form.webp",
"mode": "structured",
"schema": {
"patient_name": "",
"date_of_birth": "",
"visit_date": "",
"phone": "",
"reason_for_visit": "",
"symptoms": "",
"current_medication": "",
"allergies": "",
"notes": "",
"signature": ""
}
}{
"job": {
"id": "019539a7-8e4f-7a6b",
"status": "completed",
"mode": "structured",
"page_count": 1
},
"result": {
"data": {
"patient_name": "Sarah Thompson",
"date_of_birth": "14/03/1978",
"visit_date": "14/05/2026",
"phone": "0412 555 019",
"reason_for_visit": "Persistent cough, two weeks",
"symptoms": "Mild chest tightness, worse at night",
"current_medication": "Salbutamol as needed",
"allergies": "Penicillin",
"notes": "No fever. Review if not improving.",
"signature": "S. Thompson"
}
}
}Where handwriting OCR earns its keep.
Cursive, print, and mixed
Doctor scrawls, field-inspector block letters, customer forms where half the page is printed and half is handwritten. Same endpoint, same response shape.
Form fields, not just paragraphs
Send a JSON schema and get back exactly the fields you asked for. The model reads the form layout, finds the values, and types the response. No bounding-box maths in your code.
LLM-verified output
Handwriting OCR is the place errors hurt most. OCRWell reconciles raw OCR against domain context before returning, catching hallucinations before they ship downstream.
Start free. Pay only when you scale.
- No credit card required.
- Hard cap, no overage charges.
- Paid plans from $20/mo when you grow.
Read what humans wrote, today.
Generate an API key, send your first handwritten form, and have typed JSON back in seconds. Free forever tier covers 200 OCR pages per month.