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[Feature] Convert Handwritten Notes (OCR for Handwriting)Β #18

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πŸ”Ή Difficulty: β­β­β­β­β˜† (Hard)
🎯 Usefulness: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Very High)

πŸ“ Description

Allow users to convert handwritten notes into digital text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

❓ Why?

  • Helps students, professionals, and researchers digitize handwritten notes.
  • Great for quickly converting meeting notes, whiteboard drawings, or study notes into text.
  • Avoids the need for manual typing, saving time.

πŸ› οΈ Implementation Details

  • Use Tesseract.js (OCR engine) with a model trained for handwriting recognition.
  • Support image uploads (users take a picture of handwritten notes).
  • Provide text correction suggestions (basic spell-checking for OCR errors).
  • Allow users to copy, edit, or download the extracted text.

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