Handwriting OCR vs. Rossum

Handwriting OCR converts handwritten and printed documents into searchable, editable text using AI models trained on hundreds of millions of public-domain documents. Unlike traditional OCR that fails on handwriting, our AI-powered recognition handles cursive, historical scripts (including Sütterlin and Kurrent), and messy handwriting with accuracy that was impossible before modern machine learning.

Rossum is a market-leading Intelligent Document Processing solution combining the industry’s most advanced data extraction capabilities with a complete low-code platform that automates significant amounts of manual work. Our goal for every use case is, at minimum, a 90% document processing speed increase. Over 450 organizations across industries, including Bosch, Siemens, Panasonic, Flexport, Morton Salt, and The Master Trust Bank of Japan, use Rossum to reduce manual effort, improve turnaround times, and eliminate errors.