# ✍️ Read handwritten notes from a photo

**Use case:** 

Google Lens reads handwriting, not only print. Photograph a note, a recipe card, a filled-in form or an archive page and get the text back with each word's position on the image. Accuracy follows legibility: clear cursive works, a hurried scrawl much less.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTypes": [
    "ocr"
  ],
  "imageUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Pound_cake_recipe_card_-_Handwritten_2024-05-21_103943_page_1.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "imageKvsRecords": [],
  "translateLanguage": "en",
  "language": "en"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "ocr": {
    "label": "Ocr"
  },
  "searchType": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Lens | AI Mode | Reverse image search | Translation+OCR](https://apify.com/borderline/google-lens.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/borderline/google-lens.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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