Make notes and old files searchable

Employees make handwritten notes and old files searchable

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsReading & capturing documentsAll industries

Fits: Leaders & strategy · HR · Finance & accounting · Legal & compliance · Office, administration & casework · Research & development · Health & care · Field service & trades

You can find what is currently in folders, notebooks and handwritten notes by search term in seconds. Nobody has to go to the archive any more to look up an old agreement.

Is this for you?

  • You regularly search paper files, notebooks or handwritten notes for old agreements.
  • A large part is handwritten or poorly scanned, so normal text recognition finds little.
  • There is a digital filing system or document management system the texts should go into.
First step today

Photograph one of your own handwritten notes without names, customer data or health information, and have it transcribed with the template below. Compare the transcript word for word with the original, and count how many passages are marked and how many are wrong without being flagged.

How to go about it

  1. Decide which files and search details you need
  2. Collect files and notes at one scanning station
  3. Have handwriting and scans converted into text
  4. Check uncertain passages against the original
  5. Transfer to the archive
  6. Monitor search hits and fine-tune

Templates to copy

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A-009 · Legal status 08.10.2026