Is there a way I can convert a document handwritten in script into a printed MS Word document after?

Question

scanning it?

Answer 1

Yes, but you need a program with advanced OCR (optical character recognition) to be able to do so.

Something like http://www.rerecognition.com/htm/english.htm might work.

Hand printed documents are ok, but if it is in cursive script, that's a pretty tall order.

Answer 2

You'd need a fairly advanced (expensive) OCR program, and the handwriting would have to be very clear. If you have one, you click on File -> Send text to word.

If you have a lot of it, you might consider hiring a high school student to transcribe it. Call the school and ask to speak to the "Keyboarding" teacher.

I have forgotten to save a document after I printed it, once or twice. The cheap, standar OCR in Micorsoft Office can convert a fresh laser printed page in Arial font back into a word document with 95 - 99% accuracy. Handwriting is much harder.

Answer 3

You may be able to use a service, like this one,
http://www.faxsolutions.us/fax-to-ocr.php
that takes images you fax to them and send them back as e-mail. While this particular firm talks about Free-Script OCR, in their fax-to-email section, they refer only to TIFF and PDF attachments. The former is only an image while the latter can have text content or be just images.

Answer 4

Yes scan with and OCR (optical character recognition) reader and it might work. Also, Microsoft OneNote has additional handwriting recognition utlities that might work nicely.