You can use the Hand Written Text Extraction node to convert, extract or remove handwritten text from a document for further processing as per the automation requirements.

In an Invoice PDF, if the payment due date is handwritten, use the Hand Written Text Extraction node to convert the handwritten payment due date to a machine-readable text so even that field can be extracted using a Doc Reader node.

Design Task for Hand Written Text Extraction

1. Drag the Hand Written Text Extraction node from the Document Processing category in the Nodes panel to the Design Studio and connect to the Start node.

2. Specify the Configuration and Properties of the Hand Written Text Extraction node.

Map Inputs to Hand Written Text Extraction Node

1. Click the link to Hand Written Text Extraction Node to open the Edit Mapping Data window.
2. Select the filePath or fileID tag from the RHS panel. 
3. Click the Element Map button.
4. Enter the path of the document in the What to get? field.

    C:\Documents\Invoice.pdf

Drag Function Node

1. Drag the Function node from the Nodes panel to the Design Studio and connect to the Hand Written Text Extraction node and End Node.
2. Use the function Download from Server in the Actions tab to download the document.

Map Inputs to Function Node

1. Click the link to Function Node to open the Edit Mapping Data window.
2. Select the fileID tag from the left-hand side panel. 
3. Click the ADD button.

Execute Task

Execute the task to perform the handwritten text extraction.

After the task is executed, click the icon of Hand Written Text Extraction node to view the Result of Execution window.

The Result of Execution window displays Input, Output, and RunInfo.

• Output: The fileID of the document and status of the Task is displayed.
• Input: The input variables that are mapped to the node are displayed.
• Run Info: The Run Details, Configuration Details, and Machine Details are displayed.

The extracted document is uploaded to the Server.

The fileID from the output of the Hand Written Text Extraction node is passed to the Function node.

Function Node downloads the extracted file from the server and saves to the specified path in the local machine.