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Reading and Transcribing Handwritten Menus in China
OCR struggles with messy handwritten Chinese menus. Here is why reading handwriting is its own skill and how learning to write builds it.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Posts tagged Handwriting Reading from the Hanzi Write Practice team.

OCR struggles with messy handwritten Chinese menus. Here is why reading handwriting is its own skill and how learning to write builds it.

Native Chinese handwriting can be a beautiful scrawl that defeats learners and apps. Here is why it is hard and how learning to write trains you to read it.