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Using Camera OCR to digitise handwritten forms

Last updated: 11 August 2026.

Camera OCR is for the paper still floating around most operations — a legacy incident pad, a contractor's handwritten note, a form filled in before a phone was to hand.

When to use it

Anywhere a handwritten form already exists and needs to become a proper digital record: end-of-shift paperwork from contractors, historical logs you are digitising, or a quick paper note taken during a fast-moving incident.

How to trigger it

Open a new incident, choose Camera OCR, and photograph the form. The AI reads the handwriting and drafts the incident fields from it — type, location, description and so on.

What to expect

As with any AI-drafted report, review the fields before saving. Poor handwriting, faint pen, or a damaged or creased form can all reduce accuracy, so treat the draft as a starting point and correct anything that does not match the original form.

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