> ## Documentation Index
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# Handwritten text recognition

> Recognize handwritten and hand-printed text in ABBYY FlexiCapture with the optional HTR module: set up HTR fields, install the module, and track licensing.

ABBYY FlexiCapture can be supplied with a handwritten text recognition (HTR) module for processing documents that contain handwritten text, for example handwritten amounts, addresses on envelopes, and text on some insurance forms. The HTR module recognizes both hand-printed and handwritten text.

The HTR module is installed separately from the main product. Contact ABBYY for the HTR module installation package. The module currently supports capture of English text only.

<Tip>
  If your documents contain only hand-printed text, you can use the built-in ICR technology instead. Select **Standard recognition** and specify **ICR** as the text type. For more information, see [Standard recognition options](/flexi-capture/templates/properties-recognition-text-standard).
</Tip>

## Set a field to handwritten text recognition

HTR mode applies only to fields, not to an entire page. It works on multi-line fields.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the field's properties">
    Right-click the field and select **Properties** from the shortcut menu.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the Recognition tab">
    Click the **Recognition** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the filling type">
    From the **Filling type** dropdown list, select **Handwritten text recognition**.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/abbyy/IFr-A2MDVJd80FDs/images/flexi-capture/HTR1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IFr-A2MDVJd80FDs&q=85&s=c13b7f24d74243af13ad239da84a14ce" alt="Filling type dropdown list with Handwritten text recognition selected" width="546" height="535" data-path="images/flexi-capture/HTR1.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  If you choose handwritten text recognition mode for a field, you can specify only one recognition language for that field.
</Note>

## Install the HTR module

The HTR module is not installed by default.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install FlexiCapture">
    Install ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Release 4 or later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the HTR installer">
    Launch the **ABBYY.HTR.1.0.exe** file. Contact ABBYY to obtain this file.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Follow the setup program">
    Follow the instructions of the setup program.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can also install or uninstall the module in silent mode from the command line. For example:

```text theme={null}
"<path to installation folder>\ABBYY.HTR.1.0.exe" -sp"/quiet"
"<path to installation folder>\ABBYY.HTR.1.0.exe" -sp"INSTALLDIR="<path to folder>" /quiet"
"<path to installation folder>\ABBYY.HTR.1.0.exe" -sp"/uninstall /quiet"
```

The first command installs the module silently, the second installs it into the specified folder, and the third removes it.

## HTR licensing

Your license comes with an HTR counter, initially set to the number of pages with handwritten text available to you. This counter decrements when the Document Definition in use contains at least one matching HTR field. The global page counter decrements in any case.

When a Document Definition with multiple sections is used, the HTR counter decrements only for the sections with matching HTR fields. For example, if a Document Definition has three sections and only the first has an HTR field, then recognizing a three-page document where only the first page contains handwritten text decrements the HTR counter by one page and the global counter by three pages.

Re-recognizing individual fields on previously recognized pages does not affect the counters. Whether you keep or delete the results of a previous recognition, submitting a page for re-recognition does not decrement the counter.