Paid desktop software · local only
Every archive has pages nobody can search.
QuillParse is a desktop studio for correcting bad scans and transcribing handwriting — on your machine, without sending a single image anywhere.
macOS and Windows apps are in development. Join the waitlist for launch pricing and early access — not available for download yet.
The pipeline
Four movements,
one continuous desk.
Drop phone photos, flatbed scans, or camera roll exports. Mixed quality is expected.
Rotation, perspective, shadows, crop — detected automatically, applied only with your approval.
The recognition engine reads the cleaned page line by line. Full-page mode preserves layout.
Review each transcript, copy text, export files. Optionally train a custom model on your samples.
Evidence
Synthetic pages, real pipeline.
Samples generated for this site — passed through the same correction and transcription path the app uses.
Correction preview
Transcript · 0.94 avg
The Tortoise and the Hare A Hare was once boasting about how fast he could run when a Tortoise overheard him and said quietly, 'I challenge you to a race.' The Hare burst out laughing. 'You? Race me? Why, I could dance circles around you all the way!' But the Tortoise only smiled and said, 'Shall we begin?' They asked a Fox to mark the course and judge the race. At the signal, the Hare leaped forward and was out of sight almost before the Tortoise had taken his first step.
Input page
Capabilities
What the studio contains.
- preprocess
Eight correction types
Skew, perspective, crop, shadow, contrast, blur — toggled per image or globally.
- ocr
Handwriting recognition
State-of-the-art line and full-page transcription with confidence on every result.
- full-page
Layout preserved
Segment a whole page into lines, transcribe each, reassemble with structure intact.
- training
Custom models
Advanced mode for training on your own labeled samples. GPU optional.
- desktop
Native app
A native desktop studio — drag, preview, review. Built for long sessions.
- privacy
Nothing leaves
Images and transcripts stay on your machine. No cloud account required.
Product
A licensed app, not a repo.
QuillParse is commercial desktop software. You buy a license, install the app, and keep your documents local. No source code, no self-hosting — just a focused tool that does one job well.
- Smart scan correction with before/after preview
- Handwriting transcription with confidence scores
- Full-page mode with layout preservation
- Export and review tools
- Free updates for the version you purchase
Requires Python runtime bundled with the installer · optional GPU for advanced custom-model training
Waitlist
Early access &
launch pricing.
One email when QuillParse is ready to buy. Waitlist members hear about pricing before the public launch.