One minute, no sound needed
Watch a page become searchable
A real recording of the work: a 1941 letter searched by name and by place, the encrypted vault it is kept in, and the scanner that reads the handwriting. No slides, no stock footage — this is the software itself.
Also for photographs
Torn, faded, water-stained — still recoverable
Creases, tears, scratches and decades of fading can be repaired, and black-and-white prints can be brought into colour. Drag the handle to see it on a damaged 1940s portrait.
- Your original scan is kept exactly as it came in, always
- You receive both versions, printed facing each other
- Faces are never redrawn or beautified — only damage is repaired
Priced per photograph — add them to the estimate below. Demonstration restoration on a stock photograph, shown with permission of the licence.
Colour, carefully
A black-and-white portrait, brought into colour
Period-accurate skin, fabric and backdrop tones are added to a monochrome print without touching the face, pose or grain. Drag the handle across this 1950s studio portrait to see the difference.
- The black-and-white original is kept untouched in your vault
- Colour is matched to the era, never invented or saturated
- Both versions arrive together, printed facing each other
Demonstration colourisation on a licensed stock photograph, not client work.
Before / after
Search the handwriting itself
October 14th, 1941
My Dearest Eleanor,
It feels like ages since I last wrote
to you from this weary place. The days
grow colder here in London, and thoughts
of home are my only comfort.
The situation is difficult, but we remain
hopeful. Work at the office is endless,
and I miss our walks by the river
dearly. The city has seen much weariness
lately, but life carries on.
Remember the little cafe we visited?
I think of you always and long for the
day I might see you again.
Please write when you can.
All my love,
Yours always,
ThomasCursive fountain pen on creased, yellowed paper. Nothing indexes this — until now it could only be found by reading every page.
The PDF is the real deliverable — open page 2 and press Ctrl-F (Cmd-F) to search the handwriting.
Searchable, not just scanned
Every page keeps its original image with a text layer underneath. Ctrl-F works on handwriting.
Encrypted the whole way
Files are stored with AES-256-GCM encryption at rest, behind a PIN. Nothing is published or shared.
Decades, in an afternoon
A box that would take a week to read becomes something you can query in seconds.
Instant estimate
What would yours cost?
150 pages
Who this is for
If the answer is on paper, it may as well be lost.
Executors & probate lawyers
A box of a parent's papers, and one insurance policy somewhere inside it.
Genealogists & family historians
Letters and diaries nobody can read, let alone search by name or place.
Trades & field services
Years of handwritten job sheets, needed the day a warranty is disputed.
Researchers & authors
Twenty field notebooks with one quotation you remember writing down.
Send the paper
Post the box, drop it off, or email photos you've taken yourself. No prep, no sorting, no flattening.
We digitise and transcribe
Every page becomes a searchable PDF: the original image preserved exactly, with text underneath.
You get it back, findable
Organised into folders and tags, delivered as files you keep. Your paper comes back untouched.
Get a quote
First 20 pages, free.
Tell me roughly what you have and I'll do the first twenty pages at no charge, so you can judge the output before paying for anything. No obligation, no card.
Typical turnaround: 3–5 working days
Your paper is returned exactly as it arrived