README.md

Author: formfixerdev

README.md

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-# FormFixer
-Multilingual OCR + form parser for genealogists and historians.
+# 🧾 FormFixer
+
+**Parse the past. Preserve the truth.**
+
+FormFixer is a multilingual OCR + structured document parser built for genealogists, researchers, and archivists. It reads scanned images and PDFs — including handwriting — and returns clean, structured output with full translation and field normalization.
+
+Runs 100% offline. No account. No cloud. Yours to keep.
+
+---
+
+## ✅ Features
+
+- 🧾 Multilingual OCR (Tesseract-powered)
+- ✍️ Handwriting support
+- 🌍 Date/place/name normalization
+- 🧠 Confidence scores for every field
+- 📄 YAML or overlay export
+- 🔐 Offline-first privacy
+- 🏷 Purpose-based licensing: Family, Professional, Institutional
+
+---
+
+## 🎁 v1.0 Beta (Test Release)
+
+This release includes:
+
+- 🪟 `FormFixerSetup.exe` – one-click Windows installer
+- 🐧 `FormFixer-x86_64.AppImage` – portable Linux binary
+- 📄 `README_beta.md` – install instructions
+- 🔑 `license.json` – Family-tier sample key (offline)
+
+No registration required. Just download and run.
+
+---
+
+## 💛 About the Family License
+
+The Family tier includes every core feature — multilingual support, handwriting, and YAML output — for individuals preserving history.
+
+You can always upgrade to the Professional or Institutional tier later for batch automation or institutional scaling.
+
+---
+
+## 📣 Feedback
+
+We welcome feedback from all users — especially genealogists, freelancers, and historians.  
+Open an issue or email support@protonmail.com (or your anonymous support inbox).