diff --git a/src/api/baseapi.cpp b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
index c5c80a73..296e2a98 100644
--- a/src/api/baseapi.cpp
+++ b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #include <fstream>             // for size_t
 #include <iostream>            // for std::cin
 #include <memory>              // for std::unique_ptr
+#include <set>                 // for std::pair
+#include <vector>              // for std::vector
 #include "allheaders.h"        // for pixDestroy, boxCreate, boxaAddBox, box...
 #include "blobclass.h"         // for ExtractFontName
 #include "boxword.h"           // for BoxWord
@@ -398,6 +400,7 @@ int TessBaseAPI::Init(const char* data, int data_size, const char* language,
       return -1;
     }
   }
+
   PERF_COUNT_SUB("update tesseract_")
   // Update datapath and language requested for the last valid initialization.
   if (datapath_ == nullptr)
@@ -1389,6 +1392,17 @@ static void AddIdTohOCR(STRING* hocr_str, const std::string base, int num1,
   *hocr_str += "'";
 }
 
+static void AddIdTohOCR(STRING* hocr_str, const std::string base, int num1,
+  int num2, int num3) {
+  const size_t BUFSIZE = 64;
+  char id_buffer[BUFSIZE];
+  snprintf(id_buffer, BUFSIZE - 1, "%s_%d_%d_%d", base.c_str(), num1, num2,num3);
+  id_buffer[BUFSIZE - 1] = '\0';
+  *hocr_str += " id='";
+  *hocr_str += id_buffer;
+  *hocr_str += "'";
+}
+
 static void AddBoxTohOCR(const ResultIterator* it, PageIteratorLevel level,
                          STRING* hocr_str) {
   int left, top, right, bottom;
@@ -1449,7 +1463,7 @@ char* TessBaseAPI::GetHOCRText(ETEXT_DESC* monitor, int page_number) {
   if (tesseract_ == nullptr || (page_res_ == nullptr && Recognize(monitor) < 0))
     return nullptr;
 
-  int lcnt = 1, bcnt = 1, pcnt = 1, wcnt = 1;
+  int lcnt = 1, bcnt = 1, pcnt = 1, wcnt = 1, tcnt = 1, gcnt = 1;
   int page_id = page_number + 1;  // hOCR uses 1-based page numbers.
   bool para_is_ltr = true;        // Default direction is LTR
   const char* paragraph_lang = nullptr;
@@ -1529,7 +1543,11 @@ char* TessBaseAPI::GetHOCRText(ETEXT_DESC* monitor, int page_number) {
     }
 
     // Now, process the word...
-    hocr_str += "<span class='ocrx_word'";
+    std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>>>* confidencemap = nullptr;
+    if (tesseract_->glyph_confidences) {
+      confidencemap = res_it->GetGlyphConfidences();
+    }
+    hocr_str += "\n      <span class='ocrx_word'";
     AddIdTohOCR(&hocr_str, "word", page_id, wcnt);
     int left, top, right, bottom;
     bool bold, italic, underlined, monospace, serif, smallcaps;
@@ -1587,7 +1605,32 @@ char* TessBaseAPI::GetHOCRText(ETEXT_DESC* monitor, int page_number) {
     } while (!res_it->Empty(RIL_BLOCK) && !res_it->IsAtBeginningOf(RIL_WORD));
     if (italic) hocr_str += "</em>";
     if (bold) hocr_str += "</strong>";
-    hocr_str += "</span> ";
+    // If glyph confidence is required it is added here
+    if (tesseract_->glyph_confidences && confidencemap != nullptr) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < confidencemap->size(); i++) {
+        hocr_str += "\n       <span class='ocrx_cinfo'";
+        AddIdTohOCR(&hocr_str, "timestep", page_id, wcnt, tcnt);
+        hocr_str += ">";
+        //*
+        std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>> timestep = (*confidencemap)[i];
+        for (std::pair<const char*, float> conf : timestep) {
+          hocr_str += "<span class='ocr_glyph'";
+          AddIdTohOCR(&hocr_str, "glyph", page_id, wcnt, gcnt);
+          hocr_str.add_str_int(" title='x_confs ", int(conf.second * 100));
+          hocr_str += "'";
+          hocr_str += ">";
+          hocr_str += conf.first;
+          hocr_str += "</span>";
+          gcnt++;
+        }
+        //*/
+        hocr_str += "</span>";
+        tcnt++;
+      }
+    }
+    hocr_str += "</span>";
+    tcnt = 1;
+    gcnt = 1;
     wcnt++;
     // Close any ending block/paragraph/textline.
     if (last_word_in_line) {
diff --git a/src/ccmain/linerec.cpp b/src/ccmain/linerec.cpp
index 081bed08..fc4e53a5 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/linerec.cpp
+++ b/src/ccmain/linerec.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void Tesseract::LSTMRecognizeWord(const BLOCK& block, ROW *row, WERD_RES *word,
   if (im_data == nullptr) return;
   lstm_recognizer_->RecognizeLine(*im_data, true, classify_debug_level > 0,
                                   kWorstDictCertainty / kCertaintyScale,
-                                  word_box, words);
+                                  word_box, words, glyph_confidences);
   delete im_data;
   SearchWords(words);
 }
diff --git a/src/ccmain/resultiterator.cpp b/src/ccmain/resultiterator.cpp
index 5c502cbd..66381b3f 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/resultiterator.cpp
+++ b/src/ccmain/resultiterator.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "tesseractclass.h"
 #include "unicharset.h"
 #include "unicodes.h"
+#include <set>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace tesseract {
 
@@ -602,6 +604,14 @@ char* ResultIterator::GetUTF8Text(PageIteratorLevel level) const {
   return result;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>>>* ResultIterator::GetGlyphConfidences() const {
+  if (it_->word() != nullptr) {
+    return &it_->word()->timesteps;
+  } else {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
 void ResultIterator::AppendUTF8WordText(STRING *text) const {
   if (!it_->word()) return;
   ASSERT_HOST(it_->word()->best_choice != nullptr);
diff --git a/src/ccmain/resultiterator.h b/src/ccmain/resultiterator.h
index 7bd48368..8526aed7 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/resultiterator.h
+++ b/src/ccmain/resultiterator.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #ifndef TESSERACT_CCMAIN_RESULT_ITERATOR_H_
 #define TESSERACT_CCMAIN_RESULT_ITERATOR_H_
 
+#include <set>                  // for std::pair
+#include <vector>               // for std::vector
 #include "ltrresultiterator.h"  // for LTRResultIterator
 #include "platform.h"           // for TESS_API, TESS_LOCAL
 #include "publictypes.h"        // for PageIteratorLevel
@@ -95,6 +97,11 @@ class TESS_API ResultIterator : public LTRResultIterator {
   */
   virtual char* GetUTF8Text(PageIteratorLevel level) const;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the glyph confidences for every LSTM timestep for the current Word
+  */
+  virtual std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>>>* GetGlyphConfidences() const;
+
   /**
    * Return whether the current paragraph's dominant reading direction
    * is left-to-right (as opposed to right-to-left).
diff --git a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.cpp b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.cpp
index 7a6160f7..72138233 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.cpp
+++ b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.cpp
@@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ Tesseract::Tesseract()
       STRING_MEMBER(page_separator, "\f",
                     "Page separator (default is form feed control character)",
                     this->params()),
+      BOOL_MEMBER(glyph_confidences, false,
+                  "Allows to include glyph confidences in the hOCR output",
+                   this->params()),
 
       backup_config_file_(nullptr),
       pix_binary_(nullptr),
diff --git a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
index 2be0982e..c3fe7124 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
+++ b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ class Tesseract : public Wordrec {
              "Preserve multiple interword spaces");
   STRING_VAR_H(page_separator, "\f",
                "Page separator (default is form feed control character)");
+  BOOL_VAR_H(glyph_confidences, false, "Allows to include glyph confidences in the hOCR output");
 
   //// ambigsrecog.cpp /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   FILE *init_recog_training(const STRING &fname);
diff --git a/src/ccstruct/pageres.h b/src/ccstruct/pageres.h
index 31b2f8df..b405bf61 100644
--- a/src/ccstruct/pageres.h
+++ b/src/ccstruct/pageres.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define PAGERES_H
 
 #include <cstdint>             // for int32_t, int16_t
+#include <set>                 // for std::pair
+#include <vector>              // for std::vector
 #include <sys/types.h>         // for int8_t
 #include "blamer.h"            // for BlamerBundle (ptr only), IRR_NUM_REASONS
 #include "clst.h"              // for CLIST_ITERATOR, CLISTIZEH
@@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ class WERD_RES : public ELIST_LINK {
   // Gaps between blobs in chopped_word. blob_gaps[i] is the gap between
   // blob i and blob i+1.
   GenericVector<int> blob_gaps;
+  // Stores the glyph confidences of every timestep of the lstm
+  std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>>> timesteps;
   // Ratings matrix contains classifier choices for each classified combination
   // of blobs. The dimension is the same as the number of blobs in chopped_word
   // and the leading diagonal corresponds to classifier results of the blobs
diff --git a/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.cpp b/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.cpp
index 1b3ecee3..7766476a 100644
--- a/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.cpp
+++ b/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool LSTMRecognizer::LoadDictionary(const char* lang, TessdataManager* mgr) {
 void LSTMRecognizer::RecognizeLine(const ImageData& image_data, bool invert,
                                    bool debug, double worst_dict_cert,
                                    const TBOX& line_box,
-                                   PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words) {
+                                   PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words, bool glyph_confidences) {
   NetworkIO outputs;
   float scale_factor;
   NetworkIO inputs;
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ void LSTMRecognizer::RecognizeLine(const ImageData& image_data, bool invert,
     search_ =
         new RecodeBeamSearch(recoder_, null_char_, SimpleTextOutput(), dict_);
   }
-  search_->Decode(outputs, kDictRatio, kCertOffset, worst_dict_cert, nullptr);
+  search_->Decode(outputs, kDictRatio, kCertOffset, worst_dict_cert,
+                  &GetUnicharset(), glyph_confidences);
   search_->ExtractBestPathAsWords(line_box, scale_factor, debug,
-                                  &GetUnicharset(), words);
+                                  &GetUnicharset(), words, 
+                                  glyph_confidences);
 }
 
 // Helper computes min and mean best results in the output.
diff --git a/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.h b/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.h
index f1377740..0d1afbb4 100644
--- a/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.h
+++ b/src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.h
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ class LSTMRecognizer {
   // will be used in a dictionary word.
   void RecognizeLine(const ImageData& image_data, bool invert, bool debug,
                      double worst_dict_cert, const TBOX& line_box,
-                     PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words);
+                     PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words, 
+                     bool glyph_confidences = false);
 
   // Helper computes min and mean best results in the output.
   void OutputStats(const NetworkIO& outputs,
diff --git a/src/lstm/recodebeam.cpp b/src/lstm/recodebeam.cpp
index 9119f28e..4625d26e 100644
--- a/src/lstm/recodebeam.cpp
+++ b/src/lstm/recodebeam.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "networkio.h"
 #include "pageres.h"
 #include "unicharcompress.h"
+#include <set>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -77,13 +79,18 @@ RecodeBeamSearch::RecodeBeamSearch(const UnicharCompress& recoder,
 // Decodes the set of network outputs, storing the lattice internally.
 void RecodeBeamSearch::Decode(const NetworkIO& output, double dict_ratio,
                               double cert_offset, double worst_dict_cert,
-                              const UNICHARSET* charset) {
+                              const UNICHARSET* charset, bool glyph_confidence) {
   beam_size_ = 0;
   int width = output.Width();
+  if (glyph_confidence) 
+    timesteps.clear();
   for (int t = 0; t < width; ++t) {
     ComputeTopN(output.f(t), output.NumFeatures(), kBeamWidths[0]);
     DecodeStep(output.f(t), t, dict_ratio, cert_offset, worst_dict_cert,
                charset);
+    if (glyph_confidence) {
+      SaveMostCertainGlyphs(output.f(t), output.NumFeatures(), charset, t);
+    }
   }
 }
 void RecodeBeamSearch::Decode(const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY<float>& output,
@@ -98,6 +105,35 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::Decode(const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY<float>& output,
   }
 }
 
+void RecodeBeamSearch::SaveMostCertainGlyphs(const float* outputs,
+                                             int num_outputs,
+                                             const UNICHARSET* charset,
+                                             int xCoord) {
+  std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>> glyphs;
+  int pos = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_outputs; ++i) {
+    if (outputs[i] >= 0.01f) {
+      const char* charakter;
+      if (i + 2 >= num_outputs) {
+        charakter = "";
+      } else if (i > 0) {
+        charakter = charset->id_to_unichar_ext(i + 2);
+      } else {
+        charakter = charset->id_to_unichar_ext(i);
+      }
+      pos = 0;
+      //order the possible glyphs within one timestep
+      //beginning with the most likely
+      while (glyphs.size() > pos && glyphs[pos].second > outputs[i]) {
+        pos++;
+      }
+      glyphs.insert(glyphs.begin() + pos,
+                    std::pair<const char*, float>(charakter, outputs[i]));      
+    }
+  }
+  timesteps.push_back(glyphs);
+}
+
 // Returns the best path as labels/scores/xcoords similar to simple CTC.
 void RecodeBeamSearch::ExtractBestPathAsLabels(
     GenericVector<int>* labels, GenericVector<int>* xcoords) const {
@@ -140,7 +176,8 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::ExtractBestPathAsUnicharIds(
 void RecodeBeamSearch::ExtractBestPathAsWords(const TBOX& line_box,
                                               float scale_factor, bool debug,
                                               const UNICHARSET* unicharset,
-                                              PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words) {
+                                              PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words,
+                                              bool glyph_confidence) {
   words->truncate(0);
   GenericVector<int> unichar_ids;
   GenericVector<float> certs;
@@ -165,6 +202,7 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::ExtractBestPathAsWords(const TBOX& line_box,
   }
   // Convert labels to unichar-ids.
   int word_end = 0;
+  int timestepEnd = 0;
   float prev_space_cert = 0.0f;
   for (int word_start = 0; word_start < num_ids; word_start = word_end) {
     for (word_end = word_start + 1; word_end < num_ids; ++word_end) {
@@ -188,6 +226,12 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::ExtractBestPathAsWords(const TBOX& line_box,
     WERD_RES* word_res = InitializeWord(
         leading_space, line_box, word_start, word_end,
         std::min(space_cert, prev_space_cert), unicharset, xcoords, scale_factor);
+    if (glyph_confidence) {
+      for (size_t i = timestepEnd; i < xcoords[word_end]; i++) {
+        word_res->timesteps.push_back(timesteps[i]);
+      }
+      timestepEnd = xcoords[word_end];
+    }
     for (int i = word_start; i < word_end; ++i) {
       BLOB_CHOICE_LIST* choices = new BLOB_CHOICE_LIST;
       BLOB_CHOICE_IT bc_it(choices);
@@ -381,7 +425,7 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::ComputeTopN(const float* outputs, int num_outputs,
 void RecodeBeamSearch::DecodeStep(const float* outputs, int t,
                                   double dict_ratio, double cert_offset,
                                   double worst_dict_cert,
-                                  const UNICHARSET* charset) {
+                                  const UNICHARSET* charset, bool debug) {
   if (t == beam_.size()) beam_.push_back(new RecodeBeam);
   RecodeBeam* step = beam_[t];
   beam_size_ = t + 1;
@@ -396,7 +440,7 @@ void RecodeBeamSearch::DecodeStep(const float* outputs, int t,
     }
   } else {
     RecodeBeam* prev = beam_[t - 1];
-    if (charset != nullptr) {
+    if (debug) {
       int beam_index = BeamIndex(true, NC_ANYTHING, 0);
       for (int i = prev->beams_[beam_index].size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
         GenericVector<const RecodeNode*> path;
diff --git a/src/lstm/recodebeam.h b/src/lstm/recodebeam.h
index 61a2490f..85636581 100644
--- a/src/lstm/recodebeam.h
+++ b/src/lstm/recodebeam.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "networkio.h"
 #include "ratngs.h"
 #include "unicharcompress.h"
+#include <set>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace tesseract {
 
@@ -182,7 +184,8 @@ class RecodeBeamSearch {
   // Decodes the set of network outputs, storing the lattice internally.
   // If charset is not null, it enables detailed debugging of the beam search.
   void Decode(const NetworkIO& output, double dict_ratio, double cert_offset,
-              double worst_dict_cert, const UNICHARSET* charset);
+              double worst_dict_cert, const UNICHARSET* charset,
+              bool glyph_confidence = false);
   void Decode(const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY<float>& output, double dict_ratio,
               double cert_offset, double worst_dict_cert,
               const UNICHARSET* charset);
@@ -201,11 +204,12 @@ class RecodeBeamSearch {
   // Returns the best path as a set of WERD_RES.
   void ExtractBestPathAsWords(const TBOX& line_box, float scale_factor,
                               bool debug, const UNICHARSET* unicharset,
-                              PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words);
+                              PointerVector<WERD_RES>* words, bool glyph_confidence);
 
   // Generates debug output of the content of the beams after a Decode.
   void DebugBeams(const UNICHARSET& unicharset) const;
-
+  
+  std::vector< std::vector<std::pair<const char*, float>>> timesteps;
   // Clipping value for certainty inside Tesseract. Reflects the minimum value
   // of certainty that will be returned by ExtractBestPathAsUnicharIds.
   // Supposedly on a uniform scale that can be compared across languages and
@@ -291,7 +295,10 @@ class RecodeBeamSearch {
   // for the current timestep.
   void DecodeStep(const float* outputs, int t, double dict_ratio,
                   double cert_offset, double worst_dict_cert,
-                  const UNICHARSET* charset);
+                  const UNICHARSET* charset, bool debug = false);
+
+  //Saves the most certain glyphs for the current time-step
+  void SaveMostCertainGlyphs(const float* outputs, int num_outputs, const UNICHARSET* charset, int xCoord);
 
   // Adds to the appropriate beams the legal (according to recoder)
   // continuations of context prev, which is from the given index to beams_,