synthetic words

Version: 0.1.4     

Related resources:

For a collection of related resources in Hand written OCR research click here

LOCAL ENVIRONMENT

OS          : Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (64-bit) Bionic Beaver        
Memory      : 7.7 GiB  
Processor   : Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz × 8    
Graphics    : Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)  
Gnome       : 3.28.2  

Environment Setup

Assuming the libraqm complex layout is working properly, you can skip to python requirements.

• sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev gtk-doc-tools
• Install libraqm as described here
• sudo ldconfig (librarqm local repo)

python requirements

• pip requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt

Its better to use a virtual environment OR use conda-

• conda: use environment.yml: conda env create -f environment.yml

TODO

• update datasets.md
• update scripts.md
• synthetic words: printed and handwritten
• indic-iit dataset
• recheck-previous 3 datasets