githubharald/SimpleHTR

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A Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) system implemented in TensorFlow that recognizes text from images of single words or text lines, trained on the IAM dataset. It includes pretrained models, training/validation/inference modes, and multiple CTC decoding options including word beam search.

Use cases

• recognize handwritten text in images
• transcribe scanned handwritten words or lines
• train an HTR model on the IAM dataset
• experiment with CTC decoders for handwriting recognition
• build OCR for handwritten notes

When to choose

• you need to recognize handwritten (not printed) text in word or line images
• you want a simple, well-documented TensorFlow HTR reference implementation
• you want pretrained models with reasonable accuracy out of the box

When to avoid

• you need full-page document parsing rather than single words or lines (use HTRPipeline instead)
• you need production-grade OCR for printed text
• you need a maintained, actively developed solution

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ocr machine-learning deep-learning image-processing computer-vision machine-learning deep-learning image-processing python cross-platform handwritten-text-recognition tensorflow ctc rnn iam-dataset htr

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