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+---
+library_name: PyLaia
+license: mit
+tags:
+- PyLaia
+- PyTorch
+- Handwritten text recognition
+metrics:
+- CER
+- WER
+language:
+- 'no'
+---
+
+# Hugin-Munin handwritten text recognition
+
+This model performs Handwritten Text Recognition in Norwegian. It was was developed during the [HUGIN-MUNIN project](https://hugin-munin-project.github.io/).
+
+## Model description
+
+The model has been trained using the PyLaia library on the [NorHand](https://zenodo.org/record/6542056) document images. 
+Line bounding boxes were improved using a post-processing step.
+
+Training images were resized with a fixed height of 128 pixels, keeping the original aspect ratio.
+
+## Evaluation results
+
+The model achieves the following results:
+
+| set   | CER (%)    | WER (%)   |
+| ----- | ---------- | --------- | 
+| train | 2.33       | 5.62      |
+| val   | 8.20       | 24.75     |
+| test  | 7.81       | 23.3      |
+
+
+Results improve on validation and test sets when PyLaia is combined with a 6-gram language model. 
+The language model is trained on [this text corpus](https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/en/resource-catalogue/oai-nb-no-sbr-73/) published by the National Library of Norway.
+
+| set   | CER (%)    | WER (%)   |
+| ----- | ---------- | --------- | 
+| train | 2.62       | 6.13      |
+| val   | 7.01       | 19.75     |
+| test  | 6.75       | 18.22     |
+
+
+## How to use
+
+Please refer to the PyLaia library page (https://pypi.org/project/pylaia/) to use this model.
+
+# Cite us!
+
+```bibtex
+@inproceedings{10.1007/978-3-031-06555-2_27,
+author = {Maarand, Martin and Beyer, Yngvil and K\r{a}sen, Andre and Fosseide, Knut T. and Kermorvant, Christopher},
+title = {A Comprehensive Comparison of Open-Source Libraries for Handwritten Text Recognition in Norwegian},
+year = {2022},
+isbn = {978-3-031-06554-5},
+publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
+address = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
+url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06555-2_27},
+doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-06555-2_27},
+booktitle = {Document Analysis Systems: 15th IAPR International Workshop, DAS 2022, La Rochelle, France, May 22–25, 2022, Proceedings},
+pages = {399–413},
+numpages = {15},
+keywords = {Norwegian language, Open-source, Handwriting recognition},
+location = {La Rochelle, France}
+}
+```