metadata
language:
- ta
- en
dataset_info:
features:
- name: image
dtype: image
- name: text
dtype: string
splits:
- name: train
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num_examples: 75736
- name: validation
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num_examples: 11598
- name: test
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num_examples: 16184
download_size: 5161992903
dataset_size: 5234161919.74
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files:
- split: train
path: data/train-*
- split: validation
path: data/validation-*
- split: test
path: data/test-*
IIIT-INDIC-HW-WORDS-Tamil
Dataset containing images of hand written words in Devanagari by various humans and the corresponding text of those images.
Overview
The dataset, originally developed by the Centre for Visual Information Technology (CVIT) at IIIT Hyderabad, has been transformed into Parquet format to facilitate its use in modern machine learning workflows. This dataset primarily targets recognition of handwritten Tamil words and aims to advance research and development in handwritten text recognition technologies for Indic scripts.
Acknowledgement
Original: IIIT-INDIC-HW-WORDS: A Dataset for Indic Handwritten Text Recognition
By: Santhoshini Gongidi and C. V. Jawahar
Available At: https://cvit.iiit.ac.in/research/projects/cvit-projects/iiit-indic-hw-words