Manu McFrench, from zero to hero: impact of using a generic handwriting model for smaller datasets
ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2023 (DH2023)
Published June 30, 2023 | Version v1
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Manu McFrench, from zero to hero: impact of using a generic handwriting model for smaller datasets

Creators

  • 1. ALMAnaCH, Inria, France; Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
  • 2. Centre Jean Mabillon, PSL-Ecole nationale des chartes, Paris, France; ALMAnaCH, Inria, France
  • 3. CREMMA, Paris, France

Contributors

  • 1. University of Graz
  • 2. Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities
  • 3. Le Mans Université
  • 4. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum

Description

Manu McFrench is a handwritten text recognition (HTR) model dedicated to French texts from the modern and contemporary periods. It was trained using data generated through the CREMMA infrastructure and/or shared via the HTR-United catalog. We demonstrate its usefulness to reduce the costs of training such models for specific handwritings.

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Book: 10.5281/zenodo.7961822 (DOI)