merkel · PyLaia · Published February 12, 2026
Devanagari Lithography NKP M4
Text Recognition
Description
Late 19th and early 20th century. Devanagari script. Lithographically printed books. Three different scribes.
This model is based on lithographically printed text in the Devanagari script. The books were published by the Naval Kishore Press in Lakhnau and date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At least, two different hands are discernible in the written text.
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Low error rate5.58% CER
Character Error Rate (CER) measures the percentage of characters incorrectly recognised. Lower is better. This model scored 5.58% on its validation set. As a rule of thumb, a CER below 10% is considered good for most handwritten material.
Measured on the model's own validation data. Results on your documents may differ depending on handwriting style, document condition, language, and how closely your material resembles the training data.
Words20,519
Lines1,890
Training Pages79
Model ID509677