yngvil.beyer · PyLaia · Published September 16, 2023

NorHand 1820-1940

Text Recognition

Description

This model is a general model for Norwegian handwriting from approx. 1820 to 1940. The model is trained on transcribed letters and manuscripts from the collection at the National Library of Norway.

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Very low error rate4% CER

Character Error Rate (CER) measures the percentage of characters incorrectly recognised. Lower is better. This model scored 4% on its validation set. As a rule of thumb, a CER below 10% is considered good for most handwritten material. This is a larger model trained on diverse material, which generally makes it more robust across different handwriting styles. That said, larger training sets also make it harder to push the CER down further.

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.

Words1,546,034
Lines238,986
Training Pages10,776
Model ID55080
Languages
Norwegian