SimpleHTR

SimpleHTR is an open-source implementation of a handwriting text recognition system based on deep learning techniques. The project focuses on converting images of handwritten text into machine-readable digital text using neural networks. The system uses a combination of convolutional neural networks and recurrent neural networks to extract visual features and model sequential character patterns in handwriting. It also employs connectionist temporal classification (CTC) to align predicted character sequences with input images without requiring character-level segmentation. The repository provides code for training models, performing inference on handwritten text images, and evaluating recognition accuracy. SimpleHTR is commonly used as an educational example for understanding how modern handwriting recognition systems operate.