HTR_ru

Handwritten Text Recognition model for russian 19th century text

Installation

1. The zip-archive with the code is available with the link. Download it and unpack into your PATH.
2. Open terminal and go to your PATH:

   cd /PATH/HTR_ru

3. Create python virtual environment and activate it:

   python -m venv env

   • On Windows, run:

     env\Scripts\activate.bat

   • On Unix or MacOS, run:

     source env/bin/activate

4. Install requirements and go to model directory:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   cd ./model

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   How to use

   Once you've done with all preparation, you can run the program typing in the command:

   python htr.py --input INPUT_PATH --output OUTPUT_PATH

   where INPUT_PATH - the path to the image which you want to translate and OUTPUT_PATH - the path with the *.txt file where you want to save the translation.

For example:

python htr.py --input ../demo/demo1.jpg --output ../translate.txt

Also, you have 3 demo pictures in PATH/HTR_ru/demo directory to test the program.

Finish

Once you've done with your work with the code, type

deactivate

to deactivate python virtual environment.