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Multi‑lingual character handwriting framework based on an integrated deep learning based sequence‑to‑sequence attention model

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posted on 2022-05-25, 15:06 authored by Besma RabhiBesma Rabhi, Abdelkarim Elbaati, Houcine Boubaker, Yahia HamdiYahia Hamdi, Amir Hussain, Adel AlimiAdel Alimi
Online signals are rich in dynamic features such as trajectory chronology, velocity, pressure and pen up/down movements. Their offline counterparts consist of a set of pixels. Thus, online handwriting recognition accuracy is generally better than offline. In this paper, we propose an original framework for recovering temporal order and pen velocity from offline multi-lingual handwriting. Our framework is based on an integrated sequence-to-sequence attention model. The proposed system involves extracting a hidden representation from an image using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and a Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BGRU), and decoding the encoded vectors to generate dynamic information using a BGRU with temporal attention. We validate our framework using an online recognition system applied to a benchmark Latin, Arabic and Indian On/Off dual-handwriting character database. The performance of the proposed multi-lingual system is demonstrated through a low error rate of point coordinates and high accuracy system rate.

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besma.rebhi.2015@ieee.org

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University of Sfax, National Engineering School of Sfax, REGIM-Lab.: REsearch Groups in Intelligent Machines, LR11ES48, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia

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  • Tunisia

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