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NIST Handprinted Forms and Characters - NIST Special Database 19
Special Database 19 contains NIST's entire corpus of training materials for handprinted document and character recognition. It publishes Handprinted Sample Forms from 3600 writers, 810,000 character images isolated from their forms, ground truth classifications for those images, reference forms for further data collection, and software utilities for image management and handling. there are two editions of the databases. One is the original database with the images in mis or pct format. It also includes software to open and manipulate the data. The second edition has the images all in PNG format.
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | restricted public |
| accrualPeriodicity | irregular |
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| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Karen Marshall",
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| description | Special Database 19 contains NIST's entire corpus of training materials for handprinted document and character recognition. It publishes Handprinted Sample Forms from 3600 writers, 810,000 character images isolated from their forms, ground truth classifications for those images, reference forms for further data collection, and software utilities for image management and handling. there are two editions of the databases. One is the original database with the images in mis or pct format. It also includes software to open and manipulate the data. The second edition has the images all in PNG format. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | FF429BC1785F8B3EE0431A570681E858206 |
| keyword |
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"OCR",
"automated data capture",
"character recognition",
"characters",
"hand printed characters",
"hand prints",
"hand writing recognition",
"handprints",
"printed characters",
"recognition",
"software recognition"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.nist.gov/srd/nist-special-database-19 |
| language |
[
"en"
]
|
| license | https://www.nist.gov/open/license |
| modified | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 |
| programCode |
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|
| publisher |
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"name": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
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|
| references |
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"https://s3.amazonaws.com/nist-srd/SD19/sd19_users_guide_edition_2.pdf"
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|
| rights | Access to NIST Special Database 19 is available for a fee. For more information please visit https://www.nist.gov/srd/nist-special-database-19. |
| theme |
[
"Information Technology:Biometrics"
]
|
| title | NIST Handprinted Forms and Characters - NIST Special Database 19 |
