The Challenges of HTR Model Training: Feedback from the Project Donner le gout de l'archive a l'ere numerique

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11146v4
• Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:04:24 GMT
• Title: The Challenges of HTR Model Training: Feedback from the Project Donner le gout de l'archive a l'ere numerique
• Authors: Beatrice Couture (Universit\'e de Montr\'eal), Farah Verret (Universit\'e de Montr\'eal), Maxime Gohier (Universit\'e du Qu\'ebec \`a Rimouski), Dominique Deslandres (Universit\'e de Montr\'eal)
• Abstract summary: This article reports on the impacts of creating transcribing protocols and using the language model at full scale. It also determines the best way to use base models in order to help increase the performance of handwritten text recognition models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The arrival of handwriting recognition technologies offers new possibilities for research in heritage studies. However, it is now necessary to reflect on the experiences and the practices developed by research teams. Our use of the Transkribus platform since 2018 has led us to search for the most significant ways to improve the performance of our handwritten text recognition (HTR) models which are made to transcribe French handwriting dating from the 17th century. This article therefore reports on the impacts of creating transcribing protocols, using the language model at full scale and determining the best way to use base models in order to help increase the performance of HTR models. Combining all of these elements can indeed increase the performance of a single model by more than 20% (reaching a Character Error Rate below 5%). This article also discusses some challenges regarding the collaborative nature of HTR platforms such as Transkribus and the way researchers can share their data generated in the process of creating or training handwritten text recognition models.

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