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AMHCD: A Database for Amazigh Handwritten Character Recognition Research

by Youssef Es Saady, Ali Rachidi, Mostafa El Yassa, Driss Mammass
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 27 - Number 4
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: Youssef Es Saady, Ali Rachidi, Mostafa El Yassa, Driss Mammass
10.5120/3286-4475

Youssef Es Saady, Ali Rachidi, Mostafa El Yassa, Driss Mammass . AMHCD: A Database for Amazigh Handwritten Character Recognition Research. International Journal of Computer Applications. 27, 4 ( August 2011), 44-48. DOI=10.5120/3286-4475

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title = { AMHCD: A Database for Amazigh Handwritten Character Recognition Research },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2011 },
volume = { 27 },
number = { 4 },
month = { August },
year = { 2011 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 44-48 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume27/number4/3286-4475/ },
doi = { 10.5120/3286-4475 },
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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the first version of a database that contains handwritten Amazigh characters (AMHCD). As present the database consists of 25,740 isolated and labeled Amazigh handwritten characters produced by 60 writers. This database has been developed at the IRF-SIC Laboratory of the university Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco. It is designed for training and testing recognition systems for handwritten Amazigh characters. This database is available for researches and academic uses.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Amazigh Handwriting Database Amazigh OCR Recognition system

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