where can we find the pretrained models? about pero-ocr

[michal-hradis]

We have released layout/textline model and OCR model for european printed documents. If you are interested in other models, let me know. The link is now in README.md:

General layout analysis (printed and handwritten) with european printed OCR specialized to czech newspapers can be downloaded here (https://www.fit.vut.cz/~ihradis/pero/pero_eu_cz_print_newspapers_2020-07-28.tar.gz). These models are compatible with the develop branch.

[jwijffels]

yes, I'm testing out a bit of handwritten text recognition models - would be interested to get that model as well, not only layout

[michal-hradis]

You can try a handwriting recognition model in our web application at pero-ocr.fit.vutbr.cz. The model is able to recognize some older european scripts and it is specialized for Czech. If your interest is deeper, feel free to contact me via my university email.

[jwijffels]

I've tried it already at the web application, set up the web application as well locally and noticed the models are not there, hence my question here. My interest is in training a handwritten text recognition model on 18th-19th century Dutch texts.