---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: path
    dtype: image
  - name: text
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 3507720284.0
    num_examples: 100000
  download_size: 1954308095
  dataset_size: 3507720284.0
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
license: mit
language:
- ru
---

Synthetic dataset of dialectological text generated using fonts with augmentations.

# What is a dialectological text?

Linguists at NaRFU go on dialectological expeditions to different villages of Arkhangelsk region. The dialogs with locals are transcribed into notebooks and the examples of a dialect words and an example of its usage is written on cards. The dialectological text is a text that conveys linguistic features using special symbols like acutes, apostrophes etc.

Example of a card: ![Example of a card](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/66f94ad1b720048bbc98aeea/OxbyTr2krLmkYUS7I738p.png)

# Tools and data used

- Text corpus was generated with [TextGenerator](https://github.com/DialecticalHTR/TextGenerator)
- 20 fonts were made from forms filled by students at NaRFU.
- Images were drawn with [NastyBoget](https://huggingface.co/nastyboget)'s [HandwritingGenerator](https://github.com/NastyBoget/HandwritingGeneration)