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license: cc-by-4.0 |
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pretty_name: 'Bengali Documents Dataset (PDF)' |
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language: |
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- bn |
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tags: |
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- pdf |
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- bengali |
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- document-understanding |
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- text-recognition |
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- ocr |
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- ai-research |
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- computer-vision |
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- text-extraction |
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size_categories: |
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- 1K<n<10K |
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# Bengali Documents Dataset (PDF) |
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*This dataset contains a curated collection of Bengali-language documents in PDF format. The corpus includes educational materials, books, reports, articles, and public-domain texts written in Bengali script. It is designed to support AI research in OCR, document understanding, and text extraction for Indic languages.* |
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## Contact |
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For queries or collaborations related to this dataset, contact: |
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- anoushka@kgen.io |
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- abhishek.vadapalli@kgen.io |
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## Supported Tasks |
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- **Task Categories**: |
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- Document Classification |
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- OCR and Text Recognition |
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- Layout and Structure Analysis |
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- Language Modeling for Bengali |
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- **Supported Tasks**: |
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- Extraction of Bengali text from PDF documents |
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- Classification by topic or domain (education, literature, news, government) |
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- OCR for printed Bengali script and mixed-language layouts |
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- Benchmarking Bengali-language document processing models |
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## Languages |
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- **Primary Language**: Bengali |
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- **Secondary Presence**: English terms, numerals, and section headers (common in bilingual publications) |
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## Dataset Creation |
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### Curation Rationale |
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The dataset was curated to advance AI systems that process Bengali-language documents, enhance OCR quality for Indic scripts, and enable structured understanding of mixed-script PDFs. |
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### Source Data |
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- **Contributors**: Public archives, open-access Bengali libraries, educational repositories, and volunteer submissions. |
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- **Collection Process**: Documents were compiled from freely available PDF sources with permissible open licenses. |
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### Other Known Limitations |
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- **Bias**: Focused more on educational and literary content; limited representation of informal or handwritten material |
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- **Format Variation**: Some PDFs include embedded images or scanned pages |
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- **Dialect Coverage**: Primarily Standard Bengali (বাংলা), limited regional dialects |
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## Intended Uses |
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### ✅ Direct Use |
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- Training OCR and NLP systems for Bengali document understanding |
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- Research on multilingual document parsing and Indic language digitization |
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- Educational and academic AI research for Bengali text extraction |
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### ❌ Out-of-Scope Use |
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- Extracting or profiling personal data from documents |
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- Commercial reuse of copyrighted content |
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- Use in surveillance, handwriting identification, or behavioral analysis |
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## License |
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CC BY 4.0 |
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