---
tags:
- OCR
- HTR
pretty_name: Tschörmen
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- sequence-prediction
language:
- de
---

# Tschörmen
A collection of manually handwritten random German text chunks, i.e. 
text snippets, words, word snippets.

The text data originated from [WORTSCHATZ LEIPZIG](https://downloads.wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de/deu_mixed-typical_2021_1M-sentences.txt.gz), the words and word snippets are the 
150 most common and 150 least common words and snippets within the base data.

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## Description 
This string data can be found under the `labels` column.

Apart from the labels we provide two different annotations both collected at the same time, representing the same handwriting in two forms
- `input_svg`: svg plot of final annotation (black on white)
- `input_coordinates`: pen stroke coordinates as array of strokes (array of coordinates)

## Dataset collection
The dataset was collected using the [alphabet](https://easybits-alphabet.netlify.app/) application created by the people of [easybits.tech](https://easybits.tech).

All samples were submitted by a single annotator within a timespan of a week.