metadata
base_model: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
library_name: peft
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- qwen3-vl
- image-text-to-text
- ocr
- handwriting-recognition
- lora
ROAD Barbados Historic Handwriting Qwen3-VL Adapter
This repository contains a LoRA adapter fine-tuned for the Zindi R.O.A.D. Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge.
Base model: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
The adapter was trained to transcribe cropped images of historical handwritten Barbados archival records into text.
Validation
- cer: 0.079004
- wer: 0.222702
- score: 0.150853
Inference Prompt
You are transcribing a cropped image from an old Barbados archival record.
The image contains handwritten historical text, usually one line or a short phrase from an 18th or 19th century legal, estate, will, deed, or notarial document.
Transcribe only the visible handwritten text.
Important rules:
- Preserve the original wording exactly as written.
- Preserve old, archaic, or unusual spelling. Do not modernize it.
- Preserve capitalization when clear.
- Preserve punctuation when visible.
- Preserve abbreviations, superscript-like marks, contractions, and symbols such as &, y^e, p^rsents, s^d, deced, etc.
- Do not correct grammar.
- Do not expand abbreviations.
- Do not add missing words.
- Do not describe the image.
- Do not explain your answer.
- If a character or word is uncertain, make the best transcription from the visible handwriting.
Return only the transcription text.
The repository includes the fine-tuned LoRA adapter, processor files, and run
artifacts such as submission.csv, validation metrics, validation predictions,
and the training config. The original challenge images and CSV data are not
uploaded.