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| 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 |
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| This repository contains a LoRA adapter fine-tuned for the Zindi R.O.A.D. |
| Barbados Historic Handwriting Challenge. |
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| Base model: `Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct` |
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| The adapter was trained to transcribe cropped images of historical handwritten |
| Barbados archival records into text. |
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| ## Validation |
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| - cer: 0.079004 |
| - wer: 0.222702 |
| - score: 0.150853 |
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| ## Inference Prompt |
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| ```text |
| You are transcribing a cropped image from an old Barbados archival record. |
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| 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. |
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| Transcribe only the visible handwritten text. |
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| 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. |
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| Return only the transcription text. |
| ``` |
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| 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. |
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