IIIT-HW-Dev

IIIT-HW-Dev

MH Specific

Large-scale Devanagari handwritten word dataset from CVIT, IIIT Hyderabad. Contains word-level images with corrected segmentation. Applicable to Marathi handwriting recognition as Marathi uses Devanagari script

Build a handwritten Marathi word recognition system for digitizing handwritten government documents and records.
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Quick Start

# IIIT-HW-Dev dataset
import cv2
import os
print('IIIT-HW-Dev: Handwritten Devanagari word dataset')
print('Download from IIIT Hyderabad research page')
Modality
Image (handwritten words)
Size
95K+ handwritten word images
License
Format
PNG/JPEG
Language
mr
Update Frequency
static
Organization
IIIT Hyderabad
Category
vision-ocr-multimodal

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
imageimageHandwritten Devanagari word image
textstringGround truth text transcription

Build With This

Create a Marathi handwriting-to-text converter for mobile apps enabling handwritten note digitization
Develop a historical document OCR system for digitizing Maharashtra's handwritten administrative archives
Build a handwriting authentication system for Marathi signatures on official documents

AI Use Cases

Handwritten text recognitiondocument digitization
Last verified: 2026-03-07