Description
Special Database 19 contains NIST's entire corpus of training materials for handprinted document and character recognition. It publishes Handprinted Sample Forms from 3600 writers, 810,000 character images isolated from their forms, ground truth classifications for those images, reference forms for further data collection, and software utilities for image management and handling. there are two editions of the databases. One is the original database with the images in mis or pct format. It also includes software to open and manipulate the data. The second edition has the images all in PNG format.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOI Access to NIST Handprinted Forms and Characters - NIST Special Database 19 | HTML | DOI Access to NIST Handprinted Forms and Characters - NIST Special Database 19 | Open resource |
| 1st edition Special Database 19 zip file | Unknown | The 1st edition Special Database 19 zip file | Open resource |
| MD5 file for 1st Edition Special Database 19 zip file | Text | The MD5 hashname file for the 1st edition Special Database 19 zip file | Open resource |
| MD5 file for by_class | Text | MD5 hashname file for by_class zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| by class zip file (2nd edition) | ZIP | zip file with the by_class directory of Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| MD5 file for by_field | Text | MD5 hashname file for by_field zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| by field zip file Special Database (2nd edition) | ZIP | The by_field zip file of the Special database (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| MD5 file for by_merge zip file | Text | MD5 hashname file for the by_merge zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| by merge zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Unknown | Zip file for by_merge directory of the Special Database (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| MD5 file for by_write zip file | Text | MD5 hashname file for the by_write zip file for the Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| by_write zip file Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | ZIP | the by_write zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| MD5 file for hsf_page zip file | Text | MD5 hashname file for the hsf_page zip file for the Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |
| hsf page zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | ZIP | hsf_page zip file for Special Database 19 (2nd edition) | Open resource |