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ExpertHTR framework unifies handwritten text recognition with multi-task learning

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Researchers have introduced ExpertHTR, a novel framework designed to unify handwritten text recognition (HTR) across diverse datasets. This system employs multi-task learning and a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture to effectively handle variations in language, script, and annotation formats. Experiments demonstrate that ExpertHTR significantly outperforms general OCR and vision-language systems on several benchmarks, achieving state-of-the-art results on the IAM paragraph-level dataset, though specialized HTR systems still hold an edge on certain challenging collections. AI

IMPACT This research could improve the accuracy and efficiency of processing diverse handwritten documents, benefiting archival and data entry applications.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Dang Hoai Nam, Nguyen Duy Hieu, Quang Huu Hieu, Vo Nguyen Le Duy ·

    ExpertHTR: Unified Handwritten Text Recognition with Multi-Task Learning and Sparse Mixture-of-Experts

    arXiv:2609.12705v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Handwritten text recognition resources are often small and distributed across collections that differ in language, script, document structure, and annotation format, making joint page-level training difficult. We propose ExpertHTR…

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