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New benchmark evaluates VLM performance on cursive handwriting trajectory recovery

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Researchers have introduced inkGround, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the fine-grained visual grounding capabilities of vision-language models (VLMs) specifically for cursive handwriting. This benchmark pairs page images with reference stroke trajectories, allowing for the assessment of VLMs on tasks like stroke trajectory recovery. Initial evaluations show that closed-source models, including Gemini-3.1 Pro, perform well in generating legible trajectories. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could drive improvements in VLMs for tasks involving complex visual understanding and sequence generation, potentially impacting areas like document analysis and historical text digitization.

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New benchmark evaluates VLM performance on cursive handwriting trajectory recovery

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Sidra Hanif ·

    inkGround: Benchmarking Fine-grained Visual Grounding Capabilities of Vision-Language Models for Cursive Handwriting in the Wild

    arXiv:2610.38720v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Human handwriting is produced as an ordered sequence of pen movements, but an offline image keeps only the final ink. Handwriting trajectory recovery aims to restore the ordered stroke points and their pen-up/pen-down transitions.…

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