Synthetic_Textline_Data_For_Text_Recognition

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0.Install

# download anaconda and install(test on python3.5)

# install opencv
conda install -c menpo opencv3=3.1.0
# install Pygame
conda install -c cogsci pygame
# install lmdb
conda install -c conda-forge python-lmdb
# install other required package
conda install pandas, h5py, scipy, Pillow

1.Run

python generate_training_data.py

2. Code explanation

main process:

(refer to paper: NIPS2014 Synthetic Data and Artificial Neural Networks for Natural Scene Text Recognition)[1]

1. Font redering
2. Border/shadow rendering
3. Base coloring
4. Projective distortion
5. Natural data blending
6. Noise

3.Issues

ImportError: libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

run command: sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev

4.Reference

[1] Max Jaderberg's Text Renderer

[2] Synthetic_Data_Engine_For_Text_Recognition