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Does this not work on mobile? I just get random lines then they disappear.
Working on Android chrome for me, a little cludgy but tolerable
just checked again and sure enough it's working now, thanks.
Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
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Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#22Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…
This is super cool!
A random FYI: the demo seems to consistently fail on the letter x when using style #9 and typing out:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
I tried a few different spots on the legibility slider with similar results..
It draws the first "top left to bottom right" line, but then instead of a "top right to bottom left" it draws another "top left to bottom right" next to it..
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#23Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…
It’s giving blank output on iOS or is it because the model takes time to load? Also, is there any chance we can fine tune the model for each user by taking their handwriting in a predetermined template file?
Works for me on iOS. Did you click the “write” button in the bottom right corner? It seems you have to tap it after any change in text or settings for it to update.
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#24Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…
Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, did you use Graves 2013 RNN or something recent/more advanced?
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#25Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…
Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, did you use Graves 2013 RNN or something recent/more advanced?
Yes, it's mostly based on that. Primary difference is that this model adds an inference model (VAE style), which allows you to a) sample style vectors from a latent distribution b) do so more efficiently than the priming mechanism described in that paper.
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#26How realistic is it to have no joined letters? Do many people really write large scale texts letter by letter with space between each?
Sadly, the screenshot looks obviously artificial to me. Like handwriting fonts, I'd be very surprised if anybody thought it was really handwritten.
It's not open source (because it is my handwriting (because my progressive MS means I can't do it manually)), but here's my hack: https://imgur.com/a/frqG0cu
As sjv says above, there are still plenty of tells in mine. So I think this module is very unconvincing.
Maybe I've spent too much time being finicky or am just being braggy (definitely not beyond me, sorry), but 'realistic'?
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#27how about being able to use OCR to read real handwriting :) that would be truly amazing to accomplish with high precision
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#28Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…
This is super cool! A random FYI: the demo seems to consistently fail on the letter x when using style #9 and typing out: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog I tried a few different spots on the legibility slider with similar results.. It draws the first "top left to bottom right" line, but then instead of a "top right to bottom left" it draws another "top left to bottom right" next to it..
Try "fox" in style 2 with maximum legibility. It goes loop-the-loop several times.
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is super cool! A random FYI: the demo seems to consistently fail on the letter x when using style #9 and typing out: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog I tried a few different spots on the legibility slider with similar results.. It draws the first "top left to bottom right" line, but then instead of a "top right to bottom left" it draws another "top left to bottom right" next to it..
Try "fox" in style 2 with maximum legibility. It goes loop-the-loop several times.
hmmm, not necessarily the same output each time
Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting
#30Many times I get university assignments that are compulsory to be submitted as handwritten document. Most of the information needed for the assignment is available on the internet so why not save time? Just make a text document and let handwritten.js do the writing part! example: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alias-rahil/handwritten.js...
Handwriting machines are popular in China for this reason, from what I've heard.