Show HN: Generate realistic handwriting with neural networks [demo]
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#2Hey HN — This is a simple web app that allows you to enter text and watch as an in-browser neural network generates the corresponding handwriting in real time. I’m happy to hear feedback or answer questions about how it works!
Re: Show HN: Generate realistic handwriting with neural networks [demo]
#3this is pretty dope. tried it out. though position of "." on top of i's will for sure tell it's robot handwriting.
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#4This is pretty cool!
How does the legibility work? It seems to decrease variation the higher it is.
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#5This is pretty cool! How does the legibility work? It seems to decrease variation the higher it is.
Outputs are sampled from a probability distribution, and increasing the legibility effectively concentrates probability density around more likely outcomes. So you're correct that it's just altering variation. The general technique is referred to as 'adjusting the temperature of the sampling distribution'.
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#6Really neat! Where did you get the training data for? Is there a way to contact you?
Re: Show HN: Generate realistic handwriting with neural networks [demo]
#7Hey HN — This is a simple web app that allows you to enter text and watch as an in-browser neural network generates the corresponding handwriting in real time. I’m happy to hear feedback or answer questions about how it works!
That's pretty cool.
Re: Show HN: Generate realistic handwriting with neural networks [demo]
#8Really neat! Where did you get the training data for? Is there a way to contact you?
The dataset is from the IAM On-Line Handwriting Database. I've linked my github, which has my email, on my profile.
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#9It looks like upper case E rarely has the top line, even on maximum legibility.
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#10This is pretty cool! How does the legibility work? It seems to decrease variation the higher it is.
Outputs are sampled from a probability distribution, and increasing the legibility effectively concentrates probability density around more likely outcomes. So you're correct that it's just altering variation. The general technique is referred to as 'adjusting the temperature of the sampling distribution'.
Really cool I thought it was just you had different datasets labeled for legibility