---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: image
    dtype: image
  - name: text
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 92432534.208
    num_examples: 7676
  download_size: 1136272547
  dataset_size: 92432534.208
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
license: afl-3.0
task_categories:
- image-to-text
language:
- de
---
# German handwriting

This dataset contains German handwriting images and corresponding text labels. In total, the dataset contains around 10,000 entries with handwriting from 15 different people.
The data was created with the help of transcripts from school and university.
The dataset was created as part of a handwriting recognition project at the FH-SWF.

## How to use:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset('fhswf/german_handwriting')
```