Developing systems to digitize and recognize Kurdish text from printed documents, handwritten text, and digital images
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Kurdish language represents a significant advancement in digitizing Kurdish textual content. This research focuses on developing robust systems capable of accurately recognizing and converting Kurdish text from various sources including printed documents, handwritten materials, and digital images.
The primary goal of this research is to create an efficient OCR system specifically tailored for the Kurdish language, addressing the unique challenges posed by Kurdish script variations and linguistic characteristics.
This OCR system has significant implications for preserving Kurdish cultural heritage, enabling the digitization of historical documents, and facilitating modern digital workflows for Kurdish language content.
MSc • Salahaddin University-Erbil
Research Focus: Handwritten OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for Kurdish Language
Isra Mahdi, Polla Fattah
January 2024
This research presents a comprehensive study on Kurdish handwritten character recognition using deep learning approac...
Rebin M. Ahmed, Tarik A. Rashid, Polla Fattah, Abeer Alsadoon, Nebojsa Bacanin, Seyedali Mirjalili, S. Vimal, Amit Chhabra
December 2022
Handwriting recognition is regarded as a dynamic and inspiring topic in the exploration of pattern recognition and im...
Rebin Ahmed, Tarik Rashid, Polla Fatah, Abeer Alsadoon, Seyedali Mirjaliligh
December 2021
To collect the handwritten format of separate Kurdish characters, each character has been printed on a grid of 14 × 9...
Yassin Hussein Rassul, Aram M Ahmed, Polla Fattah, Bryar A Hassan, Arwa, Tarik A Rashid, Joan Lu
July 2025
This work presents a systematic review of data augmentation and generation techniques for offline handwritten text re...