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24 alternatives to I trained a neural network to write Kanji

sketch-rnn model trained to write kanji.

A neural network trained to write kanji characters, built on the sketch-rnn model architecture. The tool is designed for anyone interested in how machine learning can generate handwritten characters. It demonstrates… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I trained a neural network to write Kanji launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1NN
   Neural Net Writes Fake Kanji in Your Web Browser, Stroke-By-Stroke▲16

   2016 · otoro.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Happy Hangul Day! An RNN for Generating Korean Handwriting Strokes▲92

   Released for Hangul Day 2026: how I collected 4,500 lines of handwriting with a smartpen, adapted Alex Graves

   14d ago · hangul.ink · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Neural Japanese Transliteration▲115

   Can neural networks transliterate Romaji into Japanese correctly? - GitHub - Kyubyong/neural_japanese_transliterator: Can neural networks transliterate Romaji into Japanese correctly?

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4GR
   Generate realistic handwriting with neural networks [demo]▲66

   Realistic handwriting generator. Convert text to handwriting using an in-browser recurrent neural network. Choose from various print and cursive styles. Customize the outputs and download as SVG.

   2020 · calligrapher.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quick Draw by Google▲197

   Can a neural network learn to recognize doodles?

   2016 · quickdraw.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Neural networks tutorial series with code▲107

   The simplest form of an artificial neural network explained and demonstrated. - GitHub - gokadin/ai-simplest-network: The simplest form of an artificial neural network explained and demonstrated.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   I built a game to help you learn neural network architectures▲321

   2024 · graphgame.sabrina.dev · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Neural network that impersonates writers▲48

   An artificial machine learning program that attempts to impersonate the writing style of any given text training set - JacobPlaster/ann-writer

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NovelAI▲85

   AI-assisted authorship, storytelling & virtual companionship

   2022 · novelai.net · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Convert sketches into images using ControlNet▲76

    Hi HN! We're working on an AI studio product, and have been experimenting with the recently-released ControlNet (https://github.com/lllyasviel/ControlNet) After wasting hours with it, we decided to put together a quick fun project. "Sketch" allows you to draw anything (works w/ touch inputs on mobile too), enter a prompt (it can be as simple as "drawing" and it'll try to guess) and you get something out fast. Keeping it all on a public feed as well, to serve as inspiration. Hope anyone here finds it fun :-)

    2023 · clio.so · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sketch2Code▲407

    Turn hand-drawn design into a HTML with AI. By Microsoft.

    2019 · learn.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Rendernet▲181

    Create AI images with character consistency

    2024 · affogato.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13NN
    Neural network turns photos into a specific style of painting▲75

    Free to use online neural network photo to painting generator.

    2015 · instapainting.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Neural network trained to generate GitHub repository names▲145

    2016 · colinmorris.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Imagen▲161

    Generate similar styled images, photos, and graphics with AI

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Neural Painter▲85

    Paint artistic patterns using random neural network

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Cyborg Writer▲114

    A text editor with an neural text synthesizer

    2017 · cyborg.tenso.rs · its alternatives →

18. 18
    This Resume Does Not Exist▲193

    Resumes generated by a neural network

    2019 · thisresumedoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →

19. 19NN
    Neural Network Visualizer Classifying Handwriting – D3/Redux▲64

    2016 · nn-mnist.sennabaum.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Single neuron neural network written in COBOL▲94

    A perceptron written in COBOL. Contribute to victorqribeiro/perceptronCobol development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21N5
    NN-512 – Generate standalone C code for neural nets▲111

    2020 · nn-512.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RNN that generates Game of Thrones text▲143

    LSTM trained on the first five ASOIAF/GOT books. Contribute to zackthoutt/got-book-6 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A neural net that critiques your logo▲152

    Get ideas for your logo design, check your logo for possible issues.

    2017 · brandmark.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Neural network optical character recognition▲23

    Neural network OCR. Contribute to mateogianolio/ocr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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