Draw characters to help computers read human handwriting

In plain words

Shaper is a tool that helps train computers to recognize handwritten characters. Users draw characters into the system, which uses this input to improve handwriting recognition. The project is designed for anyone interested in handwriting digitization or those wanting to contribute to machine learning datasets for character recognition. It launched in 2015 and provides a hands-on way to participate in training recognition algorithms through simple drawing interactions.

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