HandWriter

Convert typed documents into handwritten PDFs

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Currently, version 1 of the project is complete. Version 2 will implement the second functionality listed below.

Functionalities

• Convert a text document (.docx file) into a PDF file with the text content handwritten
• Feed your own handwriting to the application to generate PDF outputs in your handwriting

For instance, this text document gets converted to the following handwritten output -

Text Document	Handwritten output

Install the GUI Package

Instructions for installation can be found on the DSC-VIT website for the project -

https://handwriter.dscvit.com/installer/home/

Directions to setup development environment

Setup dependencies

• To install the source for contributing -
  • Pre-requisites:
    • python 3.5 or 3.6
    • dependencies from requirements.txt

First, clone this repository onto your system.
Then, create a virtual environment and install the packages from requirements.txt:
Navigate to this repository, create a virtual environment and activate it:

cd path/to/folder
python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

Install the python dependencies from requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Directions to run

From anywhere in the project directory, run the following command in the terminal -

fbs run

The original dataset can be downloaded from here
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Contributors

• Shantanu Verma
• Nirmit Jatana (GUI DESIGNS)

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