BLSTM for handwriting (1)

Closed weights University of Bern,IDSIA,Technical University of Munich September 2007

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The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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Origin

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Organisation
University of Bern,IDSIA,Technical University of Munich
Organisation type
Academia,Academia,Academia
Country
Switzerland, Germany
Published
23 September 2007
Authors
M Liwicki, A Graves, S Fernàndez

What it does

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Domain
Vision
Task
Character recognition (OCR), Image classification

Size

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Training data
405,478 tokens

How it is classified

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Why it is tracked
SOTA improvement
Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
287

Sources

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Reference
A Novel Approach to On-Line Handwriting Recognition Based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Networks
Last updated
11 February 2026

What the numbers mean

About this model

BLSTM for handwriting (1) was published by University of Bern,IDSIA,Technical University of Munich, in Switzerland, in September 2007. academia,Academia,Academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing character recognition (OCR), Image classification.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

How it was trained

The training set ran to roughly 405,478 tokens.

Its inclusion criterion is sOTA improvement.

Answers

BLSTM for handwriting (1) — common questions

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How many parameters does BLSTM for handwriting (1) have?

No parameter count has been published for BLSTM for handwriting (1), which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created BLSTM for handwriting (1)?

BLSTM for handwriting (1) was published by University of Bern,IDSIA,Technical University of Munich, based in Switzerland, categorised as academia,Academia,Academia.

03

When was BLSTM for handwriting (1) released?

BLSTM for handwriting (1) was published in September 2007. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is BLSTM for handwriting (1) used for?

BLSTM for handwriting (1) works in Vision, and is recorded as handling character recognition (OCR), Image classification. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

05

What GPU do I need to run BLSTM for handwriting (1)?

None. BLSTM for handwriting (1) is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is BLSTM for handwriting (1) open source?

The licensing for BLSTM for handwriting (1) was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 11 February 2026

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