ICDAR2013 Competition on Multi-font and Multi-size Digitally Represented Arabic Text

TLDR

The competition follows a prior edition held at ICDAR 2011. This paper reports on the Arabic Recognition Competition—Multi‑font, Multi‑size Digitally Represented Text—conducted at ICDAR 2013. The contest used the freely available Arabic Printed Text Image database, involved four groups submitting six systems, and evaluated them blind on set 6 by comparing character‑ and word‑level recognition rates. The paper presents a brief overview of the participating groups, their systems, the experimental setup, and the observed results.

Abstract

This paper describes the Arabic Recognition Competition: Multi-font Multi-size Digitally Represented Text held in the context of the 12th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'2013), during August 25-28, 2013, Washington DC, United States of America. This competition has used the freely available Arabic Printed Text Image (APTI) database. A first edition took place in ICDAR'2011. In this edition, four groups with six systems are participating in the competition. The systems are compared using the recognition rates at character and word levels. The systems were tested in a blind manner using set 6 of APTI database. A short description of the participating groups, their systems, the experimental setup, and the observed results are presented.