title: Data set for Tifinagh handwriting character recognition.
abstract: The Tifinagh alphabet-IRCAM is the official alphabet of the Amazigh language widely used in North Africa [1]. It includes thirty-one basic letter and two letters each composed of a base letter followed by the sign of labialization. Normalized only in 2003 (Unicode) [2], ICRAM-Tifinagh is a young character repertoire. Which needs more work on all levels. In this context we propose a data set for handwritten Tifinagh characters composed of 1376 image; 43 Image For Each character. The dataset can be used to train a Tifinagh character recognition system, or to extract the meaning characteristics of each character.
authors.affiliation: Higher School of Technology-Essaouira, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bencharef
authors.affiliation: FP Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Younes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chihab
authors.affiliation: Higher School of Technology-Essaouira, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Nouredine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mousaid
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Technology, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oujaoura