• 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

• Pre-requisites:
  • python >= 3.0
  • 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

Finally, download the data file from here
Copy hashes.pickle to install directory.

The application has a CLI that takes path to document and output PDF path as arguments. For instance,

cd src
python document_parser.py /path/to/docx /path/to/pdf

Or, use the GUI:

python HandWriter.py

The original dataset can be downloaded from here
This dataset is password protected. Request access from SaurusXI

• Shantanu Verma
• Nirmit Jatana - help with GUI design

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