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IIT Roorkee Open-Sources AI Tool to Transliterate Modi Script

The open source launch unlocks large-scale digitization of Modi manuscripts for heritage archives.

Overview

  • MoScNet uses a Vision-Language Model to convert medieval Modi script into Devanagari and outperforms existing OCR solutions.
  • The MoDeTrans dataset features over 2,000 expert-verified images spanning Shivakalin, Peshwekalin and Anglakalin eras.
  • Both MoScNet and MoDeTrans are available on Hugging Face, enabling deployment in low-resource settings.
  • Integration with platforms like BharatGPT, Bhashini and Digital India aligns the project with national digitization and UN SDG 11.4 goals.
  • The open source framework offers a template for adapting the technology to other endangered or ancient scripts globally.