Table 1
The classic Hebrew typeface Meruba and Vaybertaytsh.
| MERUBA4 | VAYBERTAYTSH5 | UNICODE ID | LETTER NAME | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | U+05D0 (1488) | Alef | |
 |  |  | U+05D1 (1489) | Bet |
 |  | U+05D2 (1490) | Gimel | |
 |  | U+05D3 (1491) | Dalet | |
 |  | U+05D4 (1492) | He | |
 |  | U+05D5 (1493) | Vav | |
 |  | U+05D6 (1494) | Zayin | |
 |  | U+05D7 (1495) | Het | |
 |  | U+05D8 (1496) | Tet | |
 |  | U+05D9 (1497) | Yud | |
 |  | U+05DA (1498) | Kaf Sofit | |
 |  |  | U+05DB (1499) | Kaf |
 |  | U+05DC (1500) | Lamed | |
 |  | U+05DD (1501) | Mem sofit | |
 |  | U+05DE (1502) | Mem | |
 |  | U+05DF (1503) | Nun Sofit | |
 |  | U+05E0 (1504) | Nun | |
 |  | U+05E1 (1505) | Samech | |
 |  | U+05E2 (1506) | Aiyn | |
 |  | U+05E3 (1507) | Pe Sofit | |
 |  |  | U+05E4 (1508) | Pe |
 |  | U+05E5 (1509) | Tsadi Sofit | |
 |  | U+05E6 (1510) | Tsadi | |
|  | U+05E7 (1511) | Qof | |
 | | U+05E8 (1512) | Resh | |
 |  | U+05E9 (1513) | Shin | |
 |  |  | U+05EA (1514) | Tav |
Table 2
Word error rate for texts written in Vaybertaytsh typeface.
| MODEL | # OF WORDS | # OF PAGES | WORD ERROR RATE | WORD ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dybbuk for Yiddish Handwriting (Nov 13, 2022) | 6307 | 22 | 92,546 | 4,856 |
| DiJeSt 2.0 (Nov 10, 2022) | 6307 | 22 | 42,122 | 43,036 |
| Vaybertaytsh.YidTakNL (Nov 29, 2023) | 6307 | 22 | 9,26 | 85,468 |
Table 3
Overview of the 3 models with additional information.
| MODEL | YID.DUTCH.VER3 | YIDNL.7 | VAYBERTAYTSH.YIDTAKNL |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 51030 | 52365 | 57147 |
| Date | 2023-03-30 | 2023-05-22 | 2023-11-29 |
| No of words | 7 163 | 21 661 | 66 497 |
| No of lines | 752 | 2 434 | 8 062 |
| Max epochs | 250 | 100 | 100 |
| Early stopping | 20 | 20 | - |
| Epochs trained | 250 | 100 | 100 |
| Learning rate | 0.0003 | 0.0003 | 0.0003 |
| Base model | 46159 /The Dybbuk for Yiddish Handwriting | 46159 /The Dybbuk for Yiddish Handwriting | |
| CER on Training Set | 0.60% | 0.80% | 0.60% |
| CER on Validation Set | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.91% |
| No of pages in Training Validation Set | 21 | 71 | 23 |
Table 4
Recurrent issues with training the Vaybertaytsh model.11
| LETTER | PICTURE | CONFUSED WITH (AND VICE VERSA) | PICTURE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mem מ |  | Aiyn ע |  |
| Vav + Nun ו + נ |  | Mem מ |  |
| Vav ו |  | Yud י |  |
| Tet ט |  | Shin ש |  |
| Dalet ד |  | Resh ר |  |
| Mem מ |  | Alef א |  |
| ) |  | Lamed ל |  |
| He ה |  | Het ח |  |
| Geresh ׳ |  | Yud י |  |
| Geresh ׳ |  | Vav ו |  |
| Vav ו |  | Nun Sofit ן |  |
| Vav ו |  | Zayin ז |  |
| Samech ס |  | Mem sofit ם |  |
| Tsadi Sofit ץ |  | Fe Sofit ף |  |
| Aiyn ע |  | Tet ט |  |
| Samech ס |  | Tet ט |  |
| Nun נ |  | Gimel ג |  |
| Nun נ |  | Kaf כ |  |
| Bet ב |  | Kaf כ |  |
| Shin ש |  | Samech ס |  |
| Tav ת |  | Het ח |  |
| Lamed ל |  | Tsadi צ |  |