AI-Driven Model for Converting Modi Lipi Documents into the English Language

Abstract

Modi Lipi is an old, cursive script used for centuries to write records in the Maratha Empire and neighbouring regions from approximately the 13th to the early 20th century. Today, hundreds of thousands of these documents are stuck in archives because very few people can still read them. To fix this, through this paper researcher created ModiAnuwad, an AI system model that automatically reads these handwritten scripts and translates them into English. The process works in five steps: it cleans up the document images, breaks them into individual characters, identifies them using a powerful neural network, translates the text using a "Transformer" model (similar to the tech behind ChatGPT), and then fixes any grammar mistakes.