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Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by decimalenough on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:58AM (#46132575)
Seems to do an OK job:

https://g.co/gemini/share/e173d18d1d80

This is a random image from Twitter with no transcript or English translation provided, so it's not going to be in the training data.

Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by shatsky on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:20AM (#46132731)
No, transcription has nothing to do with written text, it guessed few words here and there but not even general topic. That's doctors note about patient visit, beginning with "Прием: состояние удовл., t*, но кашель / patient visit: condition is OK, t(temperature normal?) but coughing". But unreadable doctors handwriting is a meme...
Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by GaggiX on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:42AM (#46132919)
That's Gemini 2.5 Flash btw

The result from Gemini 3 Pro using the default media resolution (the medium one): "(Заголовок / Header): Арсеньев (Фамилия / Surname - likely "Arsenyev")

    Состояние удовл-

    t N, кожные

    покровы чистые,

    [л/у не увел.]

    В зеве умерен. [умеренная]

    гипер. [гиперемия]

    В легких дыха-

    ние жесткое, хрипов

    нет. Тоны серд-

    [ца] [ритм]ичные.

    Живот мяг-

    кий, б/б [безболезненный].

    мочеисп. [мочеиспускание] своб. [свободное]

    Ds: ОРЗ [или ОРВИ]" and with the translation: "Arsenyev
Condition satisfactory. Temp normal, skin coverings [skin] are clean, lymph nodes not enlarged. In the throat [pharynx], moderate hyperemia [redness]. In the lungs, breathing is rigid [hard], no rales [crackles/wheezing]. Heart tones are rhythmic. Abdomen is soft, painless. Urination is free [unhindered]. Diagnosis: ARD (Acute Respiratory Disease)."
Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by __alexs on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:27PM (#46138073)
Ok fine I'm impressed
Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by red75prime on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:41PM (#46138255)
My first language is Russian. I can't fully understand this dreaded "doctor's cursive", but I can see that some parts of Gemini's text is probably wrong.

It's most likely "но кашель сохр-ся лающий" ("but barking cough is still present"), not "кожные покровы чистые" ("the skin is clean"). Diagnose is probably wrong too. Judging by symptoms it should be "ОРЗ", but I have no idea what's actually written there.

Still, it's very, very impressive.

Re:The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition by myth_drannon on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @10:37AM (#46135699)
This is a historical church document from 19th century and Gemini got it right with common words but completely hallucinated the names of village and people.

https://gemini.google.com/share/f98de1d5ac55