---
pretty_name: Hassaniya Stories OCR Dataset
language:
- ar
task_categories:
- image-to-text
tags:
- hassaniya
- mauritania
- ocr
- post-ocr-correction
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-00000-of-00001.parquet
---

# Hassaniya Stories OCR Dataset

Image-to-text OCR pairs extracted from a Hassaniya Arabic stories corpus. Each
row couples an image crop from the source book with its manually cleaned text.

The primary columns are `image` and `text`.

## Source

The original material was published in 1994 under the title *41 Short Stories
About Life in Mauritania, Especially Life in Nouakchott*. It was written by K.
ould Beye and Dave Penney. The Hassaniya stories were translated into English
and reflect aspects of Mauritanian life, customs, and social habits. The source
used for this dataset was scanned from paper documents and made publicly
available on the internet.

## Dataset size

- Rows: 552

## Fields

- `image`: source-book row crop.
- `text`: manually cleaned Hassaniya Arabic text.