**NOTE**: we're having some trouble uploading the actual images of the handwritten names. Stay tuned. This dataset contains links to images of handwritten names along with human contributors’ transcription of these written names. Over 125,000 examples of first or last names. Most names are French, making this dataset of particular interest for work on dealing with accent marks in handwritten character recognition. ## Acknowledgments Data was provided by the [Data For Everyone Library](https://www.crowdflower.com/data-for-everyone/) on [Crowdflower](https://www.crowdflower.com). Our Data for Everyone library is a collection of our favorite open data jobs that have come through our platform. They're available free of charge for the community, forever. ## The Data A file handwritten_names.csv that contains the following fields: - **_unit_id**: a unique id for the image - **image_url**: the path to the image; begins with "images/" - **transcription**: the (typed) name - **first_or_last**: whether it's a first name or a last name A folder images that contains each of the image files.