Character Aware Model
Character-aware models aim to improve the performance of various AI systems by explicitly incorporating character-level information into their processing. Current research focuses on enhancing model architectures, such as encoder-decoder networks and diffusion models, to better represent and utilize character features for tasks like scene text recognition, handwritten mathematical expression recognition, and image generation with consistent character representation. This focus is driven by the need to address challenges like intra-class variance in character appearance and the importance of character-level understanding for tasks involving text and visual data. Improved character awareness leads to more accurate and robust systems across diverse applications, including natural language processing and computer vision.