DacteloEach entry explains what changed, why it matters for reading Arabic handwriting, and what still needs work. The milestone date records when the work happened; the publication date records when we wrote about it.
- Dactelo introduces its Arabic handwriting contribution workflow30 October 2026: Dactelo has published a bilingual project site and contribution service for work on Arabic handwriting. Source clearance and independent review govern how material enters the workflow and accepted text exports.
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- Contribute a reading, then have it checkedOn 30 October 2026, Dactelo introduced Google sign-in and a contribution workflow with independent review. A submitted reading needs acceptance by a different reviewer before it can enter the verified text export.
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- Three reviewed readings you can inspectThree readings saved on 29 October 2026 now appear beside their original line images on Dactelo. You can compare the handwriting and transcription directly.
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- What Dactelo needs before claiming accuracyOn 28 October 2026, Dactelo documented an accuracy standard and a locked evaluation sample. These define how a future reader must be tested. They do not report a passing model.
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- Checking Arabic handwriting one word at a timeOn 27 October 2026, Dactelo added word suggestions to its review tool. A reader can choose a suggested word or type a correction while checking the scanned line.
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- Legal Arabic gives context. The image gives the reading.On 27 October 2026, Dactelo prepared a deduplicated Lebanese legal Arabic text corpus. It provides material for work on language context. Reading the handwriting still requires separate evidence from the scanned line.
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