Hieroglyphics translator

  • Objective : create a mobile application that can translate hieroglyphics in real time.
  • State : just an idea.

Note : the project is supervised by Dr. Yousra Alkabani - American University in Cairo - Egypt


System block diagram

Block Diagram

  • Segmenter : responsible for segmenting a text into a set of hieroglyphics symbols.
  • Detector : responsible for detecting each symbol.
  • Translator : responsible for giving meaningful translation of the detected symbols.

Used tools:

  • OpenCV
  • Python 3.6

Notes:

  • Check samples folder for input samples
  • Python is used for the sake of prototyping, but C++ or Java will be used in production