ŷhat | Recognizing Handwritten Digits in Python

Handwriting recognition is a classic machine learning problem with roots at least as far as the early 1900s. It's a fascinating problem and one that sits at the center of some magical product experiences--Evernote's Penultimate handwriting app for iPhone and the Apple Newton PDA from the 1990s to name just two. This is a post about handwriting recognition and Python. Problem & Applications The pri