emnist

The EMNIST dataset is a set of handwritten character digits derived from the NIST Special Database 19 and converted to a 28x28 pixel image format and dataset structure that directly matches the MNIST dataset.

@article{cohen_afshar_tapson_schaik_2017,
    title={EMNIST: Extending MNIST to handwritten letters},
    DOI={10.1109/ijcnn.2017.7966217},
    journal={2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
    author={Cohen, Gregory and Afshar, Saeed and Tapson, Jonathan and Schaik, Andre Van},
    year={2017}
}

emnist/byclass (default config)

  • Config description: EMNIST ByClass

  • Dataset size: 349.16 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): No

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 116,323
'train' 697,932
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=62),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization

emnist/bymerge

  • Config description: EMNIST ByMerge

  • Dataset size: 349.16 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): No

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 116,323
'train' 697,932
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=47),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization

emnist/balanced

  • Config description: EMNIST Balanced

  • Dataset size: 56.63 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): Yes

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 18,800
'train' 112,800
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=47),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization

emnist/letters

  • Config description: EMNIST Letters

  • Dataset size: 44.14 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): Yes

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 14,800
'train' 88,800
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=37),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization

emnist/digits

  • Config description: EMNIST Digits

  • Dataset size: 120.32 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): Yes

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 40,000
'train' 240,000
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=10),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization

emnist/mnist

  • Config description: EMNIST MNIST

  • Dataset size: 30.09 MiB

  • Auto-cached (documentation): Yes

  • Splits:

Split Examples
'test' 10,000
'train' 60,000
  • Feature structure:
FeaturesDict({
    'image': Image(shape=(28, 28, 1), dtype=uint8),
    'label': ClassLabel(shape=(), dtype=int64, num_classes=10),
})
  • Feature documentation:
Feature Class Shape Dtype Description
FeaturesDict
image Image (28, 28, 1) uint8
label ClassLabel int64

Visualization