The latest articles on DEV Community by Alar Ameerikas (@alarameerikas). https://dev.to/alarameerikas https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4215626%2Fbb26f3af-5f56-4758-99f8-0786aa1ca22e.png https://dev.to/alarameerikas en Alar Ameerikas Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:20:05 +0000 https://dev.to/alarameerikas/a-basic-image-text-transcriber-5end https://dev.to/alarameerikas/a-basic-image-text-transcriber-5end <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>A basic image text transcriber.</p> <h2> Code </h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/Boxuv/basic-image-transcriber" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Boxuv/basic-image-transcriber</a></p> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>Gemma 4</p> <h2> The Spirit of It </h2> <p>Wanted to convert old scanned images of text.<br> As a future update it needs an ability to understand freehand cursive.</p> <h2> Prize Categories </h2> <p>Github<br> Gemma<br> Streamlit</p> devchallenge hf26challenge