diff --git a/CharClassification/generate_images.py b/CharClassification/generate_images.py
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+import os
+import random
+import numpy as np
+import uuid
+
+PATH_TO_LIGHT_BACKGROUNDS = 'light_backgrounds/'
+PATH_TO_DARK_BACKGROUNDS = 'dark_backgrounds/'
+PATH_TO_FONT_FILES = 'fonts/'
+OUTPUT_DIR = 'output/'
+NUM_IMAGES_PER_CLASS = 10
+
+# Get all files from directory
+def get_files_from_dir(dirname):
+  list_files = (os.listdir(dirname))
+  list_files = [dirname + x for x in list_files]
+  return list_files
+
+
+# Random perspective distortion created by randomly moving the for corners of the image.
+def get_distort_arg():
+  amount = 5
+  hundred_minus_amount = 100 - amount
+  return '\'0,0 ' + str(np.random.randint(0,amount)) + ',' + str(np.random.randint(0,amount)) + ' 100,0 '  + str(np.random.randint(hundred_minus_amount,100)) + ',' + str(np.random.randint(0,amount)) + ' 0,100 '  + str(np.random.randint(0,amount)) + ',' + str(np.random.randint(hundred_minus_amount,100)) + ' 100,100 '  + str(np.random.randint(hundred_minus_amount,100)) + ',' + str(np.random.randint(hundred_minus_amount,100)) + '\''
+
+# Randomly extracts 32x32 regions of an image and saves it to outdir
+def create_random_crops(image_filename, num_crops, out_dir):
+  dim = os.popen('convert ' + image_filename + ' -ping -format "%w %h" info:').read()
+  dim = dim.split()
+  im_width = int(dim[0])
+  im_height = int(dim[1])
+  
+  for i in range(0, num_crops):
+    # Randomly select first co-ordinate of square for cropping image
+    x = random.randint(0,im_width - 32)
+    y = random.randint(0,im_height - 32)
+    outfile = uuid.uuid4().hex + '.jpg'
+    command = "magick convert "+ image_filename + " -crop 32x32"+"+"+str(x)+"+"+str(y)+" " + os.path.join(out_dir, outfile)
+    os.system(str(command))
+
+# Generate crops for all files in file_list and store them in dirname
+def generate_crops(file_list, dirname):
+  if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
+    os.mkdir(dirname)
+    for f in file_list:
+      create_random_crops(f, 10, dirname)
+
+
+# List of characters
+char_list = []
+for i in range(65, 65+26):
+  char_list.append(chr(i))
+
+# List of digits
+for j in range(48,48+10):
+  char_list.append(chr(j))
+
+# List of light font colors
+color_light = ['white','lime','gray','yellow','silver','aqua']
+
+# List of light dark colors
+color_dark = ['black','green','maroon','blue','purple','red']
+
+
+# List of light backgrounds
+light_backgrounds = get_files_from_dir(PATH_TO_LIGHT_BACKGROUNDS)
+
+# List of dark backgrounds
+dark_backgrounds = get_files_from_dir(PATH_TO_DARK_BACKGROUNDS)
+
+# List of font files
+list_files_fontt = get_files_from_dir(PATH_TO_FONT_FILES)
+
+
+
+light_backgrounds_crops_dir = 'light_backgrounds_crops/'
+dark_backgrounds_crops_dir = 'dark_backgrounds_crops/'
+
+generate_crops(light_backgrounds, light_backgrounds_crops_dir)
+generate_crops(dark_backgrounds, dark_backgrounds_crops_dir)
+
+# List of all files in the crops directory
+light_backgrounds = get_files_from_dir(light_backgrounds_crops_dir)
+dark_backgrounds = get_files_from_dir(dark_backgrounds_crops_dir)
+
+# List of all backgrounds
+all_backgrounds = [dark_backgrounds, light_backgrounds]
+
+
+# Sample Command-----  magick convert image.jpg -fill Black -font Courier-Oblique -weight 50 -pointsize 12 -gravity center -blur 0x8 -evaluate Gaussian-noise 1.2  -annotate 0+0 "Some text" output_image
+
+for i in range(0,len(char_list)):
+  char = char_list[i]
+  char_output_dir = OUTPUT_DIR + str(char) + "/"
+	
+  if not os.path.exists(char_output_dir):
+    os.makedirs(char_output_dir)
+
+  print("Generating data " + char_output_dir)
+  
+
+  # Generate synthetic images
+  for j in range(0,NUM_IMAGES_PER_CLASS):
+    
+    # Choose a light or dark background
+    path = random.choice(all_backgrounds)
+    
+    # Choose a file
+    list_filernd = random.choice(path)
+    
+    # Choose a font
+    list_rfo = random.choice(list_files_fontt)
+    
+    # Get random distortion
+    distort_arg = get_distort_arg()
+    
+    # Get random blur amount
+    blur = random.randint(0,3)
+    
+    # Get random noise amount
+    noise = random.randint(0,5)
+    
+    # Add random shifts from the center
+    x = str(random.randint(-3,3))
+    y = str(random.randint(-3,3))
+    
+    # Choose light color for dark backgrounds and vice-versa
+    if path == all_backgrounds[0] :
+      color = random.choice(color_light)
+    else:
+      color = random.choice(color_dark)
+
+    command =  "magick convert " + str(list_filernd) + " -fill "+str(color)+" -font "+ \
+            str(list_rfo) + " -weight 200 -pointsize 24 -distort Perspective "+str(distort_arg)+" "+"-gravity center" + " -blur 0x" + str(blur) \
++ " -evaluate Gaussian-noise " + str(noise) +  " " + " -annotate +" + x + "+" + y + " " +  str(char_list[i]) + " " + char_output_dir + "output_file"+str(i)+str(j)+".jpg"
+		
+    # Uncomment line below to see what command is executed.
+    # print(command)
+    os.system(str(command))
diff --git a/CharClassification/net.py b/CharClassification/net.py
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+# import required modules
+from keras.models import Sequential
+from keras.layers import Convolution2D, MaxPooling2D
+from keras.layers import Activation, Dropout, Flatten, Dense
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+class Net:
+    @staticmethod
+    def build(width, height, depth, weightsPath=None):
+        '''
+        modified lenet structure
+        input: input_shape (width, height, channels)
+        returns: trained/loaded model
+        '''
+        # initialize the model
+        model = Sequential()
+        
+        # first layer CONV => RELU => POOL
+        model.add(Convolution2D(32, (3, 3), input_shape = (width, height, depth)))
+        model.add(Activation('relu'))
+        model.add(MaxPooling2D(pool_size = (2, 2)))
+
+        # second layer CONV => RELU => POOL
+        model.add(Convolution2D(32, (3, 3)))
+        model.add(Activation('relu'))
+        model.add(MaxPooling2D(pool_size = (2, 2)))
+
+        # third layer of CONV => RELU => POOL
+        model.add(Convolution2D(64, (3, 3)))
+        model.add(Activation('relu'))
+        model.add(MaxPooling2D(pool_size = (2, 2)))
+
+        # set of FC => RELU layers
+        model.add(Flatten())
+
+        # number of neurons in FC layer = 128
+        model.add(Dense(128))
+        model.add(Activation('relu'))
+        model.add(Dropout(0.5))
+        
+        # as number of classes is 36
+        model.add(Dense(36))
+        model.add(Activation('softmax'))
+        
+        # if weightsPath is specified load the weights
+        if weightsPath is not None:
+            print('weights loaded')
+            model.load_weights(weightsPath)
+            # return model
+
+        return model
diff --git a/CharClassification/train_model.py b/CharClassification/train_model.py
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+# import required modules
+from keras.preprocessing.image import ImageDataGenerator
+from keras import optimizers
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
+
+# import created model
+from net import Net
+
+# Dimensions of our images
+img_width, img_height = 32, 32
+
+# 3 channel image
+no_of_channels = 3
+
+# train data Directory
+train_data_dir = 'train/' 
+# test data Directory
+validation_data_dir = 'test/' 
+
+epochs = 80
+batch_size = 32
+
+#initialize model
+model = Net.build(width = img_width, height = img_height, depth = no_of_channels)
+print('building done')
+# Compile model
+rms = optimizers.RMSprop(lr=0.001, rho=0.9, epsilon=None, decay=0.0)
+print('optimizing done')
+
+model.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy',
+              optimizer=rms,
+              metrics=['accuracy'])
+
+print('compiling')
+
+# this is the augmentation configuration used for training
+# horizontal_flip = False, as we need to retain Characters
+train_datagen = ImageDataGenerator(
+    featurewise_center=True,
+    featurewise_std_normalization=True,
+    rescale=1. / 255,
+    shear_range=0.1,
+    zoom_range=0.1,
+    rotation_range=5,
+    width_shift_range=0.05,
+    height_shift_range=0.05,
+    horizontal_flip=False)
+
+# this is the augmentation configuration used for testing, only rescaling
+test_datagen = ImageDataGenerator(featurewise_center=True, featurewise_std_normalization=True, rescale=1. / 255)
+
+train_generator = train_datagen.flow_from_directory(
+    train_data_dir,
+    target_size=(img_width, img_height),
+    batch_size=batch_size,
+    class_mode='categorical')
+
+validation_generator = test_datagen.flow_from_directory(
+    validation_data_dir,
+    target_size=(img_width, img_height),
+    batch_size=batch_size,
+    class_mode='categorical')
+
+# fit the model
+history = model.fit_generator(
+    train_generator,
+    steps_per_epoch=train_generator.samples / batch_size, 
+    epochs=epochs,
+    validation_data=validation_generator,
+    validation_steps=validation_generator.samples / batch_size)  
+
+# evaluate on validation dataset
+model.evaluate_generator(validation_generator)
+# save weights in a file
+model.save_weights('trained_weights.h5') 
+
+print(history.history)
+
+# Loss Curves
+plt.figure(figsize=[8,6])
+plt.plot(history.history['loss'],'r',linewidth=3.0)
+plt.plot(history.history['val_loss'],'b',linewidth=3.0)
+plt.legend(['Training loss', 'Validation Loss'],fontsize=18)
+plt.xlabel('Epochs ',fontsize=16)
+plt.ylabel('Loss',fontsize=16)
+plt.title('Loss Curves',fontsize=16)
+ 
+# Accuracy Curves
+plt.figure(figsize=[8,6])
+plt.plot(history.history['acc'],'r',linewidth=3.0)
+plt.plot(history.history['val_acc'],'b',linewidth=3.0)
+
+plt.legend(['Training Accuracy', 'Validation Accuracy'],fontsize=18)
+plt.xlabel('Epochs ',fontsize=16)
+plt.ylabel('Accuracy',fontsize=16)
+plt.title('Accuracy Curves',fontsize=16)
+plt.show()
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