TensorFlow-free npy data

[makotokato]

When I look trained weights.npy file to use segmenter, this data uses TensorFlow dtype (https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/dtypes/DType). So it means that using weights.npy requires TensorFlow and no way to use this data via other languages without TensorFlow binding.

Also, although you provide JSON file too, this is big due to not binary format.

So I am happy if you provide TensorFlow-free npy (or other compressed binary format) data that is trained.

[sffc]

The JSON file is not intended to be the final shipped artifact. You can convert the JSON into some other format that is more compact using any library of your choice.

[anushka-cseatmnc]

Hi @sffc or @makotokato or @younies I’d love to work on this issue! I plan to convert weights.npy into a TensorFlow-free format like HDF5 or ONNX to make it more accessible.

Could you please assign this issue to me? I'll test my approach and submit a PR soon. Thanks!

[anushka-cseatmnc]

Hey @robertbastian
I’ve finished the conversion of the TensorFlow-dependent .npy weights to a TensorFlow-free .h5 format as discussed. Could you please review the PR when you get a chance? If everything looks good, I’d appreciate it if you could merge it. Let me know if any changes are needed!

Thanks a lot!
Anushka