Computer Processing of Handwriting in Documents

Computer Processing of Handwriting in Documents

Abstract:

Handwriting is a natural means of recording personal information, in addition to being a communication medium. Although computer recognition of handwriting seems to be a solved problem with the ubiquity of PDAs—where writing is on specialized surfaces (called dynamic handwriting)—recognition of handwriting on paper (or static handwriting) poses numerous challenges. The talk will describe a number of recent advances that have been made in specific domains such as postal address recognition, signature/writer verification and automatic grading of school essays. A system for searching handwritten document repositories and extracting writer information will be demonstrated.