Cursive Word Recognition: Methods and Strategies

Abstract

Although researchers have been working on the field of cursive script recognition (CSR) for more than thirty years, existing systems are still limited to restricted applications and this field of research remains quite open. This paper aims to present the basic principles of the techniques used so far and to classify them according to the type of strategy they are based on. It will mainly focus on off-line recognition although most of the strategies presented here are also valid for on-line recognition.