Human Performance on the USPS Database

We found that the human error rate in recognition of individual handwritten digits is 2.37%. This differs somewhat from two prior studies [1], [2].

[1]  E. Sackinger,et al.  Neural-Network and k-Nearest-neighbor Classifiers , 1991 .

[2]  Hiroshi Sako,et al.  Integrated segmentation and recognition of handwritten numerals: comparison of classification algorithms , 2002, Proceedings Eighth International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition.