Building a new generation of handwriting recognition systems

Abstract This paper gives an assessment of the current state of the art in handwriting recognition. It summarizes the lessons learned, the difficulties involved, and the challenges ahead. Based on a review of the recent achievements in off-line computer recognition of totally unconstrained handwritten characters, and extensive research, the authors attempt to identify new frontiers for research which may lead to further breakthroughs in this field. They will present some evidences and novel ideas on ways of stretching the limits of handwriting recognition systems aiming at outperforming human beings.

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