A survey on off-line Cursive Word Recognition

This paper presents a survey on off-line Cursive Word Recognition. The approaches to the problem are described in detail. Each step of the process leading from raw data to the final result is analyzed. This survey is divided into two parts, the first one dealing with the general aspects of Cursive Word Recognition, the second one focusing on the applications presented in the literature.

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