Discrete Script or Cursive Language Identification from Document Images

We present a method for identifying the discrete script or cursive language contained in a document image in only one step. The method depends on extracting a set of global templates that are shared between scripts and languages having common symbol shapes. This results in a small number of template...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ibrahim S.I. Abuhaiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-01-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918307906