NDLI: Finding features used in the human reading of cursive handwriting

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Schomaker, Lambert Segers, Eliane
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	This paper first summarizes a number of findings in the human reading of handwriting. A method is proposed to uncover more detailed information about geometrical features which human readers use in the reading of Western script. The results of an earlier experiment on the use of ascender/descender features were used for a second experiment aimed at more detailed features within words. A convenient experimental setup was developed, based on image enhancement by local mouse clicks under time pressure. The readers had to develop a cost-effective strategy to identify the letters in the word. Results revealed a left-to-right strategy in time, however, with extra attention to the initial, leftmost parts and the final, rightmost parts of words in a range of word lengths. The results confirm high hit rates on ascenders, descenders, crossings, and points of high curvature in the handwriting pattern.
Starting Page	13
Ending Page	18
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14332833
Journal	International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR)
Volume Number	2
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1999-07-01
Publisher Place	Berlin Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software

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Finding features used in the human reading of cursive handwriting