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Considerable progress has been made in handwriting recognition technology over the last few years. Thus far, handwriting recognition systems have been limited to small and medium vocabulary applications, since most of them often rely on a lexicon during the recognition process. The capability of dealing with large lexicons, however, opens up many more applications. This article will discuss the methods and principles that have been proposed to handle large vocabularies and identify the key issues affecting their future deployment. To illustrate some of the points raised, a large vocabulary off-line handwritten word recognition system will be described.
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Koerich, A., Sabourin, R. & Suen, C. Large vocabulary off-line handwriting recognition: A survey. Patt. Analy. App. 6, 97–121 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-002-0169-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-002-0169-3