In this paper a writer-independent on-line handwriting recognition system is described comparing the influence of handwriting normalization and adaptation techniques on the recognition pe@ormance. Our Hidden Markov Model (HMM) -based recognition system for unconstrained German script can be adapted to the writing style of a new writer using d#erent adaptation techniques whereas the impact of pr...

We have recently developed in our lab a text recognizer for on-line texts written on a touch-terminal. We present in this paper several strategies to adapt this recognizer in a self-supervised way to a given writer and compare them to the supervised adaptation scheme. The baseline system is based on the activationverification cognitive model. We have designed this recognizer to be writer-indepe...

Peter, an African American writer from a low-income community, is followed across a 10-year period as he progresses from first grade through high school. Drawing on writing samples and interviews, the author identifies a set of interrelated dispositions that contribute to his development of habitus as a writer. This article considers Peter’s developing writing abilities alongside these emerging...

The South Asian American diasporic writer, Jhumpa Lahiri has been widely acclaimed by the first-world intellectuals for her truthful representations of diasporic experience. In recent years, however, some scholars have drawn upon Gayatri Spivak’s notion of “Native Informant” to interrogate the controversial canonization of Lahiri in the West, and point instead to her disavowed participation in ...