-Preprocessing and normalization techniques for on-line handwriting analysis are crucial steps that usually compromise the success of recognition algorithms. These steps are often neglected and presented as solved problems, but this is far from the truth. An overview is presented of the principal on-line techniques for handwriting preprocessing and word normalization, covering the major difficu...

A previous study found a visual deficit in contour integration in English readers with dyslexia (Simmers & Bex, 2001). Visual contour integration may play an even more significant role in Chinese handwriting particularly due to its logographic presentation (Lam, Au, Leung, & Li-Tsang, 2011). The current study examined the relationship between children's performance in visual contour (VC) integr...

Motivated by several rulings in United States courts concerning expert testimony in general, and handwriting testimony in particular, we undertook a study to objectively validate the hypothesis that handwriting is individual. Handwriting samples of 1,500 individuals, representative of the U.S. population with respect to gender, age, ethnic groups, etc., were obtained. Analyzing differences in h...

Handwriting is a skill that is personal to individual [28]. The relation of character, shape and the style of writing are visually different from one to another. Handwriting identification is a process to identify or verify the authorship of a handwriting document. Asserting authorship identity based on handwritten text requires three steps: Data acquisition and preprocessing, Feature extractio...

Current interfaces for entering mathematical equations on computers are arguably limited and cumbersome. Mathematical notations have evolved to aid symbolic thinking and yet text-based interfaces relying on keyboard-and-mouse input do not take advantage of the natural two-dimensional aspects of mathematical equations. Due to its similarities to paper-based mathematics, pen-based handwriting inp...

The quality of handwriting is evaluated from the visual inspection of its legibility and not from the movement that generates the trace. Although handwriting is achieved in silence, adding sounds to handwriting movement might help towards its perception, provided that these sounds are meaningful. This study evaluated the ability to judge handwriting quality from the auditory perception of the u...

In this paper, we present the Arabic handwriting recognition system that was submitted to the 2013 NIST Open Handwriting Recognition and Translation Evaluation (OpenHaRT 2013). Our baseline recognition system is based on Hidden Markov Models and we also propose a lattice-based framework to combine the outputs from several different recognition engines. Keywords—Document recognition, Arabic hand...

This paper reviews the current state of the art in handwriting recognition research. The paper deals with issues such as hand-printed character and cursive handwritten word recognition. It describes recent achievements, difficulties, successes and challenges in all aspects of handwriting recognition. It also presents a new approach which dramatically improves current handwriting recognition sys...

Organizational ability constitutes one executive function (EF) component essential for common everyday performance. The study aim was to explore the relationship between handwriting performance and organizational ability in school-aged children. Participants were 58 males, aged 7-8 years, 30 with dysgraphia and 28 with proficient handwriting. Group allocation was based on children's scores in t...

Failure to attain handwriting competency during the school-age years often has far-reaching negative effects on both academic success and self-esteem. This complex occupational task has many underlying component skills that may interfere with handwriting performance. Fine motor control, bilateral and visual-motor integration, motor planning, in-hand manipulation, proprioception, visual percepti...