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Adaptive Hindi OCR using generalized Hausdorff image comparison

Ma et al., 2003

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14915127403991357826
Author
Ma H
Doermann D
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ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (TALIP)

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We present an adaptive Hindi OCR implemented as part of a rapidly retargetable language tool effort. The system includes: script identification, character segmentation, training sample creation, and character recognition. In script identification, Hindi words are identified from …
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