Cursive script recognition: A fast reader scheme

A cheque processing system currently under development is described. More precisely, the cursive script recognition module for the legal amount is discussed. Commonly, systems perform recognition either on a character by character basis, or on a word level. The authors investigate the recognition at a higher level of abstraction, at the sentence level. Knowledge of context, orthography, syntax and semantics is used to supplement the information from the graphical input. The system is based on a psychological model of the reading process for a fast reader. The module for extracting graphical clues, implemented with the techniques of mathematical morphology, is discussed.< >