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intelligent character recognition: where to start?

I've got client that would like to capture data from a handwritten form. I have no idea how to implement this or what the cost would be. First, is this feasable/reasonable/affordable for a smallish size client. Second, how does intelligent character recognition work. (Do I need a ICR device? In what form does the data get extracted? Ho...

OCR in .NET

Hi everyone I need to use an OCR component within a .NET application that can recognise handwriting. We got the MODI component from MS office up and running, and it recognises printed text, but not handwriting. I don't mind paying. Does anyone have any recommendations? Many thanks Jim ...

FOSS Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR)

Does anyone know of an open source Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) library? There seems to be plenty out there for OCR but I am focusing on recognizing handwriting and would love it if there was an open source solution out there. Thanks in advance, Jason ...

WPF InkCanvas - how to determine if it has been "signed"

I'm using a WPF InkCanvas control to capture signatures in a Tablet PC application. One of my requirements is to validate whether or not the application has really been "signed". Right now I'm doing this by checking the Strokes collection of the InkCanvas - if there are 0 strokes, then I know the user has not "signed". However, if th...

Where to begin my quest for knowledge in regards to OCR/ICR?

I'm in search of and useful source of knowledge on Optical/Intelligent Character Recognition, Image and Pattern recognition. Any books, papers, websites and whatever. Thanks! ...

Windows OCR and ICR Libraries

I have been tasked with finding an Imaging/OCR/ICR SDK that we can use in our Delphi Application. I needs to do the following: Work with Delphi XE (Don't care if it's ActiveX or a DLL) It needs to work on a server with zero human intervention. Needs to Support OCR and ICR in a given Rect or Zone. Needs to return confidence level for a...