A survey of document image word spotting techniques

AP Giotis, G Sfikas, B Gatos, C Nikou - Pattern Recognition, 2017 - Elsevier
Vast collections of documents available in image format need to be indexed for information
retrieval purposes. In this framework, word spotting is an alternative solution to optical …

A survey on handwritten documents word spotting

R Ahmed, WG Al-Khatib, S Mahmoud - International Journal of Multimedia …, 2017 - Springer
Along with the explosive growth of the amount of handwritten documents that are preserved,
processed and accessed in a digital form, handwritten document images word spotting has …

The optical character recognition of Urdu-like cursive scripts

S Naz, K Hayat, MI Razzak, MW Anwar, SA Madani… - Pattern Recognition, 2014 - Elsevier
We survey the optical character recognition (OCR) literature with reference to the Urdu-like
cursive scripts. In particular, the Urdu, Pushto, and Sindhi languages are discussed, with the …

Enabling independent learning of programming concepts through programming completion puzzles

KJ Harms, N Rowlett, C Kelleher - 2015 IEEE Symposium on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many novice programming environments use puzzle-like approaches to help novice
programmers acquire new programming skills independently. Yet, little is known about 1) …

A novel method for recognition of Persian alphabet by using fuzzy neural network

MMM Kia, JA Alzubi, M Gheisari, X Zhang… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a system that can recognize handwritten words expressed using broken
letters of the Persian alphabet. The proposed system can be used for most activities related …

Classification of Urdu ligatures using convolutional neural networks-a novel approach

N Javed, S Shabbir, I Siddiqi… - … Conference on Frontiers …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Urdu Nasteleeq text recognition is one of the very challenging problems in document image
processing. The cursive nature of Urdu script makes character segmentation very difficult …

Recognition of cursive video text using a deep learning framework

A Mirza, I Siddiqi - IET Image Processing, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study focuses on cursive text recognition appearing in videos, using a complete
framework of deep neural networks. While mature video optical character recognition …

A review of deep learning techniques in document image word spotting

L Kumari, A Sharma - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2022 - Springer
From the early days of pattern recognition, word spotting have been important test beds for
studying how well machines can perform better decision making. In recent years, word …

Size invariant handwritten character recognition using single layer feedforward backpropagation neural networks

A Yousaf, MJ Khan, MJ Khan, N Javed… - 2019 2nd …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Handwritten character recognition is among the most challenging research areas in pattern
recognition and image processing. With everything going digital, applications of handwritten …

A holistic approach to Urdu language word recognition using deep neural networks

HR Khan, MA Hasan, M Kazmi, N Fayyaz… - … , Technology & Applied …, 2021 - etasr.com
Urdu is one of the most popular languages in the world. It is a Persianized standard register
of the Hindi language with considerable and valuable literature. While digital libraries are …