Handwriting recognition (HWR) is a very commonly used procedure in modern technology. The image of the written text can be detected offline from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition (OCR)) or intelligent word recognition.
Technically, recognition of handwriting is the ability of a computer to receive and interpret a handwritten intelligible input from sources such as paper documents, photos, touchscreens, and other devices.
HWR is performed through various techniques that generally require OCR. However, a complete script recognition system also manages formatting, carries out correct character segmentation, and finds the most plausible words.
