Comparing Arabic and Latin Handwritten Digits Recognition Problems

A comparison between the performance of Latin and Arabic handwritten digits recognition problems is presented. The performance of ten different classifiers is tested on two similar Arabic and Latin handwritten digits databases. The analysis shows that Arabic handwritten digits recognition problem is easier than that of Latin digits. This is because the interclass difference in case of Latin digits is smaller than in Arabic digits and variances in writing Latin digits are larger. Consequently, weaker yet fast classifiers are expected to play more prominent role in Arabic handwritten digits recognition.

Authors:

• Sherif Abdelazeem

Keywords:

• Handwritten recognition
• Arabic recognition
• Digits recognition
• Document recognition

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