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From: ange@otter.hpl.hp.com (Andy Norman)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: System for Recognising Hand-Written Numerals?
Message-ID: <650003@otter.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 13 Feb 89 09:52:27 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
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>	I'm posting this request on behalf of a friend. Please reply to the
>	address given in the .signature below, not to me. Thanks.
>
>						-- ange --

	Does anyone know of a system for recognising hand-written
numerals? We're just starting on a project which involves a product by
a company (unknown except for the fact that I used to work for their
one-time parent company - which is not a recommendation, believe me)
which claims to do just this. We were just interested in doing a quick
scan of the other products availible which do the same thing.
	What we're interested in is *real-time* analysis - using a
bit-pad with a pen on it, and tracking the user's handwriting as it
goes along. We 're only interested in numbers - so anything more is
interesting, but not compulsory - and there will be heuristics to sort
out the *obviously* silly figures, so 100% accuracy isn't *too* critical.

	The *Important* things are that the users are a)
Non-specialist, b) regularly changing, and c) on shifts, so even
individual handwriting could be variable, and any sort of "burn-in"
period is a no-no.

	Mail to me, and I'll summarise as need be. Please do *not*
reply directly, as this message is being posted for me.


				Thanx in advance,


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