| In this paper, we show how crossdomain approximate string matching can be applied to searching a database of scanned typeset documents using handwritten queries without requiring the correction of recognition errors. We present preliminary experimental results that suggest this approach can significantly improve retrieval effectiveness. |
In: L.R.B. Schomaker and L.G. Vuurpijl (Eds.)
Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Frontiers
in Handwriting Recognition, September 11-13 2000, Amsterdam,
Nijmegen: International Unipen Foundation,
ISBN 90-76942-01-3
pp. 3-12.