Devanagari character recognition using structure analysis

Abstract

A method of character recognition using prior knowledge of the script is proposed. Devanagari, a script widely used in India at present, and found in Buddhist texts of the past, is used for this purpose. This study is confined to recognizing a particular font used in a printed Buddhist text: Saddharmapundarika.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>