Local Line Fitting (LLF) in Feature Extraction………………44 3.8.2.
Handwritten Character Recognition system…………………………37 3.7. Input in Handwriting Recognition System………………………….34 3.5. Recognition, Interpretation, and Identification………………………33 3.4. Characteristics of Amharic Characters……………………………….27 3. My greatest gratitude is extended to my Sister w/o Kebedech Hailemariam and my nephew Fikremariam Alemayehu for their economic support without which this research work would not be a reality.įinally, I would like to extend my thanks to the community of department of Information Science in the faculty of Informatics whose contribution is involved in this work in one way or the other.
I would also like to thank w/t Azmera Tesfaye and w/t Asnakech Mengistu for their help in typing the script and for their unforgettable coffee. My sincere thanks is also forwarded to Ato Assefa Mammo and Ato Yigezu Tsegaye for their contribution in collecting data that I used for the research work.
I am deeply indebted to my brother and friend Ato Seyoum Tolla for his patience and support for many continuous nights. My special thanks go to the management of Unity University College for the moral and material support it provided and for partially funding this research. Ato Yaregal AssabeĭEDICATED DEDICATED TO: TO: MY FATHER ABA HAILEMARIAM MOREDA AND MY MOTHER EMAHOY ALEMAYEHU AFRO
LINE FITTING TO AMHARIC OCR: THE CASE OF POSTAL ADDRESSĪ THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFROMATION SCIENCEġ. ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF INFORMATICS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE