String Reader

This chapter explains how to perform feature-based character recognition with the Aurora Imaging Library String Reader module.

In this chapter

• String Reader module
• Steps to reading a string in an image
• Basic concepts
• Creating and customizing the fonts for a font based context
• Using a fontless context
• Adding and deleting string models to the context
• Space
• Number of strings to read
• Degrees of freedom
• Rules for character placement
• Global context settings
• Scores and acceptances
• Retrieving results and annotation
• Fixing read problems using String Expert
• An example