Arabic and Latin Script Identification in Printed and Handwritten Types Based on Steerable Pyramid Features

Arabic and Latin script identification in printed and handwritten nature present several difficulties because the Arabic (printed or handwritten) and the handwritten Latin scripts are cursive scripts of nature. To avoid all possible confusions which can be generated, we propose in this paper an accurate and suitable designed system for script identification at word level which is based on steerable pyramid transform. The features extracted from pyramid sub bands serve to classify the scripts on only one script among the scripts to identify. The encouraging and promising results obtained are presented in this research paper.