HUE: a handwriting understanding environment for document analysis and processing

The image understanding environments do not fully address the needs of researchers working in the areas of document and handwriting analysis and understanding. Deficiencies of these environments include: platform dependence; limitations in the way in which users can interact with or extend the environment; and lack of support for accessing evaluation databases. The handwriting understanding environment (HUE) addresses these deficiencies by including a library of domain-specific handwriting and document analysis components within a small, efficient, and easily accessible Tcl Tk script-based software framework. This paper reviews the current state of HUE, compares the prototype HUE against other image understanding environments, and includes some proposals for HUE´s future development