Advanced OCR for Digits Exploring CNN for Optimal Performance
Khalil Ladrham, Hicham Gueddah · Procedia Computer Science · 2024
Handwritten digit recognition is critical in the field of deep learning, especially for Latin digits, which are widely utilized in a variety of applications including postal systems, bank check processing, and teaching tools. Recognizing these digits effectively is critical for automating operations that need human-written numbers. Because of its capacity to extract spatial characteristics from pictures, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have shown to be extremely good at categorizing and detecting handwritten numbers. CNNs are more successful at handling differences in handwriting and noise than older approaches. Our CNN model, designed to recognize Latin digits, obtained an 80% accuracy rate, exceeding numerous previous tests. The model efficiently eliminates overfitting by utilizing dropout layers, allowing for greater generalization to previously unknown data. This durability makes the model ideal for practical applications, since it ensures high reliability in digit classification tasks across a wide range of handwriting styles and characteristics.