The document discusses different types of timing tracks, text styles, form types, and the evolution of technology for document recognition. It identifies Kodak i 830 and Axiome AXM 980 as timing tracks, and lists machine print, cursive, constrained handprint, and unconstrained handprint as text styles. Form types are described as legacy forms with no special design, condensed strings, and dirty noisy forms versus specially designed forms with constraining boxes or combs. The evolution of technology moved from early OCR and ICR to current intelligent recognition capabilities.
29. Cursive
Bad quality
machine print
Unconstrained
Handprint
Constrained
Handprint
Machine Print
TEXT STYLES
FORM TYPES
No special form design
No constraining boxes or combs
Condensed strings
Dirty & Noisy forms
Bad quality paper
Legacy Forms
Specially designed for automatic
recognition
Constraining boxes or combs
Drop out ink for preprinted
text & boxes
TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION
OCR ICR
Intelligent
Recognition
Illustration: Conference on Technology Options for 2011 Census