Handwritten Cursive Jawi Character Recognition: A Survey

The subject of cursive handwritten character recognition is still open to be studied because of its complex nature. Recognition of Arabic handwritten and its variants such as Farsi (Persian) and Urdu had been receiving considerable attention in recent years. Numerous methods for recognizing Arabic characters have been proposed and applied to various types of images. These research highlights have not yet been given to another variant of Arabic which is the Jawi script. This paper provides a comprehensive review of existing works in handwritten Jawi character recognition. It includes the history and writing of Jawi, and challenges, current works, and future direction of Jawi character recognition system.