International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR)
Trace the scribbles: a text restoration and artifact correction network for child handwriting enhancement
Abstract Child handwriting enhancement poses unique challenges distinct from other document restoration tasks. Unlike the global degradation observed in historical manuscripts, children’s handwriting exhibits locally inconsistent faint strokes, misalignment with the writing line, and behavioral artifacts such as scribbles or partial erasures. When scanned, these irregularities are compounded by background noise, illumination variation, and scanner-induced distortions, deforming vital stroke information. Existing do …