Automatic reading of Arabic calligraphic fonts: an applied study in artificial intelligence techniques

Document Type : scientific articles

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ministry of culture

Abstract

The importance of this research lies in the interest in the field of documents and manuscripts ,and take advantage of investing in modern technology In the automatic reading of Arabic calligraphy,, Which makes us to look for the appropriate way to read documents and manuscripts, Quickly and accurately, and the latest technologies that have occurred in it Within the framework of what is known as information technology and artificial intelligence applications and its most important automated applications in recognizing natural languages and written speech. Through the procedural steps for processing written texts and reading Arabic fonts Such as cutting, dividing and isolating letters to classify and group them and extract their features and specifications in a way that makes the reading process easy, accurate and time-saving, It is based on the descriptive analytical and experimental method, In order to identify the problem, analyze its elements, interpret and treat it in a modern digital way, Within the framework of that methodology, the research reached a set of results, the most important of which are: Identify the obstacles that face the difficulty of reading Arabic calligraphy, Recognize the automatic processing tools for Arabic letters, Finding the procedural steps in reading Arabic calligraphy in an accurate way, Accordingly, the research recommends: raising awareness of the importance of applying artificial intelligence techniques to one of the most prominent Islamic arts, which is the art of Arabic calligraphy, Maximizing the role of the new technology in finding and developing alternative ways to preserve identity.

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