Character segmentation algorithms for Kannada optical character recognition

In this paper we discuss various character segmentation algorithms for Kannada scripts. Kannada is one of the south Indian language which has 16 vowels and 34 consonants as the basic alphabet of the language. Segmentation algorithms are constructed after the deep study of peculiarities of the individual characters of Kannada. This paper gives characteristics of Kannada scripts, two surveyed segmentation algorithms and one implemented segmentation algorithm by brute force approach.