<s>
Intelligent	B-General_Concept
Word	I-General_Concept
Recognition	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
IWR	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
recognition	O
of	O
unconstrained	O
handwritten	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IWR	O
recognizes	O
entire	O
handwritten	O
words	O
or	O
phrases	O
instead	O
of	O
character-by-character	O
,	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
technology	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
utilizes	O
IWR	O
,	O
OCR	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ICR	B-Application
together	O
,	O
which	O
opens	O
many	O
doors	O
for	O
the	O
processing	O
of	O
documents	O
,	O
either	O
constrained	O
(	O
hand	O
printed	O
or	O
machine	O
printed	O
)	O
or	O
unconstrained	O
(	O
freeform	O
cursive	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IWR	O
also	O
eliminates	O
a	O
large	O
percentage	O
of	O
the	O
manual	O
data	B-General_Concept
entry	I-General_Concept
of	O
handwritten	O
documents	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
keyed	O
by	O
a	O
human	O
,	O
creating	O
an	O
automated	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IWR	O
is	O
not	O
meant	O
to	O
replace	O
ICR	B-Application
and	O
OCR	B-Application
engines	O
which	O
work	O
well	O
with	O
printed	O
data	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
IWR	O
reduces	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
character	O
errors	O
associated	O
with	O
these	O
engines	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
ideal	O
for	O
processing	O
real-world	O
documents	O
that	O
contain	O
mostly	O
freeform	O
,	O
hard-to-recognize	O
data	O
,	O
inherently	O
unsuitable	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
