Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) converts hand printed characters to their machine print (ASCII) equivalents. ICR software is based on the science of neural networks that behave like the human brain when processing information. Because ICR can handle variations in character shape, the term ‘intelligent’ is combined with ‘character recognition’ to describe handprint recognition. ICR includes the added benefit of developing a level of confidence in each character result, where confidence is defined as the ability to report on itself, making a judgment about the accuracy of its recognition. The characters that ICR considers unreliable are sent to human operators for double-checking.