23. A method for determining a sequence of segments of a segmented image of a cursive written word processed in a word recognition system, comprising: finding the number of segments, wherein the finding step includes locating a first segment and a last segment in the imaged word; and determining the sequence of segments using an over-segmentation-relabeling algorithm, wherein the over-segmentation-relabeling algorithm includes: characterizing segments as either situated segments or unsituated segments, wherein situated segments include the first and last segments, segments having an X-coordinate or Y-coordinate coverage that exceed a threshold value, and small segments that are cursively connected to segments on each side, and wherein unsituated segments are segments not characterized as situated segments; and placing each unsituated segment having a situated segment above or below so as to either immediately precede or follow the situated segment in the sequence of segments.
26. The method of claim 23 , further comprising: rechecking the segment sequence to ensure continuity of segment placements and no multiple placement of a segment.