8. A computerized method for processing a plurality of ink stroke representations associated with a line area into words, said method comprising the steps of: a) retrieving a first ink stroke representation associated with the line area; b) calculating bounding bands for the first ink stroke representation; c) retrieving a second ink stroke representation d) calculating bounding bands for the second ink stroke representation; e) comparing the first ink stroke representation to the second ink stroke representation band by band; f) grouping the first ink stroke representation and the second ink stroke representation together as a first word, if any of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation; g) grouping the first ink stroke representation as the first word and the second ink stroke representation as a second word, if none of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation.
8. A computerized method for processing a plurality of ink stroke representations associated with a line area into words, said method comprising the steps of: a) retrieving a first ink stroke representation associated with the line area; b) calculating bounding bands for the first ink stroke representation; c) retrieving a second ink stroke representation d) calculating bounding bands for the second ink stroke representation; e) comparing the first ink stroke representation to the second ink stroke representation band by band; f) grouping the first ink stroke representation and the second ink stroke representation together as a first word, if any of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation; g) grouping the first ink stroke representation as the first word and the second ink stroke representation as a second word, if none of the bounding bands of the first ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the second ink stroke representation. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein step g further comprises the steps of: retrieving an third ink stroke representation associated with the line area; calculating bounding bands for the third ink stroke representation; comparing bounding bands of the third ink stroke representation to the bounding bands of the first word band by band; grouping the third ink stroke representation and the first word together as an increased sized first word, if any of the bounding bands of the third ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the first word; and grouping the third ink stroke representation as a second word if none of the bounding bands of the third ink stroke representation are within a predetermined distance of corresponding bounding bands of the first word.