13. The method of claim 12 wherein determining the region of the document corresponding to the handwritten information further comprises: (a) determining a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge and a left edge of the document, wherein the edges are determined based on an orientation of the typographic information relative to the document; (b) identifying an upper-left most pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information, wherein the upper-left most pixel comprises a pixel located closest to the top edge of the document and closest to the left edge of the document; (c) determining a top bound of the region of the document based on a top line running through the upper-left most pixel, wherein the top line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (d) determining a bottom pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information wherein the bottom pixel is located a height number of pixels below the upper-left most pixel; (e) determining a bottom bound of the region of the document based on a bottom line running through the bottom pixel, wherein the bottom line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (f) determining a leftmost pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information located within the top bound and the bottom bound, wherein the leftmost pixel is located at the left edge of the document, or the leftmost pixel comprises a closet pixel to the left edge of the document which is located within the top bound and the bottom bound and has no other pixels within a buffer number of pixels to the left; (g) determining a left bound of the region of the document based on a left line running through the leftmost pixel, wherein the left line is parallel to the left edge of the document and the right edge of the document; (h) determining a rightmost pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information located within the top bound and the bottom bound, wherein the rightmost pixel is located at the right edge of the document or the rightmost pixel comprises a closest pixel to the right edge of the document which is located within the top bound and the bottom bound and has no other pixels with the buffer number of pixels to the right; (i) determining a right bound of the region of the document based on a right line running through the rightmost pixel, wherein the right line is parallel to the left edge of the document and the right edge of the document; (j) determining the bottom pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information which is located within the left bound and the right bound, wherein the bottom pixel is located at the bottom edge of the document or the bottom pixel is a closest pixel to the bottom edge of the document with no other pixels within the buffer number of pixels below; (k) determining the bottom bound of the region of the document based on a bottom line running through the bottom pixel, wherein the bottom line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (l) repeating steps (d)-(k) using the bottom bound determined in step (k), the left bound determined in step (g), and the right bound determined in step (i) until the bottom bound, left bound and right bound remain constant; and (m) determining the region of the document based on an area enclosed by the top bound, the bottom bound, the left bound and the right bound.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein determining the region of the document corresponding to the handwritten information further comprises: (a) determining a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge and a left edge of the document, wherein the edges are determined based on an orientation of the typographic information relative to the document; (b) identifying an upper-left most pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information, wherein the upper-left most pixel comprises a pixel located closest to the top edge of the document and closest to the left edge of the document; (c) determining a top bound of the region of the document based on a top line running through the upper-left most pixel, wherein the top line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (d) determining a bottom pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information wherein the bottom pixel is located a height number of pixels below the upper-left most pixel; (e) determining a bottom bound of the region of the document based on a bottom line running through the bottom pixel, wherein the bottom line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (f) determining a leftmost pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information located within the top bound and the bottom bound, wherein the leftmost pixel is located at the left edge of the document, or the leftmost pixel comprises a closet pixel to the left edge of the document which is located within the top bound and the bottom bound and has no other pixels within a buffer number of pixels to the left; (g) determining a left bound of the region of the document based on a left line running through the leftmost pixel, wherein the left line is parallel to the left edge of the document and the right edge of the document; (h) determining a rightmost pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information located within the top bound and the bottom bound, wherein the rightmost pixel is located at the right edge of the document or the rightmost pixel comprises a closest pixel to the right edge of the document which is located within the top bound and the bottom bound and has no other pixels with the buffer number of pixels to the right; (i) determining a right bound of the region of the document based on a right line running through the rightmost pixel, wherein the right line is parallel to the left edge of the document and the right edge of the document; (j) determining the bottom pixel of the plurality of pixels of the handwritten information which is located within the left bound and the right bound, wherein the bottom pixel is located at the bottom edge of the document or the bottom pixel is a closest pixel to the bottom edge of the document with no other pixels within the buffer number of pixels below; (k) determining the bottom bound of the region of the document based on a bottom line running through the bottom pixel, wherein the bottom line is parallel to the top edge of the document and the bottom edge of the document; (l) repeating steps (d)-(k) using the bottom bound determined in step (k), the left bound determined in step (g), and the right bound determined in step (i) until the bottom bound, left bound and right bound remain constant; and (m) determining the region of the document based on an area enclosed by the top bound, the bottom bound, the left bound and the right bound. 14. The method of claim 13 further comprising: (n) storing an indication of the region and the plurality of characters corresponding to the handwritten information located within the region.