2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: selecting a representative word image in the word cluster; selecting digitized text for the representative word image; and assigning the selected digitized text to each of the word images in the word cluster.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: selecting a representative word image in the word cluster; selecting digitized text for the representative word image; and assigning the selected digitized text to each of the word images in the word cluster. 4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of selecting a representative word image comprises: determining a mean of the values assigned to each of the multiple word features for each of the two word images that are assigned to the word cluster; creating a phantom word image that has exactly the same mean of values; and selecting, as the representative word image, the phantom word.