Handwriting match and AI content Detection (HMAC)

Authors

  • Phiroj Shaikh Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6977/IJoSI.202506_9(3).0005

Keywords:

Academic assessment, AI content detection, document analysis, similarity detection, Transformer-based models

Abstract

Machine-generated text presents a potential threat not only to the public sphere, but also to education, where the authenticity of genuine students is compromised by the presence of convincing, synthetic text. There are also concerns about the spread of academic misconduct, particularly direct replication among students. In response to these challenges, this paper introduces the Handwriting Match and AI Content Detection System (HMAC). HMAC utilizes Optical Character Recognition (OCR) mechanisms to convert handwritten and typed content from a single page pdf into machine-readable text, thus enabling further analysis. Drawing on recent advances in natural language understanding, HMAC aims to preserve the educational value of assignments by effectively detecting AI generated content. Additionally, HMAC has a strong plagiarism detection system that uses a comparative analysis of student submissions in a particular academic field. This paper describes HMAC's architecture, methodology, and results, emphasizing its key contributions: improved handwritten content extraction with OCR and improved identification of AI-generated content. The study addresses the research question of how HMAC improves the identification of AI-generated content and academic integrity when compared to other methodologies.

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Published

2025-07-03

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2025): International Journal of Systematic Innovation

Section

Regular full papers

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