A method for character recognition was presented, which uses ARTMAP an
d fuzzy rules. The neural network generates weights, which can be used
to determine fuzzy regions. The fuzzy rules recognize most of the tes
t samples and ARTMAP recognizes the rest of characters. The experiment
result proves that the combining method has higher ratio for characte
r recognition. ARTMAP is a fast and efficient neural network, which ha
s no local minimum point.