Current neural network technology is the most progressive of the artificial intelligence    Applications of neural networks have made the transition from laboratory curiosities to large, successful commercial applications. To enhance the security of automated financial transactions, current technologies in both speech recognition and handwriting recognition are likely ready for mass integration into financial institutions.RESEARCH PROJECTTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction    1Purpose    1Source of Information     1Authorization    1Overview    2The First Steps    3Computer-Synthesized Senses    4Visual Recognition    4Current Research    5Computer-Aided Voice Recognition    6Current Applications    7Optical Character Recognition    8Conclusion    9Recommendations    10Bibiography    11INTRODUCTION Purpose     The purpose of this study is to determine additional areas where artificial intelligence     technology may be applied for positive identifications of individuals during financial     transactions, such as automated banking transactions, telephone transactions , and home     banking activities. This study focuses on academic research in neural network technology .     This study was funded by the Banking Commission in its effort to deter fraud.Overview    Recently, the thrust of studies into practical applications for artificial intelligence     have focused on exploiting the expectations of both expert systems and neural network     computers. In the artificial intelligence community, the proponents of expert systems     have approached the challenge of simulating intelligence differently than their counterpart     proponents of neural networks. Expert systems contain the coded knowledge of a human expert     in a field; this knowledge takes the form of "if-then" rules. The problem with this approach     is that people dont always know why they do what they do. And even when they can express this     knowledge, it is not easily transla...