Friday, September 27, 2002
Microsoft works to improve handwriting recognition
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 05:00 AM
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2122919,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage
Occasionally I use Transcriber when I am tired of pecking out stuff on FITALY. While Transcriber is nice, it is far from perfect and my chicken scratch doesn't help. MS is trying to improve the handwriting experience in the Tablet PC. "The current version of its Tablet PC operating system, which lets computer users control their machines with a pen-like device instead of just a mouse and keyboard, matches people's scrawls against the company's own database of handwriting samples. The idea is to ensure that the unlimited variety of Ts that human hands can produce will, in fact, be recognised as Ts."
It doesn't matter how good handwriting recognition gets for me. I'll never use it as my primary method of input on a Pocket PC or Tablet PC. FITALY or a keyboard is much faster. However, the more natural it is to use an electronic device, the better it is for most people, and it is nice to just write things out sometimes.
Occasionally I use Transcriber when I am tired of pecking out stuff on FITALY. While Transcriber is nice, it is far from perfect and my chicken scratch doesn't help. MS is trying to improve the handwriting experience in the Tablet PC. "The current version of its Tablet PC operating system, which lets computer users control their machines with a pen-like device instead of just a mouse and keyboard, matches people's scrawls against the company's own database of handwriting samples. The idea is to ensure that the unlimited variety of Ts that human hands can produce will, in fact, be recognised as Ts."
It doesn't matter how good handwriting recognition gets for me. I'll never use it as my primary method of input on a Pocket PC or Tablet PC. FITALY or a keyboard is much faster. However, the more natural it is to use an electronic device, the better it is for most people, and it is nice to just write things out sometimes.
