[NTLK] Handwriting recognition

Laurence W Brown lwb at mac.com
Sat Jun 16 12:34:24 EDT 2012


I believe it uses the same translation engine as WritePad...

Sent from my 2Pad…

On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:07, Nils-Erik Gustafsson <gui at cmpmail.com> wrote:

> PhatPad (for the iPad) has very impressive handwriting recognition, done "post script".
> 
> It offers recognition of a number of additional languages, even Swedish! And it has Newton-like shape recognition of triangles, circles and rectangles.
> 
> Best regards from Stockholm,
> 
> Nils-Erik
> 
> Nils-Erik Gustafsson
> GUI at cmpmail.com
> 
> 16 jun 2012 kl. 18:00 skrev newtontalk-request@
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>> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:21:48 +0100
>> From: "Joel M. Sciamma" <joel at inventors-emporium.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] handwriting recognition
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>> Tony,
>> 
>> Have a look at MyScript Memo. Recognition accuracy is very impressive and it uses a notepad metaphor in that you fill a page, make a new page and keep writing like this until you are done. You have multiple pen colours and weights easily accessible.
>> 
>> Recognition is done later on any part or the whole page and the text can be sent by various means. It has no problems with text that is barely legible.
>> 
>> I like it for walking around notes because you don't have to worry about making corrections or checking the recognition on the fly (like Newton ink notes). I know that I can get the text out later but still see my HW to compare it at any time.
>> 
>> It has a nice eraser and lasso tool, a clever, adjustable palm rest, personal dictionary, selectable background images and devotes the full screen to your writing.
>> 
>> Works fine on the iPad 3.
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