Well, I don't think that I draw the same letter the
same way in a single word...for instance, my name has
two "m's" in it, the second "M" never looks like the
first "M"...But what I've done is that if the Newton
recognizes my attempt at writing as a potential "new"
word, then I will take that wrong word (for instance,
beins -> being
ahd -> and
cull -> call
h9ve -> have
fnis -> this
vu4 -> you
yo4 -> you
YU6 -> you
so you see, I've forced the newton to accept my scrawl
and replace the obviously wrong words with the correct
words (btw, that list above is just a small
sampling...
my expand dictionary is over 20k! I have several
hundred replacements in there (I've had a newton ever
since the 120 with the 2.0 came out) in fact I think
at last count, i had over a thousand...took to long to
count, so I never did it again!)
So, while my gestures are close to the actual method
of letter formation, they don't always turn out that
way...I think it is amazing that the Newton can
recognize writing that not even my own mom can! Heck,
sometimes I have trouble reading my own handwriting! I
tried to save something in "ink" on my Newton, but
when I tried to convert it later, I couldn't figure
out what I had written to make sure that the Newton
had translated it correctly! But I will tell you this!
the Newton is better than 98% accurate in recognizing
my writing...And that is cool!
Ed
web guru
--- jon glass <jonglass@usa.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 6:44 AM, NewtonTalk
> <mailto:newtontalk@planetnewton.com> wrote:
> > I've become lazy and sloppy! So,
> > I'm certain that I have not modified my
> handwriting if
> > only to have it become worse through the marvelous
> > science that is Newton! (does this mean my writing
> > skills have attrified?)
>
> I liked your story. I'm also notorious for horrible
> handwriting. I'm a
> lefty, and have learned a wierd way of writing. I
> know that my handwriting,
> at least on the Newton has improved. I have also
> realized something else. I
> watch others try to write on my Newton, and they
> often have very
> non-standard ways of forming their letters, or pick
> up the pen in the
> middle of a letter, and other strange stuff. I think
> the most important
> thing for the Newton is that your form your letters
> correctly. They may
> look like scratch, but you actually wrote it in a
> recognizable manner. Does
> that make sense? Curious on how you actually form
> your letters. Do you have
> any really wierd letters? If so, are these the sorts
> of things you have
> created expansions for?
>
> If you think about it, the Newton's handwriting
> (printing) recognition and
> editing tricks are amazing. One wishes they would
> somehow market that for
> other platforms. It would be fascinating to see it
> on an iBook, or even
> another PDA. Maybe their Palm clone? It's a shame to
> see it languish
> because of the death of Newton.
>
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <mailto:jonglass@usa.net>
> <mailto:glasshaus5@aol.com>
>
>
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