I wrote cursively in "printing" but got really bad results. So I went back
to "cursive" and got much better results.
> Date: Tue 23-Apr-2002 15:34
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net (Tony Kan)
> From: jgoggan_at_dcg.com (No Name)
> Subject: RE: [NTLK] Taking notes on Newton
>
> Holy crap, Ed! That has just helped my handwriting recognition a
> great deal! (And I really DO write like crap!) I never thought that
> the "Letter Shapes" data applied to the printing recognizer since it
> didn't show up when "Printing" was selected. I've actually left my
> Newt on cursive for years even though I always print because it
> seemed to do a better job and it was the only way that I could
> specify my letter shapes!
>
> I just installed alt.rec (I never did it before because I always had
> my Newt on cursive, as I said, so I didn't think it would help any)
> -- and switched to Printing (I already had all my letters defined) --
> and got a SIGNIFICANT improvement in my handwriting recognition!
>
> I don't know how much of it was alt.rec -- and how much was finally
> leaving the Newt in "Printing" mode -- but I must say it is much
> better -- even with my absolutely horrible printing!
>
> What you just said really should be in the FAQ... As a long-time
> Newton user (a daily Newton user, even), I really wish I had known
> this years ago... :(
>
> Thanks again, Ed!
>
> - John...
>
> P.S. Can anyone confirm for certain that the Letter Shapes really ARE
> being used in the Printing logic? I guess the improvement on me
> switching to Printing finally could be just alt.rec -- or just the
> fact that maybe I write differently than 2 years ago... I just want
> to be certain that the Printing engine really IS using the Letter
> Shapes settings that only seem available when the Cursive engine is
> selected.
>
> Ed Kummel wrote:
> >
> > Here are four things that will help your handwriting
> > tremendously:
> > 1) Upgrade to an MP2100 (or 2000)
> > 2) Get Pauls alt.rec program
> > 3) Open up the Notes and set the preferences to
> > Cursive. Then tap the Options button and select
> > "Letter Shapes" From here, go through the entire
> > alphabet and select those letters that more accuratly
> > reflect the way you write the character. Make sure
> > that if there is a character that you don't write a
> > certain way the Newt shows, that you say "Never" for
> > that character! When you're done, go ahead and set the
> > recognition back to Printing.
> > 4) use expansions! Sometimes when I write certain
> > words, the Newton recognizes them wrong. For instance,
> > the word "the". Sometimes the Newt recognizes it as
> > "tne" or "t4e". I've used expansions to tell the Newt
> > that whenever it sees "tne" (there is no such word as
> > "tne") to put "the" there instead. I have well over a
> > hundred expansions on my Newt...(thanks to alt.rec) to
> > prevent common mis-recogntions on my Newt, plus I use
> > expansions to expand words that I just don't feel like
> > writing out so often ("MS" for "Microsoft" and "QS"
> > for "QuickSilver" and so forth)
> > If you use these 4 tips, you will never again have
> > handwriting problems on your Newt!
> > Ed
> > web/gadget guru
> > http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
> > http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
> > subdomain)
>
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