Re: [NTLK] Tablet PC HWR vs. Newton's Rosetta

From: David Orriss Jr (dave_at_davenet.net)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 19:30:32 EST

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On Friday, November 01, 2002 4:20 PM,
Alex Nonnemacher <nonjo_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> From http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56130,00.html
>
> "The Tablet's text-recognition abilities are average. Those with
> obsessively neat cursive script will see about 90 percent accuracy at
> best; otherwise, the handwriting-recognition application will probably
> get it right about 60 percent of the time. Adding often-used words to
> the dictionary boosts recognition abilities."
>
> Does anyone know what the Newton 2X00's recognition accuracy was? Was
> it measured in terms of percent correct?
> alex
>
> nonjo_at_comcast.net
> nonjo_at_mac.com

Informal numbers only, but I was getting 95% and *better* with my Newton... and
that was with BAD cursive....

So it sounds like -- here we are 5 years later... and no one is still even
*close* to the Newton when it comes to HWR... Great.... :-/

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