From: eschneck_at_mindspring.com
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 05:55:11 PDT
From ZDNet News (http://netscape=2Ecom=2Ecom/2100-1104-959581=2Ehtml?type=3D=
pt)
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The search for a Rosetta Stone
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Microsoft is not the first to grapple with the question of how best to dea=
l
with handwriting recognition=2E Earlier pen-based devices have taken vario=
us
approaches to making sense of what people write=2E=20
Apple Computer's 1990s-era pen-based handheld, the Newton, included both
handwriting-recognition software and a program that scanned block letters=2E=
The initial effort wasn't that good, though, and made Apple the butt of
several jokes, including a memorable Doonesbury cartoon in which the gadge=
t
produced ludicrous translations=2E Although fans say the technology improv=
ed
greatly in subsequent generations, the enduring idea in consumers' minds
was that handwriting recognition was not ready for prime time=2E=20
Although the Newton was canceled, Apple has continued to work with the
underlying handwriting recognition, which has been re-dubbed Inkwell and i=
s
alive again as part of the latest version of Mac OS X=2E=20
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