Re: [NTLK] GUI for Pen Computing WAS RE: A thank you and newcomer report

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Wed May 14 2003 - 13:01:12 PDT


on 5/14/03 5:57 AM, Tony Kan at tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz wrote:

> While looking into Tablet PCs I recalled that there was an article somewhere
> that the Apple HWR technology had gone on to be included in Calligrapher by
> Paragraph. I might have got my facts wrong here and I stand open to be
> corrected.

Actually, it is the other way around. When Apple was first developing the
Newton, they hired Paragraph to write the HWR for it. This was later sold by
Paragraph to other manufacturers. When Apple came out with Newton OS 2.0,
they had written their own printed recognizer that supplemented the cursive
recognizer that Paragraph wrote.

Unfortunately, it seems that, while the engine from Paragraph is the same,
the other elements that exist on the Newton--correction, gestures, etc. are
lacking in the non-Newton implementations. For sure, this is a major, major
lack, in my opinion.

-- 
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<mailto:jonglass_at_usa.net>
-- 
This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries
List FAQ/Etiquette/Terms: http://www.newtontalk.net/faq.html
Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed May 14 2003 - 13:30:00 PDT