[NTLK] Inklet

[Larry Yaeger]

Yeah.  And what Inklet apparently does is let you use Inkwell without a tablet, entering text via a nice little pen that provides capacitance/conductance like your finger on the trackpad.  (Or you can write with your finger, albeit less legibly, one presumes.)  I haven't tried it yet, but probably will eventually.  The web page makes it look rather nicely done, but I wasn't able to tell if you could use the true "write anywhere" mode, or if it only wrote into the Ink window (aka InkPad).  I'd be curious to know.

- larryy

At 8:08 PM +0200 3/28/10, David Neale wrote:
>Yup, still exists. This is what System Preferences Help has to say 
>about it:
>
>
>> About Inkwell
>> If you have a graphics tablet and stylus, you can use Inkwell (also 
>> called Ink) to write text in your own handwriting that your computer 
>> can recognize and turn into words. You can also use Ink to draw a 
>> sketch and insert it in any document that can display pictures.
>>
>> To find out more about Ink, connect a graphics tablet to your 
>> computer, and then click the Ink icon in System Preferences. Turn on 
>> handwriting recognition, and then choose ³Open Ink help² from the 
>> Ink toolbar.
>>
>David
>
>
>
>On 28 Mar 2010, at 20:01, David Neale wrote:
>
>> I don't know if it's still implemented, but when MacOS X was first
>> released, it included HWR, which became available when, I believe, a
>> graphics tablet was connected.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 28 Mar 2010, at 18:49, Brett Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Thought some of you guys might find this interesting. Although it
>>> requires a newer MacBook (pro), and probably won't have any of you
>>> putting down your Newtons, it does allow for HWR in OS X.
>>>
>>> http://tenonedesign.com/inklet.php
>>>
>>> -Brett
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