cmonex - 2006-01-28 9:55 AM
Jazz - 2006-01-28 10:23 AM
What can I say? I like handwriting...
lucky you
i like it too but cant get any program to reliably recognize my handwriting
(also i'm afraid to scratch the display - that can be solved with a screenprotector though
)
My Newtons
(MessagePads 2100
) give
(yes, I still have and use them
) me 99+% accuracy in English and 95+% in Dutch
(mainly because the Dutch ditionaries, being a volunteer effort, are not as extensive as the English ones
), both with cursive handwriting
(the Newton cursive recognizer is an earlier version of Calligrapher
). Writing in printed
(separated
) letters, which invokes a different recognizer on the Newton
(called Rosetta, and property of Apple
), is even more accurate but, obviously, not as fast.
PenOffice
(with the Calligrapher recognizer
) on Windows 2000 is almost as accurate; the problem there is Windows, which was never intended to be a pen-centric OS and requires some weird hacks to get a Newton-esque feeling.
Re scratches: it has been my experience that the vast majority of scratches come from a "polluted" stylus
(i.e.: dirt on the tip
). I tend to not use screen protectors, except on my SE P910, but over the years I've developed the strange but quite effective habit of regularly licking the tips of my styli. It must work, because none of my pen computers has a scratch on it. Well, that and an almost religeous zeal to prevent any harm befalling on the stylus; treat it as if it were made of fairy dust and you're probably going to be okay.