The DigiScribble doesn't require you to follow a formal training
process, as you might with speech recognition software. It works right out
of the box. It does build up a profile of your writing though, so does
improve in terms of accuracy. Obviously, I couldn't vouch for how well it
would deal with anyone else's handwriting though!
The pen itself simply records the shapes you draw. It doesn't care
whether those shapes are words, maps, shorthand symbols, struck through
letters or shaky writing. It just records whatever you do with the pen,
then
replicates it in graphical format. To this end, you can write and record
whatever you like with it.
It's the process of translating those graphics into text that has
its restrictions. Effectively, it's OCR software, so it will find unusual
shapes, symbols and the like impossible to translate into on-screen text.
Léonie.
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-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Rosemary F. Johnson
Sent: 30 December 2008 00:20
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Interesting writing gadget.
I'm intrigued by this! Some things I wonder, though.
DO you have to "train" it to your handwriting? - I'd defy any piece of
machinery to turn my illegible scrawl into text without any training. And
if it says you don't need to train it, is it possible to train it to
recognise your usual range of abbreviations? - that's things like
superscript "n" for "ation", or circle-with-a-centre-dot then t for
"circuit"?
Does it have to be A4 paper? - I'm thinking, could I clip the base station
to the top of the page in a race card, or the Racing Post, and use it to
record form notes when I go to the races, then transfer them to my racing
results database when I get home again.
Is it shake-proof wnough to use on the train?
How well does it cope if you keep changing you mind, crossing things out
and
correcting them?
Rosemary
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2012? Not in my name!!
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