Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:24596 comp.society.futures:841
Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!skivs!dr
From: dr@skivs.UUCP (David Robins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Real Time Handwriting Recognition
Message-ID: <2754@skivs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 89 19:39:35 GMT
References: <83242@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: dr@skivs.UUCP (David Robins)
Organization: Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
Lines: 23

In article <83242@sun.uucp> rburns%master@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) writes:
>...
>Allegedly Go will produce an 
>electronic tablet that can recognize handwriting on the 
>fly.  
>...
>I'd like to find out if anyone else has ever done any work on 
>pc handwriting recognition, or mouse oriented shorthand.

A few years back, some company made the Pencept system, which used a
digitizing tablet and special software to recognize hand PRINTING.
I don't know whether this is what you mean by "handwriting".  The
system could just about keep up with a moderate hand printing speed.
Systems were available for PC's,  as well as minicomputer systems using
the RS232 interface.

Today, a similar device called Handwriter is made by Communication
Intelligence Corp, in Menlo Park, CA.  
-- 
David Robins, M.D.  (ophthalmologist / electronics engineer)
The Smith-Kettlewell Institute of Visual Science,  ***  net:  uunet!skivs!dr
2232 Webster St, San Francisco CA 94115            ***  415/561-1705 (voice) 
The opinions expressed herein do not reflect the opinion of the Institute!