On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 02:35:27PM -0700, David Faught wrote:
> Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:12:42AM -0700, David Faught wrote:
> >> Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus wrote:
> 
> >> This is pretty much what I had in mind, except there are two clear
> >> parts to it in order to replace the "native" pen application.  One
> is
> >> handwriting recognition and the other is an on-screen keyboard. 
> What
> >> you are suggesting sounds sort of like a hybrid of the two.
> 
> >I'm not sure what you mean by hybrid, I'm not suggesting anything to
> >do with a keyboard.  It would be an area to write on that would append
> >each recognized character to the current clipboard contents.  As an
> >example use-case, you could tap the 'clear' button, write a URL,
> >go to your web browser, highlight the location field, and paste in
> >the URL.
> 
> I was mistaken about the hybrid thing, reading a little too quickly,
> seeing the part about adding buttons, and jumping to conclusions. 
> Sorry about that!
> 
> >I agree with Alan that such an approach would be unwieldy, especially
> >if you have to right-click and select 'paste' from a menu.  Ugh.
> 
> >> Through a bit more thorough searching on the Web, I have now found
> >> another promising application called ...  I'll
> >> check it out as well.
> >> 
> >> Maybe I'll start playing with voice recognition as well.  The tablet
> >> has a built-in mic and speaker ...
> 
> Upon further review, I found that I was barking up the wrong tree, and
> what I REALLY wanted all along was an on-screen keyboard.  This is a
> much easier thing to build than handwriting recognition, and not too
> bad for me as a user.  

Well, handwriting recognition would be quite difficult if starting
from scratch, but with Genie already there, it wouldn't be bad at all.
That said, if you can get something that fulfills your needs for free,
have at it!

Joshua

> There are a few of them freely available, and at
> least two of them fulfill my desire to have text entry capability
> without carrying around a keyboard!!  I'm currently using Click-N-Type
> to send this note - wirelessly from where I happen to be sitting with
> just a tablet and comfortable pen in my hands!!
> 
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