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Tablet PC Rorschach Inkblot Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the book-is-fee dept.

LPH writes "ESC Technologies just put up a funny series of images that they ran through the Tablet PC recognition software." Perhaps these tablets need a "doodle" setting.

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  1. "a series of images" by SuperDuG · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Translated: PRIME FOR A SLASHDOTTING!!

    I know it's been said quite a few times, but this really isn't responsible. What if that host pays by the transfer of data? It's saturday, more than likely the admin is not working today and has no way to take the site down to alieviate the massive stress. If slashdot wants to continue this, they really need to find a cache system, this isn't responsible or fair, especially for a weekend.

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    1. Re:"a series of images" by idontgno · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Tell ya what. You do your part and don't visit the site in question. Feel free to post comments, though, since a critical part of /. culture is the posting of inane long offtopic diatribes without ever having read the base subject matter.

      Oh, never mind, you already are.

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    2. Re:"a series of images" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      does this make it inherintly right because it's written in a FAQ?? well ... does it???


      You can't actually be this insane, can you? I find it hard to imagine someone really gets this worked up about the ethics of Slashdot.

      Getting past the topic of your crazed ramblings, let's look at the mechanics of your reply. "well ... does it???" Were you actually expecting someone would reply to your question as you typed it? Does the "well ..." indicate you were becoming impatient at the lack of response at that moment?

      Calm down, Slashdot is just a collection of timely and topical links with jackass rants attached to them. Enjoy it, don't over intellectualize it.
  2. Re:Fastest. Slashdotting. Ever. by redfiche · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, I would love to have one. I think it's a better form-factor than a laptop. You get everything a laptop can do, plus you have the pen option. In a year or so when they are not so novel, I think the price difference between a standard laptop and a tablet will be minimal, and I for one would look for a tablet.

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  3. Re:handwriting recognition... by DevilM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know why everyone is so excited by handwriting recognition. I've been typing since I was three and can do it much better and faster then writing. WTF would I want a slower method for getting data into a computer?

  4. Re:handwriting recognition... by LetterJ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because when I take notes, less than half of the information I need to record is textual. The rest is a mismash of diagrams, visual linking of information, etc. On a regular computer, I'm left with really tedious methods for doing this. Select a rectangle shape tool with the mouse, draw its shape, click below and type a label. The actual typing of the text is inconsequential to the time to get the stupid rectangle where I want it. When I want to just quickly sketch out a network diagram or a layout for a new site or to note down how a bug is acting visually, being able to add a few words with handwriting recognition is a lifesaver.

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  5. Re:handwriting recognition... by joshki · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Typing requires a surface. It's difficult to type without a desk(quickly, anyway). Typing can be noisy -- at least all the nice keyboards I've used make noise. That said, I prefer to type -- if I can. Otherwise, such as when I'm standing up or taking notes in class, a tablet would be really nice. Now if they would just drop the price -- I haven't seen one under 2200 bucks.

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  6. Huh? by quintessent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps these tablets need a "doodle" setting.

    Do you really think they don't have one?

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  7. I don't get it.... by dalangalma · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wait, why is this even funny? I mean, it's non-text doodles, then you're telling the handwriting recognition engine to convert them to text. It's not even "ha, ha, look at the silly mistakes the computer made". It's exactly what you'd expect any handwriting recognition algorithm to do when given that image. So where's the humor?

    Seriously, though, they had a demo of this thing at my school, and it was really impressive. They turned on the debug mode for us where the handwriting engine would show in realtime what it thought the words were, and which words were parts of which sentences, etc. I couldn't even read this guy's handwriting, and the Tablet was humming right along, perfectly matching what he was writing, even as he wrote at an angle or on a curve! My Palm can't do that...