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Linux Handwriting Recognition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the woudln't-it-be-nice dept.

Dark Paladin writes "Cnn.com is reporting that Communication Intelligence Corp. and Middlesoft is working on Linux based handwriting software that will work in handhelds, Internet appliances, and have GTK and QT hooks. Now we can move from carpal-tunnel to writers cramp. " Now I'm curious, what matters more to people, handwriting or voice recognition?

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  1. Chinese by captaineo · · Score: 4
    Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc are the REAL reasons we're going to need good handwriting and voice recognition. These languages don't map very well into English keyboards, and ones like Chinese simply aren't suited to "typing" at all.

    For English-speakers, voice recognition and OCR might seem like neat gimmicks, but they're going to be *vital* to bring information technology into places like rural China, where people are lucky to be literate in their own language, nevermind learning a foreign phonetic alphabet and awkward keyboard input methods.

    Check out China's up-and-coming domestic computer maker Legend at http://www.legend-holdings.co m/eng/press_centre6.html... Their basic model includes a keyboard, but more centrally - a writing tablet.

    I'm glad to see Linux-based voice and writing recognition efforts. Imagine this - Linux bringing the Internet to 1+ billion more people...