Michael,
We have only discussed handwriting but haven't done any real
investigation into this area.  I like what I see.  If we get some time
we'll check it out.  I wonder how well the keyboard and handwriting apps
work inside a matchbox single-app-at-a-time window manager.

Bob

Michael Levin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I was recently informed of the existence of this project and I was
> wondering what the plans were for handwriting recognition on penabled
> mobile devices (PDAs). The launchpad blueprints page suggests changes
> to onBoard but I didn't see anything relating to handwriting
> recognition.    
> 
> I'm asking because two months ago I released my project, CellWriter,
> a grid-entry handwriting recognition panel under the GPL. It was
> developed for use on tablet PCs but I've had users successfully run
> it on PDAs.   
> CellWriter requires per-writer training and being grid-based is not
> as immediately usable as pre-trained full sentence recognition
> systems.  
> However, it does have the advantage of being able to learn users'
> individual handwriting style and is able to generate any Unicode
> character, letting users write in their native language. 
> 
> Source and an Ubuntu/Debian package are available on my website:
> http://risujin.org/cellwriter/
> 
> If you find CellWriter to be at all useful, please let me know and
> I'd be happy to support it and make any changes necessary for it to
> integrate with your systems.  
> 
> --
> Michael Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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