There is yet another alternative. If you are "all thumbs" with the keyboard but would like to "write" with a mouse, joystick, foot pedal or what not :)
Try dasher http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ Dasher will learn as you use it and will intelligently help you to write faster... It is quite remarkable. It is FOSS.......... Nandalal Nandalal Gunaratne MS FRCS Urological Surgeon Sri Lanka --- Andrew Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Don Grodecki wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Don, > > As far as I know, lack of full-size keyboard > dramatically diminishs the > > utility of tablet computers for applications that > require text data entry. > > > > Andrew, > > Why not capture the Doctor's input as a > handwriting image? That's what > > happens on paper systems. > > Don, > Good point, maybe that's exactly what we aim for. > With sufficient digitizer resolution, network > bandwidth, and storage > capacity, this might become feasible. > Have you tried current generation of tablet PC? I > am interested to know > whether you think they are sufficient for capturing > handwriting image. > > Best regard, > > Andrew > --- > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > www.TxOutcome.Org > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
