In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tim Wells writes: > > > From what I remember from the press release, the Amstrad penpad thingy > > > "learnt" over time what your handwriting was like. While it proabably has > > > more memory than the SAM, and voice recogition requires more memory, > > > something, even syllabalic commands would be feasible. Using this method. > > > But then, I've only ever programmed in BASIC... > > > > > > > Yeah but reconising characters on a bit of paper which you scan in, or draw > > on your penpad (or whatever) is a damn sight easier. There's OCR (Optical > > Character Recognition) s/w bundled with lots of Amiga/PC (etc) hand > > scanners, and I think the Post Office have used it for years to > > automatically read postcodes, though I'm not certain about that. > > OCR works fine on typed characters, but doesn't stand a chance with > handwriting. That's why it has taken years for the PO to develop systems > that can have a guess at handwriting.
I could do with a gadjet like that. Why is it that folk with 486 poser boxes resort to scribbling orders on tatty bits of paper? Brian -- Brian Gaff Sam Dept.
