Re: Handwriting Recognition

2007-08-22 Thread Rex Turnbull
know handwriting recognition software can read the hand-writing on checks, so that may be a starting point. I once had someone explain to me how this actually works from a purely mathematical standpoint and the topic was fascinating. Unfortunately most of the math went straight over my head

Handwriting Recognition

2007-08-20 Thread Ian Dickinson
Hi My name is Ian Dickinson and I am a professional software developer working in the UK and reasonably familiar with Python. However a friend of mine who is a special educational needs teacher was asking me if I could write some handwriting recognition software for her, which would allow

Re: Handwriting Recognition

2007-08-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Aug 20, 9:00 am, Ian Dickinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However a friend of mine who is a special educational needs teacher was asking me if I could write some handwriting recognition software for her, which would allow here pupils to write their input directly on a graphics tablet

Re: Handwriting Recognition

2007-08-20 Thread brien colwell
me if I could write some handwriting recognition software for her, which would allow here pupils to write their input directly on a graphics tablet and then have this input converted to a text sting for further processing. The handwriting would be distinct letters either upper or lower

Re: Handwriting Recognition

2007-08-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
import handwriting ... http://docs.python.org/lib/module-handwriting.html ha ha, I kid, I kid. I don't think this is an easy problem to solve. You'd probably want Python to be a wrapper around whatever hand-writing recognition software you find or buy. I know handwriting