Apple Reinvesting in Handwriting Recognition?
They even suggest that the recognition technology could extend beyond Mac OS X "to other applications and the iPhone."
Apple was one of the pioneers in handwriting recognition with their original Newton Personal Digital Assistant. While the original Newton contained a 3rd party handwriting engine that generated some early bad press, Apple later deployed their own much improved handwriting technology known as "Rosetta". Despite the remarkable strides that were made in handwriting recognition (Quicktime movie) in later versions, the Newton had a hard time shaking off the original bad press.
Rosetta technology has found its way into Mac OS X under the name "Inkwell", but requires a tablet to be installed for use. Meanwhile, the name Rosetta has been re-used in recent versions of Mac OS X for Apple's dynamic binary translation that allows Intel Macs to run PowerPC only applications.
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Does sound exciting though. Maybe we'll see a tablet.
Am I going to write with my fingers? Steve already told us how be feels about the stylus. Ooops I mean: he told us how WE feel about the stylus.
Does sound exciting though. Maybe we'll see a tablet.
Yeah handwriting without a stylus could be difficult, but then maybe it may be implemented better than we al suspect (I personally didn't expect the touch interface on the iPhone to be as good as it actually is).
Would a stylus even work on the iPhone as it uses the current in your fingers to register your touch?
Would a stylus even work on the iPhone as it uses the current in your fingers to register your touch?
you need a special stylus
http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2007/12/01/iphone-and-ipod-touch-stylus/
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Would a stylus even work on the iPhone as it uses the current in your fingers to register your touch?
Some third party companies are producing them:
http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
Actually now that I think about it, wasn't there a story on an apple patent that allowed you to write with your fingers without a stylus by pretending to hold the pen with your fingers on a multitouch surface?? I can't remember the details, though.
Edit: Found the article: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/21/advanced-multitouch-writing-without-a-stylus-and-more/
Ah the newton ... "beat up Martin" ... Remember that classic Simpsons moment?
got a clip?
Yeah handwriting without a stylus could be difficult, but then maybe it may be implemented better than we al suspect (I personally didn't expect the touch interface on the iPhone to be as good as it actually is).
Would a stylus even work on the iPhone as it uses the current in your fingers to register your touch?
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