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Re: [LUG] [Bulk] Graphics tablets, Handwriting recognition

 

On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 14:28 +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote: 
> Wife wants to be able to handwrite on pdfs, word files etc and then print
> the amended document. Handwriting recognition would be a plus.
> 
> Neither ipad nor android has handwriting recognition that I could find,
> that leaves windows but..
> 
> Two questions
> 
> 1)  Has anyone used a graphics tablet for handwriting recognition with
>     Windows (I gather that as long as you buy a graphics tablet eg Wacom
>     then windows 7 comes with the software built in for handwriting
>     recognition) etc
> 
>     http://www.the-graphics-tablet.com/handwriting-recognition.html
>     
>     (I presume you can print to pdf and email the completed document)
> 
> 2)  Has anyone used a graphics tablet with Ubuntu / android for handwriting
>     recognition?
> 
>     http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/
> 
> She is happy with a five year old tablet pc but it weighs a ton and would
> prefer open source
> 
> I've looked at www.evernote.com but that seems to require special paper for
> handwriting recognition
> 
> There are web articles that state that if you run a wacom tablet on any
> windows 7 machine then handwriting recognition comes free: but there do not
> appear to be any shops around here..
> 
> Any help much appreciated
> 
> 

I've used a Wacom Bamboo for making hand annotations on pdfs using
xournal on Ubuntu. Wacom is supported in the Linux kernel as far as I
know. Not tried handwriting recognition (as in conversion to digital
characters) though.

Phil


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