Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpdslab!hp-ptp!garye From: garye@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Gary_Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: More flexible handwriting recognition? Message-ID: <1440003@hp-ptp.HP.COM> Date: 11 Aug 89 21:59:37 GMT Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 21 In the handwriting recognition systems that I have seen, the user is required to enter the handwritten characters into a set of boxes. This isolates the characters and reduces deviations in size and orientation. I'm wondering if any work has been done to allow more flexibility. Specifically, 1. Allow characters to be entered anywhere in the workspace (not just in pre-defined locations). 2. Allow characters to be created in any size and, possibly, have these characters echoed back in a font that matches the given size as closely as possible. 3. Allow characters to be entered in any orientation and, possibly, echo back in the same orientation (some restriction may exist such as allowing only +/- 90 degrees rotation). Anyone know of research being done along these lines, and/or actual products that attempt to implement this? Gary Ericson - Hewlett-Packard, Workstation Systems Division phone: (408)746-5098 mailstop: 101N email: gary@hpdsla9.hp.com