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Calligrapher Refines PDA Input
Handwriting recognition on your Pocket PC? If you're new to this device, you may not have heard of calligrapher software. It is the software that allows you to use your stylus and your own handwriting to have your words and sentences recognized into readable text on your Pocket PC. eWeek has reviewed it based on the November build of the app - I believe that's the most recent build. 'For me, the most frustrating thing about using a handheld computer is input-unless you sit down and fold out a collapsible keyboard for your Palm OS or Pocket PC device, jotting even the briefest note legibly can be a chore.
In the past few years, PhatWare has made pen-based PDA input easier to manage with its Calligrapher handwriting recognition application for Pocket PC.'
So does anyone here use Calligrapher software? How well does a work for you?
Remember the Newton?! I gave away my first Palm because it didn't support handwriting recognition and I couldn't stand Graffitti. I've used Calligrapher on every Pocket PC and, I seem to remember, even some of the early clam-shell WinCE devices I have had. Thanks to your post, I upgraded my version 7.0 to 7.4 and it is a significant further improvement on an already good product. It does a very acceptable job recognizing this physician's typical doctors scrawl, but it is worth writing legibly so as to minimize recognition errors. It works with script as well as printed input. Such errors are surprisingly few and easily corrected, I find. Try it, they offer a free trial. I would suggest a screen protector, as my Ipaq 2215's protector shows alot of wear over a few months.
I have been debating input methods and to be honest I have tried many and always go back to the keyboard input. Maybe I need to give these products a better kick of the tires.... They seem to last one day and then I delete them.
I have been using caligrapher for more than two years. I try other input methods, but I always go back. I have Fitaly and use it occasionally, but it is just not as conveniuent as caligrapher. It is just the easiest method I have found. I have to admit that my handwriting is pretty good so caligrapher does a very good job of recognition. I don't know how well the recognition engine would work with sloppy writing. (Tthere is a way to train caligrapher to become better at recognizing people's writing, however, the default settings work for me.)
I have been using caligrapher for more than two years. I try other input methods, but I always go back. I have Fitaly and use it occasionally, but it is just not as conveniuent as caligrapher. It is just the easiest method I have found. I have to admit that my handwriting is pretty good so caligrapher does a very good job of recognition. I don't know how well the recognition engine would work with sloppy writing. (Tthere is a way to train caligrapher to become better at recognizing people's writing, however, the default settings work for me.)
Do you have any hints or tips one could use with calligrapher? I have been using it on and off for several years too. I find it works best if you print, and print nicely. But other than that, it is sort of hit and miss.
The biggest mistake I make is when I don't write rather large. They suggest about the size of 16 point, as I recall, but I rarely manage that big. I also have problems if I don't write horizontally; a modest diagonal to the baseline confuses Calligrapher.
The biggest mistake I make is when I don't write rather large. They suggest about the size of 16 point, as I recall, but I rarely manage that big. I also have problems if I don't write horizontally; a modest diagonal to the baseline confuses Calligrapher.
I make that same mistake! It's sort of difficult to keep writing so big on the small screen. Plus, people looking over your shoulder in meetings stare at you like you are in the 2nd grade or something - "Hey, look at Brad, he writes all big like he's Rainman or something. It took him two lines to write the word 'meeting'."
It's sort of difficult to keep writing so big on the small screen. Plus, people looking over your shoulder in meetings stare at you like you are in the 2nd grade or something - "Hey, look at Brad, he writes all big like he's Rainman or something. It took him two lines to write the word 'meeting'." 
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