ange@otter.hpl.hp.com (Andy Norman) (02/13/89)
> I'm posting this request on behalf of a friend. Please reply to the > address given in the .signature below, not to me. Thanks. > > -- ange -- Does anyone know of a system for recognising hand-written numerals? We're just starting on a project which involves a product by a company (unknown except for the fact that I used to work for their one-time parent company - which is not a recommendation, believe me) which claims to do just this. We were just interested in doing a quick scan of the other products availible which do the same thing. What we're interested in is *real-time* analysis - using a bit-pad with a pen on it, and tracking the user's handwriting as it goes along. We 're only interested in numbers - so anything more is interesting, but not compulsory - and there will be heuristics to sort out the *obviously* silly figures, so 100% accuracy isn't *too* critical. The *Important* things are that the users are a) Non-specialist, b) regularly changing, and c) on shifts, so even individual handwriting could be variable, and any sort of "burn-in" period is a no-no. Mail to me, and I'll summarise as need be. Please do *not* reply directly, as this message is being posted for me. Thanx in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | && | | | & & | &ndy Holyer | | & & | Snail: Dept. of Medical Informatics & Computing, | | && | Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, | | & & & | Rowland Hill St. | | & & & | London NW3 2PF | | & & | England | | & & & | JANET: and@uk.ac.lon.rfhsm.ux | | & & & | Voice: (+44) 1 794 8673 | | &&& & | | |----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------| |"Handy Hint: Re-use old telephone directories as a handy address | | book; simply cross out the names of everybody you don't know." | | - Viz Comic | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------