garye@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Gary_Ericson) (10/03/89)
In the 1987 CHI Conference, there was a panel discussion entitled, "Issues Limiting the Acceptance of User Interfaces Using Gesture Input and Handwriting Character Recognition". The conference proceedings gave a synopsis of the stance of each panel member (I didn't attend so I didn't hear the actual discussion). They each felt that handwriting recognition had been given a bad name, mostly due to shortfalls that technology has had in the past. But they believed that handwriting recognition was much better now, enough so that commercial products were definitely feasible, both in technology and cost. The only problem is that users and developers don't *believe* that it's feasible. Did anyone attend this panel discussion? Where these the opinions of people with a vested interest (some were from companies making h.r. software), or were they on-the-mark with their comments? Is h.r. really a viable input mechanism (in applications where it makes sense), i.e., can I find a piece of software, or software/hardware mix, that will recognize 2-3 characters per second with 99% accuracy? Would that be upper-case print only, upper/lower-case print, or cursive script? Gary Ericson - System Engineering, Workstation Systems Division phone: (408)746-5098 mailstop: 101N email: gary@hpdsla9.hp.com