Your MessagePad is also sensitive to the way your writing is
spaced. In normal writing or text there is a clear difference
between the amount of space separating letters within words
and the amount of space separating words themselves. The
more distinct and consistent you make this difference when
you write on your MessagePad, the better recognition tends
to be. A control slider in the Handwriting Recognition Slip
allows you to let your MessagePad know whether your
writing tends to be widely spaced or more tightly crowded.
Experimenting with this setting may result in improved
accuracy.
For most people, the MessagePad tends to deliver the best
overall recognition accuracy if you select “Printing” as your
handwriting style. This means you must print using separate
letters only. You must take care to lift the pen between
characters when you write.
Some people naturally join letters occasionally (that is, they
don’t lift the pen) even when they print. If this is your style,
or if you mix cursive and printed styles when writing, you
should select “Cursive” as your handwriting style. Both styles
will then be recognized, even when mixed, although overall
accuracy may be somewhat decreased.
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Writing and Drawing
About recognition
This section offers a general description of handwriting
recognition used in the MessagePad and discussses some of
the factors that may affect how well the MessagePad
recognizes your handwriting.
When you write on your MessagePad, you write characters
using the normal printed or cursive alphabets, as well as
numbers, punctuation, and gestures. Often you’ll write
English words, but not always.
The MessagePad tries to detect when you are writing English
words, abbreviations, and common expressions. It uses a
large dictionary to aid in recognizing them faster and more
accurately. When you write things that are neither simple
numbers nor English words (such as initials, dates,
telephone numbers, file names, or serial numbers) your
MessagePad tries to match the characters you write to the
common patterns used for things such as dates and phone
numbers. If no such pattern can be discerned, your
MessagePad does its best to recognize the characters
individually.
Generally speaking, your MessagePad is somewhat better at
recognizing poorly formed characters if they are written in
English words (or other items that are in the MessagePad’s
dictionary). When you’re writing things such as license plate
numbers, you’ll find that extra care in forming your
characters neatly contributes to improved accuracy.
Your MessagePad distinguishes characters and words in part
by detecting pauses in your writing. It’s a good idea when
writing to complete each character without pausing too long
before it’s finished, and similarly to complete your words
without pausing in the middle.
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