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On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 14:28 +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote: > Wife wants to be able to handwrite on pdfs, word files etc and then print > the amended document. Handwriting recognition would be a plus. > > Neither ipad nor android has handwriting recognition that I could find, > that leaves windows but.. > > Two questions > > 1) Has anyone used a graphics tablet for handwriting recognition with > Windows (I gather that as long as you buy a graphics tablet eg Wacom > then windows 7 comes with the software built in for handwriting > recognition) etc > > http://www.the-graphics-tablet.com/handwriting-recognition.html > > (I presume you can print to pdf and email the completed document) > > 2) Has anyone used a graphics tablet with Ubuntu / android for handwriting > recognition? > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/ > > She is happy with a five year old tablet pc but it weighs a ton and would > prefer open source > > I've looked at www.evernote.com but that seems to require special paper for > handwriting recognition > > There are web articles that state that if you run a wacom tablet on any > windows 7 machine then handwriting recognition comes free: but there do not > appear to be any shops around here.. > > Any help much appreciated > > I've used a Wacom Bamboo for making hand annotations on pdfs using xournal on Ubuntu. Wacom is supported in the Linux kernel as far as I know. Not tried handwriting recognition (as in conversion to digital characters) though. Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq