[72] in bcs-newton
Re: Newton Transcription Rate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Parker)
Thu Mar 25 14:04:53 1993
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 14:03:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Parker <rparker@world.std.com>
To: Albert Willis <awillis@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bcs-newton@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <9303240723.AA15947@MIT.EDU>
On Wed, 24 Mar 1993, Albert Willis wrote:
> I was in a group that saw a Newton demo. People in the group mentioned
> the speed issue. We were told that the speed of recognizing handwriting
> had to be slowed down, because it bothered people in usability tests.
Though all reports I have from people who've used a prototype indicate
reasonable recognition, my sense is that someone is pulling your leg on
this one, Albert.
Existing cursive recognizers running on 486's (including Paragraph's) are
still far from speedy. I think those in the HWX business would be
surprised to hear of a cursive recognizer that was so fast it bothered users.
-- Randy Parker, NoteSystems
BCS Pen Computing Group co-director
CompuServe PENFORUM sysop
