05-26-2005, 11:30 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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New SIP in the Making?
Alex from WebIS has posted on an interesting bit of news in the Blog section of his forums. If you look at the picture above, you'll notice that a new SIP is in the making. Due to an NDA, Alex cannot yet provide details on where this product is from and when it will be released, but just keep in mind that this is a third party product, and not a WebIS creation. There's also a video of it in action which you can download from here. Alex's post has more information.
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05-27-2005, 12:17 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I should also mention, the screenshot above is an old alpha version of the SIP, while the video is a later alpha. The video also uses a DivX codec, so you'll need that to view it. The toolbar icons are placeholders.
The SIP is also the only one I know of that you can write a word/phrase out and dot the "i"s and "t"s afterward, or correct a letter with gestures. At this stage, its the most like writing on paper that I've seen.
I was given permission to float the SIP as a way of gauging interest by the developer.
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05-27-2005, 12:45 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2007
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decuma onspot
Looks similar to decuma onspot... I wonder how it compares?
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05-27-2005, 12:47 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Well, for one thing - it supports VGA. Decuma doesn't. Second, it supports being able to dot is and dash ts at any time - instead of requiring that you do it at the time you write your letter. And finally, its got a lot of other powerful features that I cannot talk about, but lets just say it makes writing large amounts of info a lot easier.
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05-27-2005, 01:54 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 56
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How is this an improvement on Calligrapher/Transcriber though? I like being able to write without having part of the screen used up.
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05-27-2005, 02:17 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 14
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Apple?
One of the many great things about Apple's Newton was its handwriting recognition program. Amazingly in the 8 years since, I have yet to find an application on par....but I'm always hoping. Looking forward to trying this!
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05-27-2005, 02:50 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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It reminds me of Decuma too. Decuma is my all time favorite pen input method for PPC, but sadly was never made VGA compatible. This preview sure looks promising - I hope the end product works as good as it looks.
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05-27-2005, 02:51 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 32
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I have to agree with pgb5. Every so often I get out my MP2100, charge it up and write something on it just to see how close CaliGrapher is getting.
Add me to the list of those interested in this new product.
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05-27-2005, 03:44 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by krypticide
How is this an improvement on Calligrapher/Transcriber though? I like being able to write without having part of the screen used up.
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Just like Decuma was for people who prefered to have a special spot on their screen to write with, so is this. If you don't want to do that, it can switch to onscreen writing, though unless MS makes HUGE changes to their OS at a fundamental level, you'll never see the wonderful UI that the Newton had on Windows Mobile. It requires HWR to be a fundamental design centerpiece. I'd say this is probably as close to that as you can get, without writing your own OS.
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05-27-2005, 08:32 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 4
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Does the SIP support other languages than English (e.g. Central European such as Czech, Slovak ...)?
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Linear Mode
