PenReader Multilingual Handwriting Recognition Software Updated

[Jonathon Watkins]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.com/PenReader.html' target='_blank'>http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.../PenReader.html</a><br /><br /></div>Here's something for the polyglots among you. Paragon Software have just released a new version of PenReader, which is a multilingual handwriting recognition software for Pocket PC that supports 28 languages. You can write text simultaneously in any supported language by a simple click on the program's menu. Letters, numbers and standard symbols are all recognized and there are also macros to duplicate main keyboard functions, as well as an integrated Calculator.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/pnr_pic1.gif" /><br /><br />As far as the updates go, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition is now supported and the quality of English and Cyrillic handwriting recognition has been inproved. In addition, PenReader was selected by Pocket PC Magazine's Board of Experts as a finalist for Best Software Awards 2004 in "Handwriting" category. For more details, see the <a href="http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.com/PenReader.html">Paragon Software</a> website. The price is US$39.95, as usual there is a free 30 day trial and you can buy the full program at <a href="http://www.handango.com/brainstore/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&amp;productId=70414">Handango</a>. <b>[Affiliate]</b>

[sheik]

This looks very cool.
I bet they can't support Chinese any time soon though ;)

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[jasondearyou]

2 to 1, the way i write, it will probably mistake it for russian..... :devilboy:

[ctitanic]

how it compares with calligrapher?

[Darius Wey]

This looks very cool.
I bet they can't support Chinese any time soon though ;)

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Nah...you want something like Decuma (http://www.decuma.com) for that. ;)

[Mark R Penn]

This looks very cool.
I bet they can't support Chinese any time soon though ;)

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Nah...you want something like Decuma (http://www.decuma.com) for that. ;)

Unfortunately, not if you have a VGA device. I desparately want Decuma back (for English), but I don't think VGA support is coming any time soon :(

Pen Reader works OK for me, but I couldn't get it to be as reliable as Calligrapher, which in turn is about 3 orders of magnitude behind Decuma. I have a friend with exactly the oposite experience though.