The Windows XP TIP is pretty good with handwriting recognition, but doesn’t learn from mistakes, very frustrating that way. I understand Vista will learn, but I hesitate to install it, there are things it is said not to work with some of my tablet PC programs (HP credential manager, etc.) I tried RitePen and PenOffice, and the recognition was terrible compared to Windows XP TIP, which again is pretty good.

I use Dragon Naturally Speaking extensively, and it is absolutely the best way to get lots of text in, if you have a quiet and private place.

I’m still looking for a good phrase completion software that will work with MessageEase or Fitaly. I think a good predictive phrase completion program would complete the suite of tools that allow me to enter text sufficiently without Dragon.

Ben

I came across your text entry review article. Thanks for including MessagEase among your tools.

Once little thingy I see in your description on our text entry method that maybe in the future versions you can correct: I’ts not true that MessagEase’s frequent letter buttons are larger. All buttons are of the same size (all larger, much larger that their comparable QWERTY, Fitaly, or Alpha size). What makes MessagEase different is that the frequent letters are entered with a tap (on a large key) and the infrequent letters are entered with a DRAG (on the same large key).

Again, thanks for giving us the coverage.

Best regards,

Saied Nesbat
http://www.exideas.com

I saw Internet-cafe and Internet Kiosks where it is impossible to install any software. Or even impossible to go to the Desktop or My Computer. In this case the online onscreen virtual keyboard is the only possibility to type.

Here is the example of the online virtual keyboard with the word prediction and possibility to add words to the words to the predictions lists:

http://www.enetplanet.com/kb_en/

It makes sense to add a city name, street name, etc., some people’s names to the prediction list, as it makes typing faster.

It works fine with IE6 and Firefox 1.0 , but it does not work with the Safari browser.

Cheers!
Max

[PS: Love your site. Its become my favorite blog on the web. Thanks!]

If only someone can figure out a better editing methodology for the Tablet?

All of these are great for getting something into the Tablet, but editing what was incorrectly recognizied is significantly slower than these input methods.