DioPen Handwriting Recognition for iPhone

[MacRumors]

Korean developer Diotek announced today that they are developing handwriting recognition software for the Apple iPhone that will recognize Korean, Chinese and English/European characters:

This newly developed handwriting recognition software, DioPen, is an input method that allows writing letters on capacitive touchscreen of Apple's iPhone by using bare fingertip. Currently, iPhone only provides QWERTY virtual keyboard without additional input methods such as handwriting recognition widely used in most other PDAs or mobile phones with resistive touchscreen.

It can support both cursive, print and mixed cursive/print "with extreme accuracy", according to the press release. No release date is provided.

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[bigandy]

I'd love to try this, but I'm a little apprehensive.

Handwriting recognition has always been crap for me, and I have really clear penmanship.

 

[joshysquashy]

Not only is this a plug-in that ties in with other programs, but apple is developing their own handwriting recognition.

Why would they allow this to be downloaded from the app store? The only place I can imagine this is on installer.app.

Nice idea, wrong time.

 

[arn]

Not only is this a plug-in that ties in with other programs, but apple is developing their own handwriting recognition.

Why would they allow this to be downloaded from the app store? The only place I can imagine this is on installer.app.

Hmm, you're right. it can't be an official app. not sure the market then.

 

[Thomas Harte]

But I thought Apple weren't necessarily doing English input?

I'm not persuaded that trying to write with a finger is going to be that helpful anyway. Especially not if the software is expecting weird 1940s style 'f's...

 

[mexretroshore]

I would love to have HWR on the iPhone. The Newton's HWR was very good on the last models.

 

[Shadowriver]

Hehe Apple and JB people got the same idea in same time ;p i think they will start to promote "offical HWR sux" syndrome ^^ or support older system without HWR ;>

 

[walnuts]

But I thought Apple weren't necessarily doing English input?

I'm not persuaded that trying to write with a finger is going to be that helpful anyway. Especially not if the software is expecting weird 1940s style 'f's...

Hey! I use that style "f"!!

 

[Bevz]

i've never really seen much use for handwriting recognition, every time i've used it on PDA's it just seems so much slower than actually typing what you want. I can type MUCH faster than i can write so the only use i've ever seen for it is in swipe gestures (the palm PDA's allow you to use gestures for delete etc); they work quite well, but the iphone automatically has that ability...

 

[doobi18]

difference between this and HWpen?

 

[keenan wolf]

Hmm, you're right. it can't be an official app. not sure the market then.

why cant it be an offical app?

 

[walnuts]

why cant it be an offical app?

because the sdk won't allow a system plugin

 

[guifa]

But I thought Apple weren't necessarily doing English input?

I'm not persuaded that trying to write with a finger is going to be that helpful anyway. Especially not if the software is expecting weird 1940s style 'f's...

And a modern one looks like what exactly? I was borne in the mid 1980s and I, along with everyone I know including my sister born in 1992 were taught to write our cursive Fs like that. I thought that something like this

would be considered the old fashioned way.

 

[keenan wolf]

because the sdk won't allow a system plugin

but in previous rumors there was talk of japanese handwriting recognition so why not english.

 

[bytethese]

But I thought Apple weren't necessarily doing English input?

I'm not persuaded that trying to write with a finger is going to be that helpful anyway. Especially not if the software is expecting weird 1940s style 'f's...

What 1940's style f's? Looks like normal f's to me.

 

[macman7002]

This would be really cool

This would be really cool in the iPhone/iPod Touch 2.0. Oh, would anyone mind helping me out on a question in my thread? Thanks

 

[nostaws]

I would really like a "graffiti" setting. I am lighting fast after so many years using my palm.

 

[shigzeo]

small trouble

the only real drawback that i see to this form of input is the ipod or iphone. it has a glass screen that requires it be your finger rather than a stylus unless there exists a perfect stylus for the iphone. it is hard to move the finger across the screen without being caught on the surface. i finally see a problem with what i thought was a bulletproof device.

 

[walnuts]

but in previous rumors there was talk of japanese handwriting recognition so why not english.

The rumors say that Apple has included Asian character recognition into iPhone 2.0 software. Apple may very well also include other character recognition into iPhone 2.0 or later, but this 3rd party developer here can't.

I guess that there is the possibility that the sdk would allow for the creation of a separate notes app that had handwriting recognition but it would be questionable if this notes program could save noted under the sdk limitations.

 

[acfusion29]

I type faster than I write... therefore I prefer using the QWERTY keyboard

 

[kornyboy]

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This is really good. It does seem as if they are putting recognition for languages other than just Asian languages. It will make typing with the iPhone much more efficient.

 

[zelmo]

I would really like a "graffiti" setting. I am lighting fast after so many years using my palm.

+1. I've been using the Palm OS since my Palm III. I have a Treo now, and it has been hard to live without Graffiti. I expect to get the next iPhone, and I'd love to get Graffiti back.