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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
- Message-ID: <ewright.711908919@convex.convex.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:28:39 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.164057.7600@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Jul19.162959.3775@cl.cam.ac.uk> <1992Jul21.002416.25398@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul22.032426.14544@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- In <1992Jul22.032426.14544@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho) writes:
-
- >Unless Apple's Newton is many times smarter than it's human namesake,
- >(and even then) I remain skeptical about your implication above
- >that Newton can decipher anything. FOr example, "Joe for lunch"
- >could easily look like "Jac tar lunch", with God knows what
- >implications for the situation. A written e that isn't fully
- >closed looks very much like a stylized c.
-
- The Newton software will automatically "train" itself to recognize
- quirks of its user's handwriting, so if you tend to write e's that
- look like c's, it will know this. It will also have an address list
- in which to look for "Joe" and, probably, a builtin spelling and
- grammar checker that will tell the handwriting recognizing, "tar
- is a mispelled word in this context, do you have any other guesses
- as to what it might be?" Finally, Newton will ask you for confirmation
- before it schedules the appointment.
-