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- Subject: WPDO Meeting Jan. 14: Ronjon Nag on "Cursive Recognition for PenPoin
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- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 17:26:08 PST
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- WPDO Silicon Valley Meeting Notice
-
- 7:00 PM, January 14, 1993, Thursday
-
- Dr. Ronjon Nag (Lexicus)
-
- on
-
- CURSIVE RECOGNITION FOR PENPOINT
-
-
- Dr. Nag will outline the challenges facing handwriting recognition scientists.
- The talk will present the state-of-the-art in handwriting technology and
- projections for improvements in cursive handwriting. Lexicus' cursive hand-
- writing recognition technology "Longhand" will be demonstrated running under
- the PenPoint environment.
-
- Dr. Nag is co-founder and president of Lexicus. He has a PhD. from Cambridge
- University and an MBA from MIT. He has been a visiting scholar at Stanford
- University.
-
- As a special offer to attendees, those completing an order for a beta copy
- of Longhand on the day of the talk will get a $100 discount: $395 instead of
- $495.
-
- WPDO members: the videotape library will be at the meeting. If you would like
- to rent a videotape, do so at the meeting and save on shipping.
-
- Videotapes of previous meetings will be available for sale at the meeting.
-
- Refreshments will be served. Servers will be refreshed.
-
-
- WHERE: GO Corporation
- 919 East Hillsdale Blvd., 4th floor
- Foster City, CA 94404
- (directions below)
-
-
- WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- PenPoint developers, novice or experienced, and those who wish to
- learn about the PenPoint OS. Also, people wanting to learn about
- cursive handwriting recognition.
-
-
- COST: Free to WPDO members; $10 for non-members, to be applied to the cost
- of membership. (One year personal membership is $95.)
-
-
- DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING:
-
- From Highway 101: Take the Hillsdale Blvd exit. Go East on Hillsdale, toward
- Foster City. Turn left on Edgewater (the 3rd light, about
- a mile from Highway 101), then take an immediate right into
- the parking lot. GO Corp. is on the top floor of the four
- story building.
-
- From East Bay: Take the San Mateo bridge (Highway 92) West, across the
- Bay. Take Highway 101 South to Hillsdale Blvd. (the first
- exit). Follow the directions above for Highway 101.
-
- From Highway 280: Take Highway 92 East, then Highway 101 South to Hillsdale
- Blvd. (the first exit). Follow the directions above for
- Highway 101.
-
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-
- Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization
-
- PURPOSE:
-
- The WPDO exists to serve the needs of PenPoint developers. The WPDO holds
- monthly meetings where developers and GO representatives make technical
- presentations and answer YOUR questions. Other WPDO services include news-
- letters, videotapes, a BBS, training classes, and distribution of tools for
- developers and sample programs. The WPDO is an independent, non-profit
- organization, not a division of GO Corporation.
-
-
- FUTURE MEETINGS:
-
- Monthly meetings are on the second Thursday of each month. The next meetings
- will be on February 11 and March 11 and will feature GO employees on features
- of PenPoint 2.0.
-
-
- PAST MEETINGS:
-
- WPDO meetings are videotaped for the differently-geographed. Contact us for
- information on videotape purchase and rental.
-
-
- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT (preferably by email):
-
- David Schachter
-
- email: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us
- voice & fax: +1 415 328 7425 (after 10 am, please!)
- postal: 801 Middlefield Road, #8
- Palo Alto, CA 94301-2916
- USA
-
- ______________________________________-______________________________________
- David Schachter david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us
- 801 Middlefield Road, #8 ...!decwrl!llustig!david
- Palo Alto, CA 94301-2916 USA After 10 am, voice & fax: +1 415 328 7425
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