[Athen] OCR for Documents with Neat Handwriting?

[Shelley Haven]

Yes, MyScript is third party software for the Livescribe notetaking pens discussed in earlier posts.  Both Livescribe and Fly Fusion are based on the same technology by Anoto: a tiny camera in the pen tip looks at a microdot pattern on the paper which tells it where it is on the page.  As you noted, the big advantage with Livescribe is its ability to record audio and synchronize that with the captured handwritten notes -- allows the student to go back and fill in notes he or she couldn't quite get the first time around.  The other big advantage is that the Fly Fusion was recently discontinued by its manufacturer, LeapFrog. <frown>

- Shelley



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From: "Nettie Fischer" <nettiet at gmail.com>
To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen at athenpro.org>
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Subject: Re: [Athen] OCR for Documents with Neat Handwriting?



Wow, I just reread my post and didn't realize how many typos Iincluded  <ha ha> was multi-tasking 
  
Another comment - The myscript software requires a pen (Pulse Scriptwriter) that costs $199.00 while the Fly Fusion pen is in the $59.00 range-a special allowed my purchase to be 39.00 including postage and handling !!! Bargain for me!.  The one thing that I see as a large difference between the two pens is the recordability option in the Pulse Scriptwriter which is not available in the Fly Fusion. 
  
Nettie 


On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Shelley Haven < rmhaven at stanford.edu > wrote: 


Along those same lines, the Windows version of Livescribe's Pulse smartpen can now do handwriting recognition with the addition of MyScript software from VisionObjects: < http://www.visionobjects.com/handwriting_recognition/pulse/pulse.htm >. 

- Shelley 


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From: "Nettie Fischer" < nettiet at gmail.com > 
To: "Access Technology Higher Education Network" < athen at athenpro.org > 
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:51:47 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Athen] OCR for Documents with Neat Handwriting? 



not software but, Fly Fusion (I purchssed a kit for 35.00 on special and ti came with 2 notebooks.  when yuo write in the notebook, it can be transcribed to print format.  Also, tablet computers offer the same option but, handwritng must be neat and of course the trick is to get proficient enough so yu dont lose downtime. 
  
Nettie 


On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Todd Schwanke < tschwanke at wisc.edu > wrote: 


We have a professor who uses a hand written reader for his course that a student needs in audio format (either through recording or e-text).  It is very neatly printed (not script), but has a slight italic look to it.  Standard OCR attempts do OK on the blocky all caps titles, but when it gets to the paragraphs that look more like italic the recognition has too many errors to be edited. 

Before we engage on more manual attempts at converting this to e-text or a digital recording, does anyone have any software suggestions, tips/tricks, or processes that might work on fairly neat handwriting?  We've tried FineReader & Scansoft settings in Kurzweil and Microsoft Document Imaging. 

I can email a snippet off-list if that is helpful to see. 

Thanks, Todd 


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