[Athen] OCR for Handwriting Recognition

[Wink Harner]

hey Sean, 

Is there a tablet and/or bamboo input equivalent for Macs? I've been working with one of our math professors using LIvescribe, handwriting recognition & MathType, but in the PC environment. Also we've been using bamboo tablet input directly into Microsoft Word with MathType & equation editor. I can talk to my contact, Sue Glascoe, and find out what she may have learned from her Mac experiences & math. I'll let you know. 


Wink 
----- Original Message -----

From: "Sean J Keegan" <skeegan at stanford.edu> 
To: "Alternate Media" <altmedia at htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu>, "Access Technology Higher Education Network" <athen-list at u.washington.edu> 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:47:35 PM 
Subject: [Athen] OCR for Handwriting Recognition 

Hello all, 

Has anyone used an OCR package for handwriting recognition? I have a 
student who wants to use this solution to digitize handwritten notes (he 
is unable to use a computer for any length of time, but does computer 
programming). The student uses a Mac and I am not aware of any 
mainstream applications for that platform that support handwriting 
recognition. 

I have considered recommending the use of a Livescribe Pen and then use 
the MyScript app for the handwriting recognition, but he was not 
thrilled about this solution. From what I have gathered, the desire is 
to write out the actual code and then have this "recognized" into text 
that he can copy/paste into programs. 

Thanks for any suggestions. 

Take care, 
Sean 

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Sean Keegan 
Associate Director, Assistive Technology 
Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University 
http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae 
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