Re: Can Office use OCR to read in handwritten documents ?

Maybe I should also ask, Does anyone know of software that will allow
annotations to easily be made on top of text in Word?

Thanks, Andy

"ATD mapman" wrote:

> Herb,
>
> Thanks for your response and ideas. I have put a suggestion out there that
> the ink capability (like it works in a PPT presentation and when you have a
> tablet PC) be made to work whether you have a tablet PC or not. Being able to
> make annotations is an important ability (at least for me) and to have to use
> crude work arounds in as sophisticated a product as word is too bad.
>
> Andy
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Mine actually appears to have an ink capability--you can insert handwritten
> > notes, and they aren't converted into text. When I choose Handwriting -
> > Write Anywhere. But, they seem to want to take the place of text, rather
> > than sitting in the drawing layer. There doesn't seem to be an option to
> > insert them in front of text, rather than in line with text. And, setting
> > Word to default (Tools - Options - Edit) to inserting grapics in front of
> > text doesn't affect the ink objects.
> >
> > In my case, I can accomplish what you're talking about, however, by using my
> > Wacom pen to control Word's scribble tool (on the drawing toolbar, choose
> > Autoshape - Lines - Scribble). But, it's a very crude workaround, at best.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Herb Tyson MS MVP
> > Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> > http://www.herbtyson.com
> > "ATD mapman" <ATDmapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:8BE9EA94-A1B6-4B1E-84C1-64D544C9B4DA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Thanks Herb,
> > >
> > > You are correct about language recognition. The problem is this is really
> > > only designed for handwriting recognition. It does not allow annotations
> > > that
> > > sit directly on top of a document (like a professor does when reviewing a
> > > paper). Ink, like works for tablet PCs (and incidentally does work for
> > > PowerPoint during a presentation only) allows annotations directly onto
> > > the
> > > document.
> > >
> > > They should have allowed the "ink" capability for people with Wacoms.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't know about the Intuos, but the ink feature works with my Wacom
> > >> Graphire pad, which is attached to a normal desktop PC. If you
> > >> right-click
> > >> the language bar and choose Settings... in the Settings tab, there should
> > >> be
> > >> a Handwriting Recognition section. If not, click Add and see if you can
> > >> enable/add it.
> > >>
> > >> If you don't see the language bar, right-click Windows' taskbar and
> > >> choose
> > >> Toolbars - Language bar (unless it's already checked).
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> > >> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> > >> http://www.herbtyson.com
> > >> "ATD mapman" <ATD mapman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> news:3BC2E10F-384B-4D07-905D-B04D61D6EB8D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> > Hello,
> > >> >
> > >> > I just read the below
> > >> >
> > >> >> The ability to process 'ink' (handwritten notes) into
> > >> >> documents while it ships with Office comes from the capabilities
> > >> >> in Windows XP for Word 2003.
> > >> >
> > >> > My testing of office 2003 seems to say that the ability to process
> > >> > "ink"
> > >> > is
> > >> > only available if you are using a tablet PC. I have a wacom intuos
> > >> > tablet
> > >> > with a desktop PC and would love to use the "ink" feature. Is there any
> > >> > way?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks, Andy
> > >> >
> > >> > "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Hi Miksoft,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> MS Office apps can generally accept OCR results from
> > >> >> a variety of brands of Optical Character Recognition,
> > >> >> (i.e. Word, Excel do not in themselves possess an ability
> > >> >> to do the recognition). The MS Office Document Imaging app
> > >> >> will attempt to 'read' and turn things into text but some
> > >> >> of the 3rd party OCR apps are stronger in their abilities.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The ability to process 'ink' (handwritten notes) into
> > >> >> documents while it ships with Office comes from the capabilities
> > >> >> in Windows XP for Word 2003.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> ============
> > >> >> <<"miksoft" <miksoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:ACFB7DAB-E937-46FF-9788-43198BD234D9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> >> Want to convert many handwritten pages into text in MS Word.>>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Let us know if this helped you,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> > >> >> MS Office System Products MVP
> > >> >>
> > >> >> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
> > >> >>
> > >> >> For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
> > >> >> http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
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