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

Dear Herb,

I've been thinking about this part of your response:

> 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.

This would be an even better idea if the scribble tool would stay selected.
Then you could just keep writing (annotating) without having to select the
tool again. Do you know of a way to keep the tool selected?

Again, thanks for your help. My hope is they will implement ink in the
regular version of office. I read someplace else that ink objects are
different than draw objects so it certainly seems it could be done.

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.
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> "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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