[NTLK] Me & my MP

From: Richard Barraclough (richard_at_sigma.ndo.co.uk)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 22:55:07 EDT


Hi again cool knowledgeable people,

This is a bit long & rambling, so ignore readily.
TOC:
=A71: Handwriting for good recognition
=A72: Cool uses for an MP, except that they don't work
=A73: Whatever I've missed

My setup: MP2000, DE660 ethernet, 64MB CF card (ATA support 1.0b13D).

=A71: Handwriting

There was a recent thread suggesting that the HWR is only "perfect" for
printed text. My interpretation of Newton HRW is as follows:

I think the following is obvious.

PROPOSITION:
  Handwriting that "closely resembles" printed
  text is "accurately" recognised.

COROLLARY:
  "Neat" handwriting is "accurately" recognised.

* "prefect in the sense of intended use.

* "closely resembles" in the sense of "you write like a typewriter, you
   automaton. Have you considered a job at Microsoft?"

* "neat" in the sense that any other human being that speaks the same
  language would agree on the word you have written.
  (This is not at all a trivial criterion!)

* "accurately" in the sense that the intended text appears
   in the list of interpretation options.

Now here's the main bit.

THEOREM:
  Larger handwriting is recognised more accurately.

Yea! The space provided for writing in certain places is too small to write
nice and large.

So does anyone have anything to add?

=A72 Uses

OK, so I already use my MP to...
* Schedule everything I have to do (hell, sometimes I even do it!).
* Make notes (saved a rain-forest of paper, felt really self-righteous).
* Contact people who I couldn't be bothered to put into my mobile
  phone 'cos it takes _so long_!
...the usual!

But also...
* Play MP3s with MAD Max
   Well, I would but the playback stutters.

* telnet
   I can almost exist through telnet! But input without a keyboard its
   just silly!

* Change stations on the TV
   Our TV isn't compatible, and I don't have time to watch TV anyway.

* Spreadsheets that you've just GOT to have with you.
    (NewtWorks) but only one at once, 'cos there's no way to switch
    between them.

=A73 You tell me!

What am I missing?

P.S. "You know you're a Newton user when you've used the backlight to find
your way in the dark"
I'm proud to say "that's me"!

Richard.

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