[NTLK] Inklet

[Brett Johnson]

Yeah I had the same question. In one of the videos on their page, it  
shows all of the written text being entered into the ink window, and  
then transferred to TextEdit, word, ect.



On Mar 28, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Larry Yaeger <lsynt3 at beanblossom.in.us>  
wrote:

> Yeah.  And what Inklet apparently does is let you use Inkwell  
> without a tablet, entering text via a nice little pen that provides  
> capacitance/conductance like your finger on the trackpad.  (Or you  
> can write with your finger, albeit less legibly, one presumes.)  I  
> haven't tried it yet, but probably will eventually.  The web page  
> makes it look rather nicely done, but I wasn't able to tell if you  
> could use the true "write anywhere" mode, or if it only wrote into  
> the Ink window (aka InkPad).  I'd be curious to know.
>
> - larryy
>
> At 8:08 PM +0200 3/28/10, David Neale wrote:
>> Yup, still exists. This is what System Preferences Help has to say
>> about it:
>>
>>
>>> About Inkwell
>>> If you have a graphics tablet and stylus, you can use Inkwell (also
>>> called Ink) to write text in your own handwriting that your computer
>>> can recognize and turn into words. You can also use Ink to draw a
>>> sketch and insert it in any document that can display pictures.
>>>
>>> To find out more about Ink, connect a graphics tablet to your
>>> computer, and then click the Ink icon in System Preferences. Turn on
>>> handwriting recognition, and then choose ³Open Ink help² from the
>>> Ink toolbar.
>>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 Mar 2010, at 20:01, David Neale wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know if it's still implemented, but when MacOS X was first
>>> released, it included HWR, which became available when, I believe, a
>>> graphics tablet was connected.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 Mar 2010, at 18:49, Brett Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thought some of you guys might find this interesting. Although it
>>>> requires a newer MacBook (pro), and probably won't have any of you
>>>> putting down your Newtons, it does allow for HWR in OS X.
>>>>
>>>> http://tenonedesign.com/inklet.php
>>>>
>>>> -Brett
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