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Write On
One of the bigger challenges that seems to face
integrators of vehicle infotainment systems is input.
All manner of approaches are tried, from virtual
keyboards on screens to mouse-like devices that
permit pointing and clicking.
A German company, Paragon Software Group
( penreader.com ), thinks it has a better idea with
its PenReader 9.0 software, which, its name
notwithstanding, doesn't require a pen or other
stylus, but one's fnger.
The handwriting recognition package allows the
user to input information on a handwriting-sensitive
touchscreen in any of 42 supported packages. The
company claims that the software, which can be
readily integrated into vehicle systems as it can be
confgured to work with the pervasive operating
systems, "requires no special training or handwriting
adjustment" yet is 97% accurate.
Paragon Software notes that both Audi and BMW
are ofering handwriting recognition capabilities in
some of their systems, and that it has been in the
handwriting recognition software space since 1997,
so this isn't an app from nowhere.
One thing about the notion, however: How many
young people, who seem the most keen on info-
tainment, even know what "writing" without a
keyboard really is?
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