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SmartWarePens Technology
All pen solutions are Microsoft Windows based. The solution requires Windows XP, preferably XP Professional. The minimum hardware requirements of Windows XP equals or exceed all the requirements of the solution software. However, software performance is greatly affected by the hardware which it runs upon. Therefore, we recommend a memory level of over 1 GB and a clean environment. Database applications may at times require a heavy use of system resources.
Database applications will always have a huge advantage in the handwriting market. The primary reason is the application knows which values to expect. The recognition can be checked against a background database of expected values. These background databases can be any number of types of value or a library of text.
Fundamentally, the form is a huge pattern of dots. Its role is to provide information to the pen. This would include the location of the stroke within the pattern or page and it provides essentially a map for the pen. The pen stores this information. Upon docking of the pen, this information is transferred to the application for recognition. The pattern comes from Anoto. The entire available Anoto pattern would cover all of North America.
Anoto pattern comes in one of two types: unique pattern or copied pattern. Unique pattern is used in all mission critical applications. Unique pattern prevents some important user errors. Copied pattern is ideal for standard forms. Each time a new copy of the form is used, the user can use a special button on the page called a pidget to start and end the form collection. As the user is responsible for starting and stopping the data collection, copied pattern is not recommended for mission critical applications.
The pen is a camera, processor, memory, ink and a communication module. It docks to a USB cradle or transfers data using Blue Tooth technology. It can hold up to 1 MB of data, or about 40 full pages of text. The user can likely attend a three day conference and bring all of their notes back to the office. The pen capacity is quite large under normal use.
All pen solutions we currently provide will offer a validation view. The validator view is a side by side comparison of the handwritten data and the recognized data. This view allows the user to check the recognition of their written pen input. Corrections are simple. We offer a recognition goal in the high 90 percentile.
The database does two things. It holds the information that the writer wrote and places the information into fields. Secondly it can contains the unique value libraries for each field. It is these libraries which greatly improve the recognition of handwriting. Each field has some expectation of the values it will receive. We have a large number of standard libraries which can be modified or appended as needed. Special handwriting libraries can be created to address almost any situation and maintain very high levels of recognition.
Language Packs can be included in custom applications
Each business is unique and each person's handwriting is also unique. Pens are used only to gather information and convert it to useful digital information. The integration of the data with existing back office software systems is a very common request. We offer programming services to maximize the benefits of a pen based solution. Our database, development platform, and handwriting recognition are fully integrated with in the Smartware product. This integration allows us to develop applications quickly and reliably.
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