The current version of its Tablet PC operating system, which lets computer users control their machines with a pen-like device instead of just a mouse and keyboard, matches people's scrawls against ...

Software maker Pen&Internet last week released riteForm for Linux, the first natural handwriting-recognition software for the open-source platform. Operating locally or from a server, riteForm is ...

E Ink tablets aim to make writing pleasant with textured screens and stylus, but can struggle with handwriting recognition. The reMarkable Paper Pro is flexible in the file formats it supports, but it ...

Recently acquired a Wacom Graphire2 drawing tablet; I love it.<BR><BR>But I'm rather dismayed that I can't locate any good open-source Win32 handwriting recognition software. I'm really not willing to ...

At his Comdex keynote address last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a prototype of a portable PC that looks nothing like an ordinary laptop. Instead, it’s shaped like a writing tablet.

The folks at reMarkable sell tablets with E Ink displays and digital pens that are designed for taking notes, drawing pictures, and reading documents. Basically they’re digital replacements for pen ...

iPadOS 14 brings handwriting recognition to Apple tablets, at long last. The new system is called Scribble, and it’s easy to use, fast and flexible. You’ll need an active stylus, though. It doesn’t ...

USING a stylus to enter data on a PDA, tablet PC or other hand-held device is an exercise in frustration. You either tap the letters one-by-one on a virtual keyboard, or rely on ...

Never lacking for ambition in its quest for new markets, Microsoft Corp. is taking aim on what many consider a relatively secure redoubt from the march of technology: pen and paper. After years of ...