This is one of the most requested languages we see. I haven't seen any
official announcement about when (or if) Portuguese will be made available.

http://abletfactory.com (Missing 'T' is intentional) has some SPIDs that may
address the issue for you.
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"Luis Mitchell" <Luis Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:873CF936-8679-4FE8-9166-444F4C57C19C@microsoft.com...
> Dear Letha,
>
> I'm looking for Portuguese handwriting recognition for my tablet pc. I'm
> running Windows XP Tablet Edition with Office 2003. What do I need to buy?
> Office 2007? Vista Ultimate? Or both?
>
> Yours,
> Luis Mitchell
>
> "Letha Hudek [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jonas,
>>
>> Handwriting recognition is currently available for English (US), English
>> (UK), Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Korean,
>> German,
>> French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazil).
>>
>> You can still use OneNote or Windows Journal to take handwritten notes,
>> but
>> at this time you would need to leave them as ink, rather than convert
>> them
>> to text.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Letha
>>
>> "Jonas Sommer" <JonasSommer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3CCC59AA-24A5-4016-A203-B453DB1BB13D@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi :)
>> > Can anyone tell me what languages is available for handwriting
>> > recognition
>> > in vista tablet? And if there are more on the way? I’m installing a
>> > vista
>> > tablet pc for my boss, and we have been hoping to se a Danish version a
>> > few
>> > years, but to my disappointment I can see that its not included by
>> > default
>> > in
>> > the Danish vista. We do student counseling and the tablet combined with
>> > OneNote looks very promising, but without native handwriting
>> > recondition
>> > its
>> > kind of useless. Giving students tools that doesn’t handle their native
>> > language is pointless.
>> > I have been googling, and browsing around Microsoft.com but I haven’t
>> > been
>> > able to find any info regarding this. Can anyone provide me with some
>> > info
>> > or
>> > where to find it? I would like to be able to tell my boss that the
>> > Danish
>> > version is on its way… but I have no idea if it is just wishful
>> > thinking
>> > from
>> > my part? :)
>> >
>> > Hygge
>> > Jonas Sommer – Jonas.SommerNielsen.dk
>> >
>>