I just bought an AceCad Digimemo tablet. This allows you to write
notes on an ordinary paper tablet with a special pen. Then you hook up
the tablet to your PC with a USB cable and the digital ink of the
notes is transferred. From their application, you an transfer to
Onenote. When the tablet is connected to the computer it appears to be
a disk drive and you can see the note files it created for each page
you write. You can also designate Onenote as the application that
opens the note file.

Everything seemed to work. I wrote a page of notes and was able to
import it into Onenote. I selected a couple of lines of the ink, then
selected "Tools|Convert Handwriting to text" in Onenote.

Nothing happened. No text but no error message either.

I created some notes with my TabletPC and I am able to convert them to
text with Onenote, so I know that is working.

Any ideas on how to get this to work or to debug what is going wrong
are appreciated.

Bob

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> I just bought an AceCad Digimemo tablet. This allows you to write
> notes on an ordinary paper tablet with a special pen. Then you hook up
> the tablet to your PC with a USB cable and the digital ink of the
> notes is transferred. From their application, you an transfer to
> Onenote. When the tablet is connected to the computer it appears to be
> a disk drive and you can see the note files it created for each page
> you write. You can also designate Onenote as the application that
> opens the note file.
>
> Everything seemed to work. I wrote a page of notes and was able to
> import it into Onenote. I selected a couple of lines of the ink, then
> selected "Tools|Convert Handwriting to text" in Onenote.
>
> Nothing happened. No text but no error message either.
>
> I created some notes with my TabletPC and I am able to convert them to
> text with Onenote, so I know that is working.
>
> Any ideas on how to get this to work or to debug what is going wrong
> are appreciated.
>
> Bob

You should ask AceCad:

http://www.acecad.com.tw/index.php?o...mid=56&lang=en

Bernd

On Oct 4, 6:32*am, Bernd <f...@gmx.de> wrote:

> You should ask AceCad:
>
> Bernd

Thanks for your suggestion. Actually, I have emailed them. But Onenote
imports ink from other note-pads such as Adesso Cyberpad and Pegasus
Mobile NoteTaker and also graphics tablets so I think debugging
problems with conversion of handwriting to text is of interest to
Onenote users in general.

So, any ideas on debugging the problem are appreciated.

Bob

On Oct 4, 6:32*am, Bernd <f...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> You should ask AceCad:
>

I got this reply from AceCAD

> You should upgrade your system to Windows Vista or Windows 7.

> (the handwriting recognition of MS Office OneNote 2007 is only support in Windows Vista or Windows 7)

I know this is not the case. I prepared a note with ink from Acecad
and from a document prepared on my TabletPC. I was able to convert the
TabletPC ink to text on my desktop PC with standard XP pro but I was
not able to convert the ink from Acecad.

I was also not able to convert the Acecad ink on Onenote on my
tabletPC either.

Here is the Onenote file. http://bcbob43.fileave.com/OneNoteWithInk.zip

Anyone have any ideas what is going on?

Bob

> I got this reply from AceCAD
>
> > * You should upgrade your system to Windows Vista or Windows 7.
> > * (the handwriting recognition of MS Office OneNote 2007 is only support in Windows Vista or Windows 7)
>
>
> Here is the Onenote file.http://bcbob43.fileave.com/OneNoteWithInk.zip
>

If someone has Onenote in Vista or Windows 7, I would appreciate it if
you could download the file and then see if you can convert the Acecad
Ink note to text.

Bob

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> On Oct 4, 6:32 am, Bernd <f...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> You should ask AceCad:
>>
>
> I got this reply from AceCAD
>
>> You should upgrade your system to Windows Vista or Windows 7.
>
>> (the handwriting recognition of MS Office OneNote 2007 is only support in Windows Vista or Windows 7)
>
> I know this is not the case. I prepared a note with ink from Acecad
> and from a document prepared on my TabletPC. I was able to convert the
> TabletPC ink to text on my desktop PC with standard XP pro but I was
> not able to convert the ink from Acecad.
>
> I was also not able to convert the Acecad ink on Onenote on my
> tabletPC either.
>
> Here is the Onenote file. http://bcbob43.fileave.com/OneNoteWithInk.zip
>
> Anyone have any ideas what is going on?
>
> Bob

I tried to convert your ink on my XP: no success ...
I too have no problems with converting handwriting on my tablet.

So my experience is the same as yours.

Sorry !

Perhaps John Guin will read your post.

Bernd

On Oct 5, 4:11*pm, Bernd <f...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> I tried to convert your ink on my XP: no success ...
> I too have no problems with converting handwriting on my tablet.
>
> So my experience is the same as yours.
>
> Sorry !
>
> Perhaps John Guin will read your post.
>
> Bernd


Thanks. It's a data point. I sent a reply to AceCad. If they respond,
I will post it here.

Bob

Bob Alvarez wrote:
>> I got this reply from AceCAD
>>
>>> You should upgrade your system to Windows Vista or Windows 7.
>>> (the handwriting recognition of MS Office OneNote 2007 is only
>>> support in Windows Vista or Windows 7)
>>
>>
>> Here is the Onenote
>> file.http://bcbob43.fileave.com/OneNoteWithInk.zip
>
> If someone has Onenote in Vista or Windows 7, I would appreciate it if
> you could download the file and then see if you can convert the Acecad
> Ink note to text.

I tested it under Vista Enterprise 32.
1.) The AceCad page could not be converted ON2007.
So the advice you received from the manufacturer obviously does not
work.

2.) I then tried it with the ON2010 TP.
Most of the stuff was converted. Problems with the formula, however

Rainald

On Oct 7, 4:19*am, "Rainald Taesler" <taes...@gmx.de> wrote:

> I tested it under Vista Enterprise 32.
> 1.) The AceCad page could not be converted ON2007.
> So the advice you received from the manufacturer obviously does not
> work.

Thanks. I will bring this up with AceCad

>
> 2.) I then tried it with the ON2010 TP.
> Most of the stuff was converted. Problems with the formula, however
>
> Rainald

Recall that there are two pages, one with tablet PC ink and the other
with Acecad ink. Correct me if I am wrong. You are saying that you
were able to convert the Acecad page with ON2010 TP. I assume this is
also on Vista.

Bob

Bob Alvarez wrote:
> On Oct 7, 4:19 am, "Rainald Taesler" <taes...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> I tested it under Vista Enterprise 32.
>> 1.) The AceCad page could not be converted ON2007.
>> So the advice you received from the manufacturer obviously does not
>> work.
>
> Thanks. I will bring this up with AceCad
>
>>
>> 2.) I then tried it with the ON2010 TP.
>> Most of the stuff was converted. Problems with the formula, however
>
> Recall that there are two pages, one with tablet PC ink and the other
> with Acecad ink.

Yes. This makes the difference.

> Correct me if I am wrong. You are saying that you
> were able to convert the Acecad page with ON2010 TP. I assume this is
> also on Vista.

Exactly.
(As said: problems with the formulas - especially as many parts were
overlapping).

Rainald