So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting recognition is built
into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?

That's only the second reason I have heard of for a business user upgrading
to Vista, the first being that the TCP/IP stack has been rewritten.

I've been assuming that the reason that handwriting recognition has not been
released for XP pro has to do with either licensing restrictions ( to
Microsoft) or a desire to push the tablet OS.

I'm a document management system developer, handwriting recognition (for
images, not strokes) would be wonderful.

"Stefan Wick[MS]" wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> can you explain what "ICR" recognition is? We have a bunch handwriting
> recognition APIs in the Windows Vista SDK, if that's what your looking for.

Hi,

well actually "So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting
recognition is built into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?" this is
not completely correct. You do need the hardware in order to invoke tabtip.
But at least now you can buy a low cost tablet and benefit from the Tablet PC
API.:-)

Cheers

"bradjensen" wrote:

> So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting recognition is built
> into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?
>
> That's only the second reason I have heard of for a business user upgrading
> to Vista, the first being that the TCP/IP stack has been rewritten.
>
> I've been assuming that the reason that handwriting recognition has not been
> released for XP pro has to do with either licensing restrictions ( to
> Microsoft) or a desire to push the tablet OS.
>
> I'm a document management system developer, handwriting recognition (for
> images, not strokes) would be wonderful.
>
> "Stefan Wick[MS]" wrote:
>
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > can you explain what "ICR" recognition is? We have a bunch handwriting
> > recognition APIs in the Windows Vista SDK, if that's what your looking for.
>

No, you do not need special hardware to invoke the TIP. On a regular desktop
PC running Vista Home Premium (or above) you can go to Start|All
Programs|Accessories|TabletPC|Tablet PC Input Panel in order to start the
TIP.

Also I believe that Tony's question was mostly about using the handwriting
recognition APIs (as opposed to the end-user utility for handwriting
recognition). For the APIs the same applies as to the TIP: they are
available and fully funtional on Vista Home Premium and above - regardless
of the hardware you are running on.

One clarification on the APIs: our handwriting recognition APIs are all
stroke based, not image based.

Thanks,
Stefan Wick

"korvis" <korvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4A8856D-EAEB-49E9-957E-4EBB9EBFE3FA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> well actually "So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting
> recognition is built into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?" this
> is
> not completely correct. You do need the hardware in order to invoke
> tabtip.
> But at least now you can buy a low cost tablet and benefit from the Tablet
> PC
> API.:-)
>
> Cheers
>
> "bradjensen" wrote:
>
>> So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting recognition is
>> built
>> into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?
>>
>> That's only the second reason I have heard of for a business user
>> upgrading
>> to Vista, the first being that the TCP/IP stack has been rewritten.
>>
>> I've been assuming that the reason that handwriting recognition has not
>> been
>> released for XP pro has to do with either licensing restrictions ( to
>> Microsoft) or a desire to push the tablet OS.
>>
>> I'm a document management system developer, handwriting recognition (for
>> images, not strokes) would be wonderful.
>>
>> "Stefan Wick[MS]" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Tony,
>> >
>> > can you explain what "ICR" recognition is? We have a bunch handwriting
>> > recognition APIs in the Windows Vista SDK, if that's what your looking
>> > for.
>>

There are some people (particularly in the other tablet pc newsgroup)
propagating the myth that special hardware is required for tablet
functionality. I try to jump in and correct it whenever I see it. This is
partially the reason for the confusion and I'm not really sure where it
originated since even Windows XP Tablet PC Edition didn't require any
particular hardware.

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"Stefan Wick[MS]" <swick@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OE2kqFFfHHA.4136@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> No, you do not need special hardware to invoke the TIP. On a regular
> desktop PC running Vista Home Premium (or above) you can go to Start|All
> Programs|Accessories|TabletPC|Tablet PC Input Panel in order to start the
> TIP.
>
> Also I believe that Tony's question was mostly about using the handwriting
> recognition APIs (as opposed to the end-user utility for handwriting
> recognition). For the APIs the same applies as to the TIP: they are
> available and fully funtional on Vista Home Premium and above - regardless
> of the hardware you are running on.
>
> One clarification on the APIs: our handwriting recognition APIs are all
> stroke based, not image based.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Wick
>
> "korvis" <korvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E4A8856D-EAEB-49E9-957E-4EBB9EBFE3FA@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> well actually "So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting
>> recognition is built into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?"
>> this is
>> not completely correct. You do need the hardware in order to invoke
>> tabtip.
>> But at least now you can buy a low cost tablet and benefit from the
>> Tablet PC
>> API.:-)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> "bradjensen" wrote:
>>
>>> So this means that unlike Windows XP pro, handwriting recognition is
>>> built
>>> into Windows Vista, without requiring a tablet?
>>>
>>> That's only the second reason I have heard of for a business user
>>> upgrading
>>> to Vista, the first being that the TCP/IP stack has been rewritten.
>>>
>>> I've been assuming that the reason that handwriting recognition has not
>>> been
>>> released for XP pro has to do with either licensing restrictions ( to
>>> Microsoft) or a desire to push the tablet OS.
>>>
>>> I'm a document management system developer, handwriting recognition (for
>>> images, not strokes) would be wonderful.
>>>
>>> "Stefan Wick[MS]" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Tony,
>>> >
>>> > can you explain what "ICR" recognition is? We have a bunch handwriting
>>> > recognition APIs in the Windows Vista SDK, if that's what your looking
>>> > for.
>>>
>