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« on: January 18, 2016, 03:00:19 pm »

Why handwriting recognition on the iPad isn't a joke anymore

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There was a time when these words would have elicited instant giggles. Memes from the time before Twitter or Facebook, Apple’s Newton and its often-errant handwriting recognition offered a wellspring of humor for the minds behind Doonesbury and The Simpsons, a spot-on sendup of a technology that was so close yet so far.</p><figure class="medium right" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemid="https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2016/01/image1-100638493-medium.png">
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The signature feature of the original MessagePad was indeed worthy of ridicule. While Newton OS’s handwriting recognition engine was impressive from an I’ve-never-seen-anything-like-this perspective, its real-world application was loaded with flaws and miscues, far more than iPhone OS’s autocorrect or Siri’s listening abilities. As the jokes piled up, the Newton became synonymous with silly errors, and it was never able to fully shake its reputation, no matter how much better it got.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3023305/iphone-ipad/why-handwriting-recognition-on-the-ipad-isnt-a-joke-anymore.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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