Handwriting recognition windows 7

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The handwriting recognition in windows 7 is quite awesome , i want to know if i could use it using some kind of API .

If not , is there any other alternative .

I agree that they are indeed awesome and often overlooked. They are, in fact, some of the very best available anywhere. — Julian Knight, Jul 08 '12 at 15:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '12 at 19:52

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MSDN documents the exposed APIs for "ink analysis". They may work for you:

There are four layers to the Ink Analysis library: Windows Forms, WPF, COM, and the base layer.

answered Jul 07 '12 at 19:52

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Julian Knight · Answer 2 · 2012-07-08T15:19:50.973

In fact, the handwriting tools in Windows 7 are an extension of those previously available in Microsoft Office and Windows XP.

They are usable by other applications though, knowing Microsoft, you will almost certainly end up needing a full MS tools set including Visual Studio.

Drat - @reuben has beaten me to an answer and given the appropriate link to MSDN.

UPDATE: If you want to look at an alternative, I recommend going to phatware.com - they've been in the handwriting space for a long time and have some interesting tools.

Handwriting recognition windows 7

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