Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook
by gmueckl on Thursday July 04, 2019 @12:04PM
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About 15 years ago during my studies I dreamt of a tablet device with pen input and hand writing recognition for advanced maths. I was writing a lot during my physics lectures but almost no plain text. I would still like to have such a device, but also with a CAS integrated with the handwriting recognition. This would take the pain out of typing stuff into a CAS using obscure syntax.
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Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook
by panda88888 on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:58AM
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IMO iPad Pro with the appropriate software would be perfect. However, I think handwriting recognition for math might be too much a niche for developer to focus and polish into software that’s a pleasure to use.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook
by gmueckl on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:21PM
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And recognizing math is hard. That is a huge set of symbols (sometimes with semantically meaningful "tiny" variations like doubled up vertical lines on an R) and their size and relative positioning carries a lot of meaning. Handwriting is a walk in the park compared to that.