Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on

Re:Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on by nsonha on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:14PM (#31576913)

> I've never understood the internet's hate for cursive

Isn't the whole point to handwrite faster, which people don't even do anymore? I for one didn't write fast in cursive so even that's not true.

On the other hand it's harder to read, harder to OCR.

Given text is read way more than it is written, the choice is clear.

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Re:Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on by Ancapistani on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:37PM (#31577771)

I’ve actually found my cursive to be much more reliable to OCR. I think it’s because I explicitly learned cursive when I picked up fountain pens as an adult, as a result my letter forms are consistent. Maybe not “correct”, but consistent.

I even went through a period where I used the “long s” in my script, and I was able to get that to OCR just fine after some training.

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Re:Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on by nsonha on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:34AM (#31578118)

may have something to do with cursive letters having more "features". I only assume it's harder to OCR but that needs proof. I think it's safe to say that reading cursive is slower for humans.

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