On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Scott Grizzard wrote:
> I want it to be platform independent, which is why I wanted JavaScript
> to "Capture the Ink", but then have it send the "ink" to the server so
> the server could process it.
I have an application [Xournal, v 0.4.0.1] under Linux [CentOS
5] that captures mouse 'signings' and will emit a PDF (which
can be re-coded into to TIFF for OCR purposes, programatically)
-- here a Wacom pad, and a conventional PS/2 mouse.
http://www.herrold.com/2009-06-22-Note-16-31.pdf
I do not know that anything could 'read' what I intended ...
it seemed quite combersome.
> The problems with using the client's libraries to do the ink capture is
> 1) The system /must/ store the original ink
- check
> 2) I want the customer to be able to see the source of the writing
> application, and if I use windows' handwriting library (or Wacom's), I
> don't /really/ have an open-source solution.
- check, and FOSS to boot
> 3) I want to be as client-platform independent as possible.
- I am told Xournal has analogs in proprietary OS space
> 4) I want the system to learn the /user's/ handwriting, no matter which
> "client tablet" he is using at a given moment.
-- no idea how to skin this cat ;)
> 5) I want the client to be "diet-hardware", to keep costs low.
- check -- simple USB port, and simple X environemnt
hope this helps
-- Russ herrold
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