comparison on different input method ??

[riven]

i would like to know any user have experience comparing different chinese input method on XP, the TIP, the on-screen keyboard by Microsoft office,
and... any other method that can support full screen writing ??

I tried the NJ star but detection was poor,
and my office educational pack DOES NOT include the full screen input for chinese, this is how microsoft run business....@@@#$$


I heard that there is software that can support full screen inking,
can anyone kind enough to tell me ??

[pibach]

ritePen from EverNote does Write Anywhere. Works nicely. But recognition accuracy is slighly inferior to the Vista TIP. And there's also Calligrapher from PhadWare which I did not try (does not support Vista yet).
I have no idea whether they work for Chinese though.

[lavenderpup]

if its windows xp tablet edition 2005, there's that downloadable handwriting one.. it won't recognise my name right but it does okay with complex looking characters..and i found office 2003 more agreeable since 2007 needs vista for there to be recognition

[riven]

1st, thx for all replies

i am using OS tablet XP 2005, and office 2003
but no office handwriting tools
just XP TIP, which the recognition is so-so

btw, any good fullscreen Eng input program other than ritePen ?
message-ease, inscribe and sokey are interesting softwares and respond quickly [esp inscribe], but not support full screen yet

[pibach]

btw, any good fullscreen Eng input program other than ritePen ?
message-ease, inscribe and sokey are interesting softwares and respond quickly [esp inscribe], but not support full screen yet

on XP you will get much improved input with ritePen. Try that. Highly recommended.
Did you check out Calligrapher? I use it on my PDA and it is very good there. Very nice edit features. Give us a feedback how it works out for you.

The best and fastest Onscreen Keyboard methods I know of are Inscribe (use this with a Fitaly layout), SHARK, and Alphatap. The latter two are up to the keyboards speed if you train well (50-70 wpm). But be prepared for a steep learning curve.

MeassagEase is nice but not fast. Speedscript is also an option but currently only beta.

And there is another seemingly very well working option: Define Graffiti (or whatever) gestures in StrokeIt. This is also very fast and convenient - and should work on Chinese if you spend a bit time to adopt it. I am currently testing that more in depth and will report later.

Would like to invite you to my "Input Speed Contest" to give us some feedback of you speed experiences:
Tablet input speed contest

Peter

[riven]

thx pibach for the suggestion

SHARK / alphatap, hmm, if i go for a virtual keyboard, i will stick to inscribe, haha

and for Strokeit, there is only Chinese layout, but not support writing Chinese,
so far i only know a few softwares w/ a writing pad for Chinese input,
but not supporting to write on our tablet screen [i've asked the company already]

so i think i need to keep using the XP TIP for chinese

and thx again, ritePen is fascinating !! it works very well on my P1610 passive touch screen !!