The field of handwritten character recognition has experienced a paradigm shift with the incorporation of neural network methodologies. These approaches have revolutionised traditional optical ...

There are a handful of Chromebooks with touchscreen displays and at least one model that you can even use as a tablet. So it’s no surprise that Google’s Chrome Operating system now features an ...

The message is indeed the medium, but sometimes this concept gets lost in the exuberance of the breakneck pace of technology development. Whatever the form of your favorite computer--whether it sits ...

While most of you responded to my earlier query about Asian handwriting recognition to say that, often, it’s even easier than Romanized character recognition, reader James Yopp explains how sometimes ...

I was really impressed when Microsoft launched its iPhone-only Seeing AI app designed to ‘narrate the world’ to blind and visually impaired people. The app uses ...

Puzzazz, a Seattle-area puzzle technology startup, is making the leap to iPhone and iPad with a new app for trying, buying and solving digital puzzle books on Apple iOS devices. The app includes ...

Apple is actively working on a handwriting recognition system. This raises the distinct possibility that you might someday enter text by writing words on your iPhone or iPad screen, rather than ...

Having tried handwriting recognition in Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz vehicles over the past several years, I’ve always regarded the feature as a novelty rather than a necessity. For me, it ranks below ...