Write to Your DS
Oct 30, 2005 16:42:04 GMT -5
Post by Link on Oct 30, 2005 16:42:04 GMT -5
Write to Your DS
The Nintendo DS gets handwriting recognition.
by David Adams
October 26, 2005 - Owners of PDAs have known the convenience of handwriting recognition for a while now: rather than tapping in letters on a virtual keyboard, or worse, attaching a clunky portable keyboard, users can simply use their stylus as a pen to write, letting software decode typed letters.
Anyone who's tried sending more than a quick note using PictoChat on the Nintendo DS knows how useful such a feature would be. It looks like easy DS writing is coming, just in time for wireless play: Zi Corporation announced today it has licensed Decuma, its handwriting recognition technology, for use on the Nintendo DS.
Zi says that Decuma provides "fast and natural handwriting input," with words and letters "interpreted in a natural flow." Certainly you want your quick messages of ownage to flow fast and freely in a brutal multiplayer game, for instance.
"As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user's experience with its products," said Zi Corporation's Milos Djokovic. "With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms and smartphones across the globe."
No word yet from Nintendo on just how the handwriting recognition will be used, or which titles will be the first to feature it. With the launch of Mario Kart DS -- and DS wireless play -- next month, we expect to hear much more on how the DS gets connected.
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The Nintendo DS gets handwriting recognition.
by David Adams
October 26, 2005 - Owners of PDAs have known the convenience of handwriting recognition for a while now: rather than tapping in letters on a virtual keyboard, or worse, attaching a clunky portable keyboard, users can simply use their stylus as a pen to write, letting software decode typed letters.
Anyone who's tried sending more than a quick note using PictoChat on the Nintendo DS knows how useful such a feature would be. It looks like easy DS writing is coming, just in time for wireless play: Zi Corporation announced today it has licensed Decuma, its handwriting recognition technology, for use on the Nintendo DS.
Zi says that Decuma provides "fast and natural handwriting input," with words and letters "interpreted in a natural flow." Certainly you want your quick messages of ownage to flow fast and freely in a brutal multiplayer game, for instance.
"As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user's experience with its products," said Zi Corporation's Milos Djokovic. "With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms and smartphones across the globe."
No word yet from Nintendo on just how the handwriting recognition will be used, or which titles will be the first to feature it. With the launch of Mario Kart DS -- and DS wireless play -- next month, we expect to hear much more on how the DS gets connected.
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