left handed problem again!

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I'm lefthanded as well and found Transcriber to be one major
pain to work with. for your amusement, when I write in clear
large letters (The ones i've seen on the screens where you
'teach' it what letters you use most) the word 'Recognize'
it spits out 'IelOgIrriss "' after a few seconds, as if I was
trying to write in some kind of lizard species' tongue.
I have three distinct types of handwriting, of which I mix
two in my regular writing, to make matters worse.
Block recognizer and Letter recognizer, after a lot of getting
used to it.. seems to be the best for recognition of writing,
but for speed and ease of use I just stick with the on screen
keyboard.
I did find that the correction feature of Transcriber is more
accurate with recognizing handwriting, for some odd reason.
The handwriting recognition system on Windows Mobile doesn't
seem to be developed for left handed people, only right handed.

You can drag files into your PPC through ActiveSync on the
desktop computer, open Explorer and then open 'Mobile Device'
to start browsing your PPC. find the folder you want to drop
the files into and copy/paste them there.
Or, use the Pocket_PC My Documents folder on your desktop
computer to store files you want synchronized to your PPC.

Running new programs is fairly easy as well, if you want to
install a new program on your PPC, connect it to your computer
and then you start the installer on your desktop pc, and
ActiveSync will send the program to your PPC, where you'll
find the icon for the new program in Start|Programs.



~S.




"david barker" <db003b9371@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
news:ubYn5BrfEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

> Hi there having a lot of trouble getting my transcriber on my ipaq
> 1940,to recognise my handwriting.
> I have tried teaching it to recognise letters etc,also tried the block
> and letter recognizer and also the orientation of that arrow in the left
> hand corner of the screen.
> Nothing seems to work,help!
> Also as I am a newbie,I dont know how to open files from my pc linked
> via the usb connection or run any new programs.
> Any left handers with good advice would be appreciated.
>
>



--
======================
ACE!!! a.k.a. ~S.
OS. Osaris / Psion 5mx
iPAQ 5550 / Nokia 6310
HTTP://www.xarane.com
======================

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I'm ambidextrous (sp?) and whilst I can use a palm OS device left handed I
too fail with a pocket pc. My memory is somewhat foggy on this but I do seem
to recall that the only PDA that would work happily with lefties was the
Apple Newton.
Ray
"ACE!!!" <ace_rules_bbs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9541841E9BA99FearIsTheMindKiller@207.46.248.16...
> I'm lefthanded as well and found Transcriber to be one major
> pain to work with. for your amusement, when I write in clear
> large letters (The ones i've seen on the screens where you
> 'teach' it what letters you use most) the word 'Recognize'
> it spits out 'IelOgIrriss "' after a few seconds, as if I was
> trying to write in some kind of lizard species' tongue.
> I have three distinct types of handwriting, of which I mix
> two in my regular writing, to make matters worse.
> Block recognizer and Letter recognizer, after a lot of getting
> used to it.. seems to be the best for recognition of writing,
> but for speed and ease of use I just stick with the on screen
> keyboard.
> I did find that the correction feature of Transcriber is more
> accurate with recognizing handwriting, for some odd reason.
> The handwriting recognition system on Windows Mobile doesn't
> seem to be developed for left handed people, only right handed.
>
> You can drag files into your PPC through ActiveSync on the
> desktop computer, open Explorer and then open 'Mobile Device'
> to start browsing your PPC. find the folder you want to drop
> the files into and copy/paste them there.
> Or, use the Pocket_PC My Documents folder on your desktop
> computer to store files you want synchronized to your PPC.
>
> Running new programs is fairly easy as well, if you want to
> install a new program on your PPC, connect it to your computer
> and then you start the installer on your desktop pc, and
> ActiveSync will send the program to your PPC, where you'll
> find the icon for the new program in Start|Programs.
>
>
>
> ~S.
>
>
>
>
> "david barker" <db003b9371@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
> news:ubYn5BrfEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
>
> > Hi there having a lot of trouble getting my transcriber on my ipaq
> > 1940,to recognise my handwriting.
> > I have tried teaching it to recognise letters etc,also tried the block
> > and letter recognizer and also the orientation of that arrow in the left
> > hand corner of the screen.
> > Nothing seems to work,help!
> > Also as I am a newbie,I dont know how to open files from my pc linked
> > via the usb connection or run any new programs.
> > Any left handers with good advice would be appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> ======================
> ACE!!! a.k.a. ~S.
> OS. Osaris / Psion 5mx
> iPAQ 5550 / Nokia 6310
> HTTP://www.xarane.com
> ======================

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Just finished chatting with a friend of mine who is left handed he didn't
report any probs with transcriber BUT he is a long term wacom user. So
perhaps he has adapted himself to writng left handed on digitizers?

Ray
"Ray Cheshire" <ray.cheshire@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2n2Sc.111581$28.98224@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> I'm ambidextrous (sp?) and whilst I can use a palm OS device left handed I
> too fail with a pocket pc. My memory is somewhat foggy on this but I do
seem
> to recall that the only PDA that would work happily with lefties was the
> Apple Newton.
> Ray
> "ACE!!!" <ace_rules_bbs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9541841E9BA99FearIsTheMindKiller@207.46.248.16...
> > I'm lefthanded as well and found Transcriber to be one major
> > pain to work with. for your amusement, when I write in clear
> > large letters (The ones i've seen on the screens where you
> > 'teach' it what letters you use most) the word 'Recognize'
> > it spits out 'IelOgIrriss "' after a few seconds, as if I was
> > trying to write in some kind of lizard species' tongue.
> > I have three distinct types of handwriting, of which I mix
> > two in my regular writing, to make matters worse.
> > Block recognizer and Letter recognizer, after a lot of getting
> > used to it.. seems to be the best for recognition of writing,
> > but for speed and ease of use I just stick with the on screen
> > keyboard.
> > I did find that the correction feature of Transcriber is more
> > accurate with recognizing handwriting, for some odd reason.
> > The handwriting recognition system on Windows Mobile doesn't
> > seem to be developed for left handed people, only right handed.
> >
> > You can drag files into your PPC through ActiveSync on the
> > desktop computer, open Explorer and then open 'Mobile Device'
> > to start browsing your PPC. find the folder you want to drop
> > the files into and copy/paste them there.
> > Or, use the Pocket_PC My Documents folder on your desktop
> > computer to store files you want synchronized to your PPC.
> >
> > Running new programs is fairly easy as well, if you want to
> > install a new program on your PPC, connect it to your computer
> > and then you start the installer on your desktop pc, and
> > ActiveSync will send the program to your PPC, where you'll
> > find the icon for the new program in Start|Programs.
> >
> >
> >
> > ~S.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "david barker" <db003b9371@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
> > news:ubYn5BrfEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
> >
> > > Hi there having a lot of trouble getting my transcriber on my ipaq
> > > 1940,to recognise my handwriting.
> > > I have tried teaching it to recognise letters etc,also tried the block
> > > and letter recognizer and also the orientation of that arrow in the
left
> > > hand corner of the screen.
> > > Nothing seems to work,help!
> > > Also as I am a newbie,I dont know how to open files from my pc linked
> > > via the usb connection or run any new programs.
> > > Any left handers with good advice would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ======================
> > ACE!!! a.k.a. ~S.
> > OS. Osaris / Psion 5mx
> > iPAQ 5550 / Nokia 6310
> > HTTP://www.xarane.com
> > ======================
>
>

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In article <ubYn5BrfEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, db003b9371
@blueyonder.co.uk says...
> Hi there having a lot of trouble getting my transcriber on my ipaq 1940,to
> recognise my handwriting.
> I have tried teaching it to recognise letters etc,also tried the block and
> letter recognizer and also the orientation of that arrow in the left hand
> corner of the screen.
> Nothing seems to work,help!
> Also as I am a newbie,I dont know how to open files from my pc linked via
> the usb connection or run any new programs.
> Any left handers with good advice would be appreciated.
>
I LH also and I tried Caligrapher with my iPAQ5550. It continuously
produces garbage and to me is worse than transcriber.

Beemer

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Has anyone written a LH transcriber software?

In article <MPG.1b851de08a9ba04b989685@news.microsoft.com>,
beemer@nowhere.com says...
> In article <ubYn5BrfEHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, db003b9371
> @blueyonder.co.uk says...
> > Hi there having a lot of trouble getting my transcriber on my ipaq 1940,to
> > recognise my handwriting.
> > I have tried teaching it to recognise letters etc,also tried the block and
> > letter recognizer and also the orientation of that arrow in the left hand
> > corner of the screen.
> > Nothing seems to work,help!
> > Also as I am a newbie,I dont know how to open files from my pc linked via
> > the usb connection or run any new programs.
> > Any left handers with good advice would be appreciated.
> >
> I LH also and I tried Caligrapher with my iPAQ5550. It continuously
> produces garbage and to me is worse than transcriber.
>
> Beemer
>