A cross-application architecture for pen-based mathematical interfaces

Abstract:

We address the problem of organizing pen-based environments for processing handwritten mathematics. Our approach is based on providing portable ink-aware mathematical interfaces to existing document processing software and mathematical packages. Our architecture includes components for on-line ink collection, mathematically-oriented recognizers, portability support, and interfaces to applications. We present a pen-based computing environment Mathink and give an overview of its facilities for training, ink annotation and performance testing.

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