Software that can interpret sketches as input (e.g. a circuit diagram)

15 points by amishandroid 16 years ago | 3 comments

timthorn 16 years ago |

The original Apple Newton Messagpad did this for basic shapes. It worked much better than the handwriting recognition.

To erase a shape, you simply scribbled it out.

sitmaster 16 years ago |

Unfortunately it interprets everything as a circuit diagram.

ableal 16 years ago |

the system can recall the direction in which the stylus was moving when a particular stroke was made

Shooting white-boards or sheets of paper with a phone cam is probably more convenient than scribbling on a screen, but that requirement ...