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When I handwrite a 7, it has a dash through the middle. Everyone I know does this. Your app doesn't like these; it sees a 3.
by imadfy 10y ago
When I handwrite a 7, it has a dash through the middle. Everyone I know does this. Your app doesn't like these; it sees a 3.
- Fifer82 10y agoReally?? It is the opposite here. No one really uses the dash. I like wee differences like this.
- wccrawford 10y agoI wrote it without the dash for most of my childhood, until I found out the dash was a possible way to write it. From then on, nobody ever mistook my 7's for 1's anymore. It was great, since I have really bad handwriting and I'd take all the help I could get not to get things wrong on tests. Zeroes get slashes, too, just for safety.
- eatbitseveryday 10y ago> It is the opposite here. No one really uses the dash. Who is no one? Where is here?
- esrauch 10y agoIn my experience the dash is unusual (but not unheard of) in the US. I've heard people refer to it as a German or European 7. I've never seen the German 1 that is like an upside down V used by an American.
- kraftman 10y agoI just tried a few 7s with dashes and it got them all, how big a dash do you use?
- wastedhours 10y agoJust tried it with my usual length dash (extending 3/4 along the top line to the left, and about 1/4 out the other side) and it returned a 3. Used a smaller dash and it returned a 7. Exceptionally neat tool though and seriously impressive!
- mnw21cam 10y agoI would just assume you wrote a 7, realised it was wrong, and crossed it out. But yes, the recognition isn't 100% accurate. There are quite a few simple "0" shapes that it doesn't get right.
- GordonS 10y agoI use a dash too, but it recognises it OK for me
- kmfrk 10y agoFor me, it returns a 2.
- Aardwolf 10y agoAnd when I handwrite a 1 with a serif at the top, it sees it as a 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_handwriting_variation#Arabic_numerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_handwriting_variation...