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Programming languages require a lot of precision (one missing symbol, improperly capitalized letter, etc will break the entire thing), whereas even the best OCR
by bogwog 4y ago
Programming languages require a lot of precision (one missing symbol, improperly capitalized letter, etc will break the entire thing), whereas even the best OCR is very imprecise. That sounds like a really bad combination.
On the other hand, maybe a specialized programming language optimized for that could work. The blueprints idea seems like a good concept to start with.
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoThat was definitely in my mind. There are dyslexic fonts to help people not confuse letters. We want a programming language whose structure is fairly immune to small mistakes. This is helped by the fact that inkbase has a domain-specific language, which does not have to be generally expressive, and where often short snippets are to be written.
- bee_rider 4y agoIt would be nice to be able to basically write an equation and have it evaluate. Even a pretty complicated one… A full programming language would be interesting but pretty alien. As someone who for whatever reason tends to end up with lots of super/sub/subsubscripts (sometimes with multiple dimensions in each!) — variables with, like, more than 6 letters are basically a nightmare when writing by hand. I can’t imagine writing at least with typical variable names, by hand. Although maybe a programming language that looked more like prose would be possible.
- amatic 4y ago>It would be nice to be able to basically write an equation and have it evaluate. Even a pretty complicated one… I heard mathpix is basically that, math via ocr to solution (haven't used it personally).