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Placing text representations of the symbols above them (as interpreted by the handwriting algo) seems so obvious that it’s the sort of thing that I’ll be frustr
by alsetmusic 2y ago
Placing text representations of the symbols above them (as interpreted by the handwriting algo) seems so obvious that it’s the sort of thing that I’ll be frustrated if Apple doesn’t adopt it. It generates confidence in the output.
Some things aren’t obvious until we see them. This is one.
- MBCook 2y agoI don’t know, it seems unnecessary to me. Why do I need a second copy on top of the one I just wrote? I don’t think misinterpretation would happy nearly enough for it to be more useful than intrusive.
- wonger_ 2y agoI like having confidence that the intermediate representation is correct before moving forward. Especially since OCR usually makes mistakes on handwriting. It's not a redundant copy, it's reassurance.
- mlajtos 2y agoYes, the handwriting recognition system needs to communicate results as soon as possible to instill trust in the user. I need to be able to spot and fix misinterpretations as quickly as possible, otherwise errors accumulate real fast.
- IOT_Apprentice 2y agoIf it were an option you could contextually disable it via Apple Pencil it would be cool.
- mlajtos 2y agoI thought the same few years ago – putting recognized symbol above is simple and effective. But you can get the same effect (confidence in recognized input) with the Smart Script technique when done right. I briefly experimented with that in 2022 (nothing published though) and it worked pretty well. However, the implementation has to be good – you can't just beautify every symbol because it becomes distracting really fast. The less confidence system has about some symbol, the more it should fix it. High-confidence misclassifications will still be a theoretical problem, but I didn't experienced them that often.