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In the age of AGI why is handwriting recognition still so bad and not a mainstream technology? Why do I still have to painstakingly write math formulas in LaTe
by amai 2y ago
In the age of AGI why is handwriting recognition still so bad and not a mainstream technology?
Why do I still have to painstakingly write math formulas in LaTeX instead of just writing them by hand?
Why don't we write computer code by hand instead of typing it in and struggling with encodings?
We have face/object recognition and audio recognition which is often better than humans. But handwriting recognition is still quite lacking. Are there technical reasons for that or is our monopolistic IT industry just focusing on the things nobody needs like Metaverses, Augmented Reality and Chatbots?
- amelius 2y agoBecause writing by hand is slower for most people, and makes editing difficult?
- squigz 2y agoWrite code... by hand? This is surely not a serious suggestion, right?
- Etheryte 2y agoI think the base premise of this comment is wrong? Apple has had many features like this available for a long time and it's hard to think of many things that are more mainstream technology. You can input text, equations and what have you with the Apple Pencil, you can scan your handwritten notes to text in Notes, etc, it's all already there.
- cortesoft 2y agoOh my god writing code by hand would be awful. I can type so much faster than I can write, and my hand doesn't start to hurt after a few words like it does when I write. Plus, how would code completion work with handwriting? I hate handwriting with a passion