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Old 10-20-2006, 12:17 PM   #3
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As I understand it, the iLiad now has handwriting recognition in form cells on the screen. It should not be difficult to port a z-reader to iLiad, at least once the SDK comes out. (There are z-readers available for practically every platform on Earth, and iLiad is Linux, after all.) This would make it possible to read a section of text, write in your response in an input area at the bottom of the screen, and get the next batch of text.

I actually have several IFs on my Palm, and I've never tried to read any kind of regular book on it -- the screen is too small for me to read lengthy text comfortably. But sometimes I find I need to "look" extra times because I can't easily go back and re-read earlier text. A good z-reader on an eBook device would be a perfect environment for these.

If you want a more "serious" application of this type, smart manuals that help you troubleshoot in the field would be an easy extension of this idea.
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