On 2006-08-15 23:24:23 +0900, Graham Bell 
<grabelly@netscape.net.dumb.spam> said:

> Louise Bremner wrote:
>> I saw someone using the Kanji sono mama package on a Nintendo DS Lite
>> last week and decided I wanted one too. Looks like a serious study tool.
>> 
> 
> I'd suggest you try it out somewhere before you buy it, and see how 
> well it works for you.
> 
> I bought a DS Lite a little while back and a copy of the Kanji sono 
> mama software with the same thought in mind, but have had no end of 
> trouble with it recognizing kanji which I write. With some kanji I was 
> never been able to get it to recognize them - I've even asked Japanese 
> friends to try it and they got the same results. And these were pretty 
> common kanji, nothing really weird.

It relies quite heavily on stroke order, particularly for simple kanji. 
I used to write 力 in the wrong order, and it couldn't recognize it for 
anything. Stroke order corrected, no problem. I can write extremely 
messy kanji with no recognition problems.