Graham Bell <grabelly@netscape.net.dumb.spam> writes:

> Paul D wrote:
> > On 2006-08-15 23:24:23 +0900, Graham Bell wrote:
> >> 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.
> > 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.
> > 
> Stroke order is one of the first things I made sure was correct when
> using it, but it seems to make no difference. As I said, even when
> I've asked Japanese friends to try out the same kanji, it suggests
> several kanji - but not the one being written.  Simple kanji such as
> the one you mentioned are fine, but I've had lots of trouble with
> ones with more than 10 or so strokes.

Sounds like it compares poorly against the free-software PADict (for
PalmOS), at least in the area of kanji recognition: PADict
incorporates PocketKanji which recognises characters drawn with the
stylus by stroke order.

    <URL:http://padict.sourceforge.net/>

The data it uses is drawn from (subsets of) EDICT and KANJIDIC.

I've pretty much stopped using my Canon WordTank G55 since installing
PADict. The former, while having very comprehensive dictionaries, just
can't compare to the convenience of PADict. In five months of use,
it's never failed to recognise a properly-drawn kanji (that it
actually knows, of course).

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