ZDNET Reports On Trainable Handwriting Recognition In Tablet PC Vista

ZDNET has an article on the trainable handwriting recognition in the Vista version of the Tablet OS. The article also highlights improved gesture support, the strategy to employ the Tablet OS across the various Vista SKUs, and a caution that "final packaging decisions" have not yet been made on which flavors of Vista will have inking support. Here's an excerpt:

In Vista, the new incarnation of desktop Windows, due next year, the software giant will let people give the operating system examples of their own handwriting in an effort to improve handwriting recognition. The personalization feature, which is optional, is one of a number of Tablet PC enhancements disclosed this week as part of an updated test version of Vista.

Other new Tablet-specific features in this latest version of Vista include new "gestures" designed to make it easier to navigate through Web pages, send e-mail and manage other frequent tasks without having to switch to a keyboard.

Many of the changes are designed to make the software more predictable than prior versions, and ultimately expand sales of Tablet PC systems. "You get frustrated, and you are going to stop using it," said Ian LeGrow, a group program manager in the Tablet PC unit.

Check out the full article here.

Via Dennis the TabPCMan at Tablet PC Buzz.

UPDATE: CNET also has an article out on this today. Check it out here. As a side note, if you've ever had that sense of deja vu when reading multiple articles and wondered if a lot of them were regurgitated press release info, then take a look at these two articles.