Re: Another nit

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From: "Douglas Bateman" <starnet!apple!cc1.unt.edu!DBATEMAN>
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To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Date:          Fri, 12 Nov 1993 09:29:56 CST6CDT
Subject:       Re: Another nit
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> From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com>
> Subject: Another nit
> 
>      A small bother: when entering text in the little popup window widget,
> the font used for the text has identical glyphs for O and 0 (that's capital
> Oh and zero).  Since this is a very common HWR error, I almost always wind
> up with zeros when I want ohs, and vice versa.  The only way to detect the
> problem is to tap OK, look at the text in the other view (where the ohs are
> very round, and the zeros are tall and skinny) and then go back and fix things.
> Tedious, at best.
> 
>      Also, what is the HWR's fascination with "4".  It turns more things into
> a 4 than you can imagine.  Some tuning needs to be done here.  A good general
> rule: the number 4 rarely appears in the middle of a word.  T's and K's,
> in particular, turn into 4 with alarming regularity.
> 
> Chuck Musciano
> 
I have found that the manual's instructions to "form characters with 
the least number of strokes possible" and to "write characters 
vertically, with no slant" corrected most of my early problems. It 
appears that the smallest extraneous mark can be misinterpreted by 
the HWR in the Zoomer.

I've been amazed at how much these PDA's end up training their users. 
My wife uses a Newton and her handwriting has improved tremendously 
since she has been using it. :-) 


Doug Bateman