delayed recognition

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From: starnet!apple!hal.com!brennan (Dave Brennan)
Message-id: <9310212213.AA03757@austin2.hal.com>
Subject: delayed recognition
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 17:13:05 CDT
In-reply-to: <9310211907.AA26595@trantor.harris-atd.com>; from "Chuck Musciano" at Oct 21, 93 2:04 pm
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Austin, TX, 512-794-2855
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> > Using the sketch tools, you'd define an area using the
> > selection rectangle and then switch to text mode.  It would then recognize
> > that area, and place the text in the text layer of the page 
> 
> I think this is exactly how it should work.  Select a region and recognize.

For this to work the machine would have to store the full digital ink
information (ie: not just the bitmap) of stuff that you might want to
translate later.  Since you definitely wouldn't want to waste memory
for stuff that you never plan to translate at a later time a more explicit
method would be necessary to do delayed translation.  This could be as
simple as another capture mode.  You'd end up with three modes: bitmap,
immediate translation, and delayed translation.  

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Dave Brennan                                      HaL Computer Systems
brennan@hal.com                                   Austin, TX, USA