via Startup gets Kindle Touch to understand handwriting Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz is giving Amazon's Kindle Touch a capability that even Amazon didn't envision — letting users
input numbers and letters by writing them naturally with a finger on the screen, rather than tapping at the e-reader's tiny on - screen keyboard.
There's no touch - screen in here (aside from a small panel to
input numbers and letters) and no blank panels that rely on haptic feedback bumps to register that your command has been received.
Not exact matches
You can also use your finger to trace
letters and numbers on the pad to
input a navigation destination.
Inputting an address requires twisting the console - mounted knob to find
and select each
number and letter.
To
input an address, you have to use the knob to select each
letter and number, or use the voice command system.
By utilizing predictive stroke recognition, the system can interpret the user's intended
letter /
number and will confirm the
input with an audible response, making it even easier to keep your eyes on the road.
It can recognize handwritten
letters and numbers as well as gesture
inputs.
Drivers can trace with a fingertip on the touch pad to
input letters and numbers, as when entering search terms
and street addresses.
The user terminal has a turn / push control designed as a «touchwheel» with MMI touch — the touchwheel's top surface is a touch - sensitive pad for
inputting letters, symbols
and numbers.
Drivers can
input letters and numbers by finger motion as they can in larger Audi models.
Its touch - sensitive surface lets drivers
input letters and numbers by finger on top of the touchwheel.
Beyond Good
and Evil sidestepped all of this by implementing what's commonly accepted as the best console text
input scheme ever: An infinite ribbon with
letters and numbers arranged on it in order.
As you'll see in the video below, I type in a few
letters to start the script,
inputting a quick description of the account
number and payee nickname,
and the script runs through a cycle of saving a new payee.