1. Building a Handwriting recognition application with WPF
Bijoy Singhal
Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India

2. AGENDA
Hardware Evolution & Platform Evolution
Understanding the concept of Ink
Understanding various approaches to Ink
Creating handwriting recognition app in WPF

3. Form Factors

5. Ink Analysis and Input Supplement for the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7

6. Various approaches to working with Ink
WPF: System.Windows.Controls - InkCanvas
Winforms: Microsoft.Ink - InkCollector; InkOverlay; InkPicture; InkEdit
COM: RealTimeStylus
InkOverlay/Collector are not designed for usage in WPF
Ink can be stored in System.Windows.Ink.Stroke objects (WPF strokes) or in Microsoft.Ink.Stroke objects ('Winforms' Strokes, as provided by InkOverlay/Collector)

7. Windows + WPF = Exciting Possibilities
Understanding Ink and handwriting recognition
Collecting the handwriting
Control that can read the Ink(InkCanvas)
Processing/Recognizing
Analyzer(IAWinFX.dll)
Displaying the recognized string
Control that can display the text (regular control e.g. TextBox)
The namespaces
Microsoft.Ink
System.Windows.Ink

8. DEMO: Creating a Handwriting recognizing app in WPF
Bijoy Singhal

9. THANK YOU