DigiMemo Handwriting Recognition Software
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Customer Review: Works Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this so I could have a handwritten copy of all my work. Really learns your handwritting. This has saved me soo many hours, it really was worth every penny!!!!Customer Review: Very Good
Summary: 5 Stars
The item is just want I need to get my job done fast. Thank you for getting it to me in a timely manner.Customer Review: Digimemo Handwriting conversion
Summary: 4 Stars
Reviews of this product can be found under the same product but listed by Amazon as merely "Digimemo Handwriting...."
I have been using the L2 and this software product for about two months now. Indeed, as the first reviewer put it, "don't expect perfection but do expect a high degree of accuracy." I can also find room for just a little sympathy for the 2nd reviewer that wrote not to waste time with this.
I gave a "demonstration" speech on this product to my local Toastmasters club. Before the speech, I had all in attendance (about 10) write on the L2 "Hello my name is...." followed by their name and anything else they wanted to say. Then, the first half of the speech was an intro to the technologies. For the second part, I attached the L2 to my laptop, asked the club to gather around me and I demonstrated how quickly and easily the upload and conversion took place. For everyone but one person, the recognition was over 90%. However, for one person, even though they had very nice hand writing, it recognized only about 20%. For that person, I definitely wouldn't recommend the device.
However, my own experience is that I am completely amazed by this device. As a corporate manager who is in back-to-back meetings and as a Christian taking notes at my religious functions, I am very pleased with the success of the item. Based on my recommendation, at least 4 personal acquaintances have said they will definitely buy one. What really sells them though, is trying it for themselves, which I'm always willing to let them do. My penmenship is far from wonderful, but not as bad as the jokes about medical doctors. It has really gotten bad since most of what I do is typed on a computer. However, my penmenship has improved some now that I am using the L2--now that I KNOW I can write without having to come back to my desk and transcribe everything into the word processer. (BTW, this software comes with an option to export the converted handwritten document to Microsoft Word as typed text. However, every physical line you write on the pad is converted to paragraph so that after the conversion, line-wrapping is ineffectual. You do have to manually remove the paragraph mark at the end of lines that are within the same paragraph.
I do wish the software had a feature where it would read scanned documents. I have hand written notes from before I bought this thing. I would love to convert them. From what I've found, this is the only product on the market that successfully converts actual cursive. The IRIS product, Readiris Pro 11, claims to be able to recognize hand PRINTING, but the details sound so limiting that I haven't even tried it. I use Readiris Pro 11 only for scanning typeset or laser printed documents.
Customer Review: Analyst, Writer, Speaker & more
Summary: 4 Stars
Digimemo Handwriting Recognition Software
I bought the DigiMemo L2 and have been using it about a week now. Just today I finally got the opportunity to trial the handwriting recognition. I found it very accurate, in spite of my "chicken scratch" cursive. When I semi-printed (mixed cursive and printing), it worked even better.
The software on the CD included with the DigiMemo is two-fold. First the software needed for communications upload to the PC and working as graphics tablet. Second, and this what I couldn't determine on Amazon's site, was that there is indeed handwriting recognition software included. However, it is only a 30-day trial version. My recommendation: First get the L2 and trial it to see if you like it. If so, come back to Amazon and buy the full-fledged version of the handwriting recognition (about $40).
Observations about handwriting and graphics drawing: I like to draw circles around my numbered items lists. The software was not very good in deciphering that. For the number 1 with a circle around it, it created a 4-character long alpha that was gobble-dee-gook. For my number 2 circled item, it created an "at" (@) sign. In reference to a server path, I wrote SRV05. It changed it to srvos. Other than those oddities, it was right on for every "real" (English) word I type. Exporting to Notepad, PDF, and Word was as simple as a single button click.
Regarding the hardware (L2): I wondered if it would capture very jagged low-definition copies of my handwriting. NOT. It is every much as high quality as my original handwritten notes.
If you don't want the leather briefcase sold separately, you'll need to shop for an oversized carrying case. To protect your investment and ensure you don't easily lose pens, I'd highly recommend it. The plastic casing of the "pad" is very cheap.
One note about OS: Before buying a read a review that a reader with Vista said it blue-screened his system (BSOD). That really worried me because I'm running Vista on an HP laptop with Intel Cenntrino. However, I am happy to report that the software loaded without any negative consequences.
Customer Review: Good recognition and easy to use
Summary: 4 Stars
Don't expect perfection but do expect a high quality conversion of hand-written text to usable professional correspondence and note-taking without too much correction required. I got 90-95% accurate recognition of block writing off-the-bat and 80-85% recognition of cursive writing. As with any conversion software it takes some practice to optimize one's writing to get higher accuracy but not much--I didn't find myself having to relearn how to write to get the software to function with good results. Software installs quickly and without complication. I don't have the best penmanship in the world but with some minor effort to control my scrawl I was able to get an end product that I was happy with...no matter what you use you're going to have to do some editing/correcting to "finish" the product but so long as you don't expect perfection out of the box you'll be happy for the price. Easily uploads to Word and email software.