METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RECOGNITION ACCURACY FOR THE HANDWRITTEN INPUT OF ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS AND GESTURES

摘要

A method for automatically selecting one of a plurality of recognition algorithms for a handwritten input of alphanumeric characters and/or gestures into a selected input field displayed on a screen using a touch-sensitive input apparatus comprises carrying out optical character recognition in a region of the screen which comprises at least the input field and the immediate environment of the input field, or carrying out voice recognition for a voice instruction acoustically output after the selected input field has been displayed. Terms describing field types are searched for in the result of the optical character recognition or the voice recognition, and a recognition algorithm which is adapted to a field type found in the result of the optical character recognition or the voice recognition is selected.