Cocoa® Programming

Handwriting Recognition

Cocoa applications automatically benefit from the handwriting input and recognition features named Ink that Apple provides with Jaguar. When used with an input tablet, Ink enables input of text via a stylus. Users accustomed to using a tablet can use Ink to avoid switching to the keyboard. Advanced handwriting recognition software automatically converts handwritten input into text.

In all versions of Mac OS X, Cocoa text input objects use a plug-in architecture called Input Managers to obtain input from a variety of sources. Input Managers are described in the “Input Managers” section of Chapter 10, “Views and Controls.” The Ink technology is exposed to Cocoa programmers as another Input Manager. As a result, handwriting ...