Handwriting Recognition

What?

Writing on the board and letting ActivInspire turn your freehand annotations into text. As well as recognizing handwriting and shapes within ActivInspire, the Handwriting Recognition Tool can also recognise handwriting in other applications, for example Microsoft Word®.

Where?

  • Tools > Handwriting Recognition

  • Dual Toolbox

Shortcut?

CTRL+Shift+H (WindowsTM & LinuxTM)

Cmd+Shift+H (Mac®)

How?

  • Use Handwriting Recognition while your write:

    Take your time to write slowly and clearly. If ActivInspire interprets your writing correctly, carry on writing, otherwise select the correct spelling from the drop-down list.

  • Use it at a later time:

    With the Select Tool, select the annotations to be turned into text, then select
    Convert to Text from the Object Edit Menu.

What can I customise?

In the Main Toolbox:

Pen width

Default = Fine line

Change the Pen width with the slider, or select a preset width, to create thicker lines.

Colour

Default = Black

Change the colour by selecting another one from the Colour Palette.

In the User Input section of Settings:

Recognition Timeout

Default = 5

Time interval in seconds before ActivInspire starts to turn your handwriting into text.

Move the slider to change the timeout to between 0 and 5 seconds.

Handwriting recognition language

Default = Language used by your computer's operating system

The language in which you are writing your annotations. Select from the following languages:

Danish, German, Greek, English (Canada), English (United States), Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Finnish, French, French (Canada), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Chinese (PRC), Chinese (Taiwan).

Where can I customise it?

  • Main Toolbox

  • Settings > User Input

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