Learning to write words may strengthen orthographic representations and thus support word-specific recognition processes. This hypothesis applies especially to Chinese because its writing system encourages character-specific recognition that depends on accurate representation of orthographic form. We report 2 studies that test this hypothesis in…

A study of the use of Pitman's shorthand as a means of handwritten data entry into computers concludes that it exhibits many features of a machinography or machine compatible script, and can compete with the QWERTY keyboard for speed in text entry. (EA)

Explains the value of neurocomputing as a unique and effective new technological concept for information processing and optical character recognition. Comparisons are made to digital computing and examples of applications such as recognizing handprinted characters are addressed. Products available from various companies are described. (Contains…