edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.handlers
Class HandwritingRecognizer

java.lang.Object
  edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.EventHandler
      edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.handlers.HandwritingRecognizer

public abstract class HandwritingRecognizer
extends EventHandler

Produces ASCII text from input samples. Listeners can be notified whenever we have enough text.

This software is distributed under the BSD License.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.EventHandler

parentRegions

Constructor Summary

HandwritingRecognizer()
Gets access to the HandwritingRecognitionService, which wraps the communication with the Handwriting Recognition Server.

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear the internal strokes storage.
abstract void	contentArrived()
void	handleEvent(PenEvent event) Capture Ink Strokes and notify listeners on every Pen Up.
java.lang.String	recognizeHandwriting()
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	recognizeHandwritingWithAlternatives()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.EventHandler

addParentRegion, getParentRegions, showMe

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HandwritingRecognizer

public HandwritingRecognizer()

Gets access to the HandwritingRecognitionService, which wraps the communication with the Handwriting Recognition Server.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Clear the internal strokes storage.

contentArrived

public abstract void contentArrived()

handleEvent

public void handleEvent(PenEvent event)

Capture Ink Strokes and notify listeners on every Pen Up.

Specified by:

handleEvent in class EventHandler

recognizeHandwriting

public java.lang.String recognizeHandwriting()

Returns:

the top-ranked ASCII translation for the ink strokes.

recognizeHandwritingWithAlternatives

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> recognizeHandwritingWithAlternatives()

Returns:

a list of the top ten recognized results (including the top one, at position 0)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Specified by:

toString in class EventHandler

Returns:

the Event Handler's Name

See Also:

edu.stanford.hci.r3.events.ContentFilter#toString()