11.   Despite the disclaimers, the Crosspad is clearly, along with PDAs, the latest in a series of steps to restore respectability to handwriting recognition.

12.   For handwriting recognition, it uses Jot from Communication Intelligence Corp.

13.   In particular, handwriting recognition software in the first Apple Newtons and some other devices was nearly useless, and it cast a pall on the whole sector.

14.   Like the PalmPilot, Palm PCs will have handwriting recognition and touch screens.

15.   Neither device, Gates recently told an audience of industry executives, will depend too much on handwriting recognition.

16.   Other PDA developers are similarly de-emphasizing the role of handwriting recognition, at least for now.

17.   Palm Pilots and similar PDAs also offer handwriting recognition, but users must write in special script with a stylus on small liquid-crystal-display screens.

18.   Software for handwriting recognition uses vast digital libraries of writing samples.

19.   The data are stored, and the handwriting recognition begins.

20.   The handwriting recognition is superb.