DS Handwriting Recognition Soon

Soon, your Nintendo DS games and applications might recognize your handwriting with Zi Corporations interface.

Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Nintendo. Under the agreement, Nintendo DS developers can employ Zi's DecumaR handwriting recognition technology while creating software for the Nintendo DS handheld.

"As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user's experience with its products," said Milos Djokovic, chief technical officer and chief operating officer, Zi Corporation. "With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms and smartphones across the globe."

Using Zi's technology, the input of text may become easier and faster for the gamer. The software will convert your handwriting to the standard character set. For example, instead of using the touch-screen keyboard in PictoChat, the software will automatically convert your handwritten message.

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  now this might come in handy when playing online enabled games supporting text-chat.

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Hmm...

  J-Fox, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  "May become easier" and "might come in handy", yea...

  J-Fox, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  there's always people who can write messages at full speed using the touch-screen keyboard. Also, some characters you write may be interpreted incorrect (draw an I, get an L instead). Hence the 'might' and 'may'.

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Yes no little anoying monkey kids can play my ds when im not around.

  nin10d0fr34k, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Sweet. But i Doubt its gonna recognize my handwriteing. LOL. no1 does

  jedibmoney, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Sweet!! But my is writing is a lotta ups and downs and the occasional curve.

  unusual_rex, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Sounds good to me.

  sinceps1, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  This will be good, now it needs to be put to use in a fun way. Also hope they expend on it.

  walaluigi, 30-11--0001 at 00:00