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title: "Blogging by hand"
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In which I start thinking about a workflow for blogging with pen and paper.
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slug: blogging-by-hand
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date: 2021-01-22T16:16:00+00:00
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type: post
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tags:
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- Meta
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- Machine learning
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- Writing
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I wrote the following text on my tablet with a stylus, which was an
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interesting experience:
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> So, thinking about ways to make writing fun again, what if I were to
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> write some of them by hand? I mean I have a tablet with a pretty nice
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> stylus, so maybe handwriting recognition could work. One major
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> problem, of course, is that my handwriting is AWFUL! I guess I'll just
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> have to see whether the OCR is good enough to cope…
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> It's something I've been thinking about recently anyway: I enjoy
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> writing with a proper fountain pen, so is there a way that I can have
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> a smooth workflow to digitise handwritten text without just typing it
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> back in by hand? That would probably be preferable to this, which
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> actually seems to work quite well but does lead to my hand tensing up
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> to properly control the stylus on the almost-frictionless glass
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> screen.
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I'm surprised how well it worked! Here's a sample of the original text:
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![](/images/posts/2021-01-handwriting-sample.jpg)
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And here's the result of converting that to text with the built-in
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handwriting recognition in Samsung Notes:
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> Writing blog posts by hand
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> So, thinking about ways to make writing fun again, what if I were to write some of chum by hand? I mean, I have a toldest winds a pretty nice stylus, so maybe handwriting recognition could work.
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> One major problems, ofcourse, is that my , is AWFUL! Iguess
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> I'll just have to see whattime the Ocu is good enough to cope...
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> It's something I've hun tthinking about recently anyway: I enjoy wilting with a proper fountain pion, soischeme a way that I can have a smooch workflow to digitise handwritten text without just typing it back in by hand?
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> That wouldprobally be preferableto this, which actually scams to work quito wall but doers load to my hand tensing up to properly couldthe stylus once almost-frictionlessg lass scream.
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It's pretty good! It did require a fair bit of editing though, and I
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reckon we can do better with a model that's properly trained on a large
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enough sample of my own handwriting.
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