Introduction to Using Ink Services in Your Application

Explains how Ink Services works and how to customize handwriting recognition.

Who Should Read This Document

Any developer whose application receives text input should read this document to find out how the Ink Services API can benefit an application. The document is of most benefit to developers who have specific needs related to Ink input. Some specialized needs include the following situations:

You want to implement a handwriting recognition solution for an input device. For example, you are a hardware vendor who wants to supply end-user software for your tablet or other piece of hardware.

You need to provide a customized solution for recognizing the end of a phrase or word. For example, you want all input in a given window to be treated as a single phrase.

You are writing a text editor and want to provide support for direct manipulation of text with Ink gestures.

You want to implement a correction model. For example, you want to provide users with a list of alternate interpretations for a word.

Organization of This Document

The remainder of this document is organized into the following chapters:

Ink Services Concepts , describes the Ink user interface, provides an overview of how Ink works in Mac OS X, and introduces the key concepts you need to understand the Ink Services API.

Ink Services Tasks , provides information on how to accomplish the most common programming tasks using the Ink Services API.

Glossary , defines Ink terminology.

The ideal way to proceed through the document depends on your programming experience and the tasks you want Ink Services to perform. Because the Ink Services API is new to Mac OS X, all developers should first read Ink Services Concepts . If you need more than the automatic support provided by Ink Services, you should read the how-to sections in Ink Services Tasks that seem most appropriate to your application.

Introduction to Using Ink Services in Your Application

Who Should Read This Document

Organization of This Document

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