Glossary

• deferred recognition  

  The process of recognizing an ink phrase that was drawn by the user at an earlier time.



• event coalescing  

  See mouse event coalescing.



• gesture  

  A handwritten mark that is recognized as having a special meaning, such as, Select All, Cut, and Copy.



• Ink  

  Raw data that represents the input drawn by the user with the stylus.



• Ink pad  

  The part of the Ink window that provides a simple note pad interface where handwritten input is converted into editable text.



• Ink phrase  

  The grouping of ink data created by the recognition system, based on the timing and spacing of the user's handwriting. In Roman languages, an ink phrase is typically a short string of characters with no spaces between them such as an individual character, several characters, a word, or, an entire URL. For most situations an Ink phrase is equivalent to a word.



• Ink server  

  The component of Ink technology that manages the recognizer, the language model, and the Ink window.



• Ink text  

  Words written in electronic ink.



• Ink input method  

  A low-level task which takes the user input and then draws the appropriate data on the screen. In effect, converting physical pen strokes into electronic Ink.



• Ink text object  

  An opaque object that contains information about an Ink phrase.



• Ink toolbar  

  The toolbar that appears at the top of the Ink window.



• Ink window  

  Comprised of the Ink toolbar and the Ink pad, allows the user to control various aspects of Ink and to enter Ink input.



• Ink writing guides  

  The lines (alternating solid and broken) that appear when a user is writing directly into an application.



• instant mousing area  

  An area in which stylus input is interpreted as mouse input; the system “instantly” interprets the stylus as a mouse in these special places and ink is not generated.



• mouse event coalescing  

  A process that merges mouseMoved and mouseDragged events by checking to see if one of these events exists in the event queue, and if it does, updating the queue with the position and delta information from the more recently-generated event.



• pen  

  See stylus.



• pen event  

  A mouse event that contains tablet data.



• phrase termination  

  Defines when Ink input should be processed by the recognizer.



• recognized text  

  Ink words processed by the recognition system.



• recognizer  

  The algorithmic component of Ink Services that identifies written text and gestures.



• searchable Ink  

  Ink that remains visible to the user as ink, but for which recognition has taken place.



• stroke  

  An array of points that define the path of the stylus, starting with a stylus-down event and ending when the stylus is lifted.



• stylus  

  The hand held instrument used to enter data into the computer. Also referred to as a pen.



• targeted gesture  

  A gesture that has a defined hot spot that an application can use to determine the area to which the gesture should apply.



• tentative gesture  

  Ink that the system treats tentatively as a gesture until your application either confirms the Ink is indeed a gesture or informs the system the Ink is not a gesture. The Join gesture is the only tentative gesture.



• termination mode  

  The conditions that define the end of an Ink phrase.



• untargeted gesture  

  A gesture that does not have a defined hot spot. An application should apply the gesture to the current selection or insertion point.