Someday Your Tablet Will Fix Your Messy Handwriting

Got messy handwriting? Someday your tablet could fix that problem automatically. Watch the video embedded above to see a new tool in action.

Microsoft researcher C. Lawrence Zitnick recently published a paper about a new “Handwriting Beautification” technique where a tablet can actually correct your handwriting–replacing a sloppy letter with the most beautiful iteration of that same letter in your handwriting. Here’s more about the project:

Recently, there has been an increase in interest in the tablet form factor for computers, which was lead by an associated interest in alternative methods for user interaction beyond a keyboard and mouse.