From: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (David Schachter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
Subject: Reminder: Jan. 14 WPDO talk: "Cursive Recognition & PenPoint"
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 17:12:14 PST
Organization: Greenwire Consulting, Palo Alto, CA, USA

[This is a reminder notice; the full notice, with information on the World-
wide PenPoint Developers Organization, was posted late last week; email me
for info.  In addition to the agenda described below, we will be circulating
a questionnaire on developer needs for training and other seminars.
                                                            -- D. Schachter]


                     WPDO Silicon Valley Meeting Notice

                    7:00 PM, January 14, 1993, Thursday

                          Dr. Ronjon Nag (Lexicus)

                                     on

                      CURSIVE RECOGNITION FOR PENPOINT


Dr. Nag will outline the challenges facing handwriting recognition scientists.
The talk will present the state-of-the-art in handwriting technology and
projections for improvements in cursive handwriting.  Lexicus' cursive hand-
writing recognition technology "Longhand" will be demonstrated running under
the PenPoint environment.

Dr. Nag is co-founder and president of Lexicus.  He has a PhD. from Cambridge
University and an MBA from MIT.  He has been a visiting scholar at Stanford
University.

As a special offer to attendees, those completing an order for a beta copy
of Longhand on the day of the talk will get a $100 discount: $395 instead of
$495.

WPDO members: the videotape library will be at the meeting.  If you would like
to rent a videotape, do so at the meeting and save on shipping.

Videotapes of previous meetings will be available for sale at the meeting.

Refreshments will be served; servers will be refreshed.

              
WHERE:   GO Corporation
         919 East Hillsdale Blvd., 4th floor
         Foster City, CA    94404
         (directions below)


WHO SHOULD ATTEND:  
        PenPoint developers, novice or experienced, and those who wish to
        learn about the PenPoint OS.  Also, people wanting to learn about
        cursive handwriting recognition.


COST:   Free to WPDO members; $10 for non-members, to be applied to the cost
        of membership.  (One year personal membership is $95.)


DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING:

From Highway 101: Take the Hillsdale Blvd exit.  Go East on Hillsdale, toward
                  Foster City.  Turn left on Edgewater (the 3rd light, about
                  a mile from Highway 101), then take an immediate right into
                  the parking lot.  GO Corp. is on the top floor of the four
                  story building.

From East Bay:    Take the San Mateo bridge (Highway 92) West, across the
                  Bay.  Take Highway 101 South to Hillsdale Blvd. (the first
                  exit).  Follow the directions above for Highway 101.
                   
From Highway 280: Take Highway 92 East, then Highway 101 South to Hillsdale
                  Blvd. (the first exit).  Follow the directions above for
                  Highway 101.

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