From: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (David Schachter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
Subject: WPDO Meeting Jan. 14: Ronjon Nag on "Cursive Recognition for PenPoin
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 17:26:08 PST
Organization: Greenwire Consulting, Palo Alto, CA, USA

                     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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                 Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization

PURPOSE:

The WPDO exists to serve the needs of PenPoint developers.  The WPDO holds
monthly meetings where developers and GO representatives make technical
presentations and answer YOUR questions.  Other WPDO services include news-
letters, videotapes, a BBS, training classes, and distribution of tools for
developers and sample programs.  The WPDO is an independent, non-profit
organization, not a division of GO Corporation.


FUTURE MEETINGS:

Monthly meetings are on the second Thursday of each month.  The next meetings
will be on February 11 and March 11 and will feature GO employees on features
of PenPoint 2.0.


PAST MEETINGS:

WPDO meetings are videotaped for the differently-geographed.  Contact us for
information on videotape purchase and rental.


FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT (preferably by email):
 
           David Schachter

           email:        david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us
           voice & fax:  +1 415 328 7425 (after 10 am, please!)
           postal:       801 Middlefield Road, #8
                         Palo Alto, CA  94301-2916
                         USA

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David Schachter                                 david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us
801 Middlefield Road, #8                             ...!decwrl!llustig!david
Palo Alto, CA  94301-2916 USA       After 10 am, voice & fax: +1 415 328 7425
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