Since returning from China another image has begun to recur alongside the Beijing water calligrapher.

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They include people like this calligrapher from South Beirut named Akmad Nasrallah(ph).

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To really see the 660LX in action, download Silicon Graphics' outstanding handwriting recognition software, CalliGrapher, and turn heads by handwriting memos, notes and E-mails.

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Once the words received the royal thumbs up, an anonymous and highly discreet calligrapher was finally allowed to inscribe the text in special ink onto the vellum.

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CalliGrapher from the ParaGraph PI unit of Silicon Graphics, our choice for Best of Breed, not only achieved 100% accuracy but it alone recognizes both print and cursive.

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Demo versions of both Jot and CalliGrapher are available online.

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The recognition isn't quite as good as CalliGrapher, but running CalliGrapher means using a Windows CE machine, an operating system that is far too complex for a mere electronic organizer.

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Calligrapher Carrie Shuping, who specializes in wedding invitations, gets many requests from brides these days for a guest's name to be written in cursive or italics but the address in block print.

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And, even better, CalliGrapher is fast.

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