Quote: Originally Posted by
kelmk 
Does anyone know if tablet edition will accept a standard touch screen as a pen input device for handwriting recognition? I have a copy and am contemplating installing it. I have used the handwriting recognition in vista with a wacom and it's awesome.
Vista handwriting recognition is much improved in Vista over XP.
I have been using tablet PCs for 3 to 4 years now with XP and Vista.
Anyways, yes it will work. A touchscreen is just a left click, and when you press with the stylus it is essentially a left click. Just like in MS Paint you can draw with a regular mouse if you wanted too.
Only thing you cant do is hovering. So the input bar that docks itself in Vista, you hover over it and it sticks out a bit, click it and it flies out. No hover means no sticking out a bit, you would have to double click it. Little things like that.
But I dont think you will get any use in the car because handwriting is not like on a Palm device where you can just write across the screen. Vista and XP require you to write in the little area.