Tablet PC
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A Tablet PC is a computer whose size and shape is generally similar to a tablet of paper (usually a little thicker)... thus, the name. The other critical aspect to being a Tablet PC is that you can write on the surface of the screen with a digital pen as an input device. The size, weight, and input mode means that the resulting computer is very portable, flexible in how it functions, and incorporates a new paradigm of how we interact with our computers.
Useful applications
Note taking and handwriting recognition
- Xournal - note taker with PDF annotation support
- Jarnal - note-taking program with PDF annotation support
- Gournal - note-taking program
- Cellwriter - very good handwriting recognition plus onscreen KB!
Onscren keyboards
- GOK: Gnome Onscreen Keyboard
- onBoard - scalable virtual keyboard
- xvkbd
- Florence - another virtual keyboard for Gnome
- Klavier - another virtual keyboard for KDE
Gesture recognition
- Easystroke - high quality gesture recognition, user-friendly UI to define new ones
- KHotkeys - built-in KDE gesture recognition; no easily usable UI to define new gestures
- Freehand Gestures - gesture recognition for KDE
- Onestroke
- wayV
- Dasher - gesture-driven text-entry interface
Other
- Tabatha - pop-up menu
- Gnome Graphic Tablet Apps - Gnome GUI for setting up pressure sensitivity
- Grandr Applet Screen rotation applet for Gnome
- Matchbox - a window environment for non-desktop embedded platforms
- FFES - Freehand Formula Entry System
- Denim - pen-based web-design framework
- Synergy - share mouse/keyboard/clipboard between computers/OSes
- Gogh - Bitmap editor with tablet support written in python