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Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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When I saw this my first thought was: We need something like that for Math / technical drawing. I can understand that music is a good first application of this technology, but entering mathematical and engineering-related content through such an interface could be a huge deal as well.

Something like this?

http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

#12
Just wondering - wouldn't it be easier, not only for music notation but also for math and other scientific notation, if there was an on-screen keyboard custom-built for this very purpose with the required symbols and movement keys? After all, why require a stylus and why sketch the characters when you can just as easily type (actually, typing may turn out to be a much faster input method). Is there a real benefit to sketching or is it something else.

Why wasn't handwriting recognition a big success?

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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So, the MyScript team (behind the Stylus beta handwriting tool on Android) released the MyScript calculator[1] a while back that lets you start doing (albeit relatively basic) math with the stylus on a touchpad. (I use it on my Samsung Note Pro.) It has a similar feel / intent to this thing, but somewhat less sophisticated (mind, it's evidently a proof of concept demo more than anything else).

The StaffPad app was reviewed at least 5 months ago [2] and truly does look very impressive, even if it's of particular interest for a relatively small demographic. I noted there was no mention in the SP4 announcement of the USB / sound device latency for the SP4 with W10 - so it's either so good we don't need to mention it, or a bit uncomfortable so best not to mention it.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionobje... [2] http://www.sibeliusblog.com/news/staffpad-is-a-music-handwri...

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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I would love to see a programming/math prototyping environment based on this idea. Transforming data by sketching. Quickly writing down a formula and pulling data through it with an arrow. Putting filters on the arrow. Like Wolfram Mathematica on steroids.

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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post #10

When I saw this my first thought was: We need something like that for Math / technical drawing. I can understand that music is a good first application of this technology, but entering mathematical and engineering-related content through such an interface could be a huge deal as well.

I think math would require more error correction than music. Musical notation is pretty easy to get right, whereas math has a much larger symbol lexicon. Edit: Why the hell was this downmodded?

Not if you restrict the input to LaTeX notation.

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think math would require more error correction than music. Musical notation is pretty easy to get right, whereas math has a much larger symbol lexicon. Edit: Why the hell was this downmodded?

Not if you restrict the input to LaTeX notation.

I have no idea what you mean.

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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post #12

Just wondering - wouldn't it be easier, not only for music notation but also for math and other scientific notation, if there was an on-screen keyboard custom-built for this very purpose with the required symbols and movement keys? After all, why require a stylus and why sketch the characters when you can just as easily type (actually, typing may turn out to be a much faster input method). Is there a real benefit to…

Speaking from a music composition point of view, the ability to simply write a note on "paper" is huge. There's a big difference between sitting at a piano with a tablet that you write on and a laptop with a keyboard and mouse. Even with a custom "music keyboard" getting the nuance of written music through digital input is slow, difficult and frustrating. For years we've been able to hook a keyboard into composition software, but writing in dynamics and other notation meant clicking through menus and sub-menus in crowded, tedious interfaces.

The ability to write as you think/feel it and have the computer handle digitization is a big step, and hopefully allows composers to just write, without working around their software's limitations.

Re: Staffpad: a new class of notation app

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post #12

Just wondering - wouldn't it be easier, not only for music notation but also for math and other scientific notation, if there was an on-screen keyboard custom-built for this very purpose with the required symbols and movement keys? After all, why require a stylus and why sketch the characters when you can just as easily type (actually, typing may turn out to be a much faster input method). Is there a real benefit to…

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