Recognition: Advanced Topics

Using Advanced Topics in Recognition

Compatibility Information

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The

ReadDomainOptions

function is obsolete. It has been replaced by the

ReadCursiveOptions

function.

The

AddToUserDictionary

function is obsolete. It has been replaced by the

AddWord

method of the review dictionary.

Two new dictionary constants,

kMoneyOnlyDictionary

and

kNumbersOnlyDictionary

, provide access to new lexical dictionaries used for

recognizing monetary and numeric values, respectively.

Most lexical dictionaries are no longer locale-specific--aside from a few exceptions,
each lexical dictionary is used for all locales. For detailed information, see
"System-Supplied Dictionaries" (page 8-16) in Newton Programmer's Reference.

All of the dictionary information provided by previous versions of system software
is still present in version 2.0; however, certain dictionary constants now provide a
superset of the information they previously referenced, as follows:

The

kLastNamesDictionary

is obsolete. This information is now included

in the

kSharedPropersDictionary

dictionary.

The

kLocalCompaniesDictionary

constant is obsolete.This information is

now included in the

kSharedPropersDictionary

dictionary.

The

kLocalStatesAbbrevsDictionary

constant is obsolete.This

information is now included in the

kSharedPropersDictionary

dictionary.

The

kDateLexDictionary

constant is obsolete. It has been replaced by the

kLocalDateDictionary

constant.

The

kTimeLexDictionary

constant is obsolete. It has been replaced by the

kLocalTimeDictionary

constant.

The

kMoneyLexDictionary

constant is obsolete. This information is now

included in the

kLocalNumberDictionary

dictionary.

The

kNumberLexDictionary

constant is obsolete. This information is now

included in the

kLocalNumberDictionary

dictionary.

Using Advanced Topics in Recognition

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This section describes how to provide advanced recognition behaviors. It presumes
understanding of conceptual material provided in this and other chapters. Topics
discussed here include

using

recConfig

frames to specify recognition behavior

changing the recognition behavior of views dynamically