New software to recognize Sinhala hand writing characters on PDAs and PCs

Hathoon Sheriffdeen

IT SECTOR: Four students from the Moratuwa University have developed software to recognise hand writing characters in Sinhala language named Panhinda on PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) and Tablet PCs.

It is developed specifically for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform and compatible with entire Sinhala alphabet. The system implementation principally concentrated on optimal memory and processing utilisation as well as storage optimisation due to the inherent low processing power and memory constraints on mobile devices.

It demonstrates a recognition accuracy of 90% and resembles another milestone in localise computing, Harshana Ranmuthugala one of the students on building this application system said.

This application system will reduce the paper work and make organisations more customised and efficient. People oriented activities such as banking customer care centres, E-Government activities, mass media journalism, and any data input and collecting segment connected to laymen will benefit from this software, Harshana said.

The students who developed this software are Charith Jayasundara, Nishan Pathiragoda, Harshana Ranmuthugala and Kasun Karunaratne.