handwriting recognition requires which version of office XP

[EricScribbler]

I am interested in being able to use a graphics pad for handwriting
recognition and conversion to produce digital text documents. My present
set-up cannot support this and I need to update with software which will. I
have some software which came with the graphics pad -
Freenotes/OfficeInk/Pensoft which I just cannot get to work - I can input
handwriting but I cannot get it recognised or converted to typed text.
Obviously I do not want to get more software which cannot do the job I want
doing. As the Microsoft website indicates that Office XP supports
handwriting conversion, I need to know exactly which version of Office to
install.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278927 "Description of the
speech recognition and handwriting recognition methods in Word
2002" and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283160 "Frequently
asked questions about the handwriting recognition feature of Word
2003 and Word 2002".