NANTES, France, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vision Objects™, the worldwide leader in accurate handwriting recognition technology, today announced a new solution for handwriting recognition on the Apple® iOS® platform, including a powerful cloud-based recognition engine. MyScript™ Memo is an ideal tool to write memos and liven them up with drawings, diagrams and pictures that users can easily move or rescale. The cloud-based approach to handwriting recognition represents a major new direction for the company and provides a great benefit for connected devices on 3G or WiFi.

This free, next-generation software enables MyScript Memo users to harness the power of the cloud to convert their notes into digital text, which can then be exported to Evernote®, Facebook®, Twitter®, email or SMS, as well as copy/paste to any text application. In addition, MyScript Memo allows you to create notes incorporating freehand drawings, pictures and handwritten annotations.

Optimized for ease of input and maximum recognition, MyScript Memo combines the latest technology from Vision Objects with a cloud-based platform to enable unmatched handwriting recognition. The first-generation of MyScript Memo has already been adopted by more than 300,000 users worldwide, who recognized the immediate value of a note-taking solution that enabled quick and accurate input.

The number of languages supported for handwriting recognition now reaches 31

MyScript Memo offers outstanding handwriting recognition in 31 languages, including: English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese kana (and kanji) to address the international market and multi-lingual users.

Further details may be found at www.visionobjects.com and the app may be downloaded directly from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myscript-memo/id446368116?mt=8

About Vision Objects
Vision Objects™ is the acknowledged market leader in accurate, high-performance handwriting recognition and digital ink management technology. Vision Objects MyScript™ provides optimum and sustainable results with any digital writing device – it combines digital ink management with easy searching of handwritten text, as well as the accurate recognition of complex mathematical equations and geometric shapes. Vision Objects solutions are available on all leading desktop and mobile operating systems: Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS, Linux®, iOS® and Android®. Support for more than 30 languages – including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hebrew – enables Vision Objects to support worldwide customers from its headquarters in Nantes, France and offices in Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Lund.

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