Transcript: Chat - Tablet PC: What would you like to see in the future versions?
Published: June 13, 2003
Please note: Portions of this transcript have been edited for clarity
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): Before we begin, lets meet our hosts for today's chat.
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): I'm Rob Jarrett, a developer on the Tablet PC team.
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Hi, Lisa Osse. I'm a technical writer on the Tablet PC team.
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Howdy All - I am Mason a Test Engineer for the Tablet PC Sustained Engineering team.
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): I'm Bethany Borla, a member of the Tablet PC Product Marketing team.
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): And Victoria will be rejoining us momentarily.
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): Just a reminder, we won't be able to commit to any changes for future versions, but we are extremely interested in hearing your ideas and requests!
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): So, lets get on with the show. Start sending in your comments and questions!
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: In Journal, when converting to text, it is a bit hard to correct questioned text because the are small and close together, are there plans to perhaps make the editing a bit easier to use (especially with calibration being a bit off etc..)?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: Thanks for the suggestion. We are looking into ways to improve the correction experience.
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): TPC : Has anyone got expert knowledge in troubleshooting TPC?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: What particularly are you looking for?
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): Q: People are having trouble doing clean instals of the OS because many of the USB cd & DVD are not bootable, is this something that is being adressed?
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): A: We are aware of this challenge and have addressed it with the manufacturers.
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: Also for Journal, are there plans for having a toolbar perhaps floating for options such as 'convert text to ......' instead of needing to go to tools, maybe a customizable floating toolbar?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: Why a floating toolbar for options?
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): Q: How about what was suggested on The newsgroup a couple of days ago , A way to log on with a signature or doodle , instead of the on screen keyboard ?
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): A: We're looking into this, it's an interesting problem. In particular, it's tough to be as secure as a password yet be reliably accurate.
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): Q: Are there plans for gestures built into the OS, perhaps gestures that we can draw and link to programs/commands?
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: We are looking into increasing the gesture functionality. Is there anything you'd like to launch specifically? (E-mail, browser, etc.)
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Q: ChrisH - Q: Uninstall/reinstall option for Windows Journal. We're having a time with that, since it isn't among the options in Add/Remove Programs. A: Unfortunately the only way to repair the Journal currently is the system recovery provided by the
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: smoussa[DELL] : Q: Lisa_Osse_MS: More easy to access commands, it can be right there with your commonly used tools
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: Interesting. So you'd prefer that to toolbars and menu commands?
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Q: ChrisH - Q: PeterF : Are there going to be language tools available to build your own language recognition? A: We are getting alot of requests for this and are currently investigating toolsets
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): As a reminder, this chat is 'Tablet PC: What would you like to see in the future versions?' and is scheduled to last approximately 30 more minutes.
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): Q: is the .jnt format available? I'd like to look at background conversion programming...
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): A: The Journal file format isn't documented, sorry. We're looking into ways to allow developers to access Journal data.
Special Guest RobJ (Microsoft): TomG: Great suggestions, thanks!
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): ProtoFrag : lookin forward to takin some engineering notes on my tablet A: see www.xThink.com - great math support
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): Q: Plans of having a number pad in the Input Panal, or the option to pull up JUST the number pad?
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: Great idea! What situations would you use a number pad for?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: Kilmerr : Handwriting Reco training in the cards for Lonestar?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: In the future, we are looking into a variety of ways to improve handwriting recognition.
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Q: meek : i need advice about connecting analog camcorder (or VCR) A: Any camcorder with USB connection will do
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): As a reminder, this chat is 'Tablet PC: What would you like to see in the future versions?' and is scheduled to last approximately 20 more minutes.
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): Q: werejag : will the hardware oem make smarter docking station so u can acess multimedia or other thinks from anywheres?
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): A: We understand many of the OEMs are working to improve the available docking stations and port replicator solutions that are currently available.
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Guest_ChrisH_MVP says: Q: What work is being done so programs (and games) can run in Portrait as well as Landscape modes? A: This is an important issue we are working on
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: Stupy : I'm not sure if this has been asked or resolved yet - does the current version of Tablet XP have recognition for non-english languages (i.e. Asian)
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: Tablet PC is available in Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional). Keep in mind that you have to buy that particularly version. Each of these versions also comes with the English recognizer installed.
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Guest_Spencer_Barnes says: Q: Will the next tpc os eliminate the keyboard more fully, including for setup and installation?
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): A: Indeed, we will be reducing reliance on the keyboard more
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Q: nw|creamhackered : That's not what I saw @ WinHEC
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: There was an error in a slide shown on the screen during Will's keynote that implied that Tablet v2 would ship in 2003. This was an error and is not correct. Tablet will be releasing the Multi User Language and Recognizer Pack (MUI) in July of 2003 f
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): Q: werejag : bethanyb_ms thanks but why was tablet pcs so sort sighted in the docking stations
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): A: The OEMs realize docking solutions are a big area of opportunity. As the form factor improves, we expect to see improvements in this area.
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: continued...implied that Tablet v2 would ship in 2003. This was an error and is not correct. Tablet will be releasing the Multi User Language and Recognizer Pack (MUI) in July of 2003 for the Tablet PC operating system, which enables broader multi-li
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: continued...lingual corporate deployments, and also includes a Spanish language handwriting recognition engine. We will not be releasing version 2 in 2003, and it is too early to comment on future releases beyond the MUI at this time.
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): This chat is scheduled to last about 10 more minutes. Get your last minute questions in now!
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): Q: denverleigh : I'm looking for business people in the construction industry that are currently using Tablet PCs - know of anyone?!
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): A: Black & Veatch is in the construction space and is currently piloting Tablets. See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/casestudies/default.asp
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Q: Will the next version of Tablet Edition be avaliable to existing Tablet owners who want to upgrade or just to OEM? A: Indeed it will be available for current users
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Karim : Q: can i get a commission for all the times i have had to demo my tpc?
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): A: LOL! The plight of the Tablet owner!
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): Ytterbium : What the best feature in Tablet OS V2? (if you can tell us anything)
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: We're working on a lot of great features. Is there something specific you'd like?
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): eddwo : Q: can the tip be attached to all textboxes automatically?, with a common controls update?
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): Q: resses53 : what can I do to make my windows media player play movies avi A: try double clicking the avi
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: Not currently, but we're investigating ways to further integrate the input panel into apps.
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): werejag : Q:will there be a hybroide of mce and tablet pc???
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: Media Center and Tablet PC are currently aimed at very different target markets.
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): That's about all the time we have left for today's chat. Lets give our hosts our thanks and we'd like to thank you for your questions.
Special Guest Lisa Osse (Microsoft): Signing off--Thanks for all the great suggestions! We appreciate your input.
Special Guest Mason (Microsoft): thank you, as well
Special Guest BetahnyB (Microsoft): Thank you for all of the great suggestions!
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): werejag : VictoriaHamilton-MS how so aimed at diffent makets?
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): As always, you're free to keep on hanging out here in the ExpertZone and continue chatting about the Tablet PC OS and any other Windows XP related topics.
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): Or any computing topics at all, really
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): A: Media Center is for the home, Tablet PC is for the knowledge worker.
Special Guest VictoriaHamilton (Microsoft): Have to go - thanks everyone!
Moderator John_E (Microsoft): Or as Jana would say "This chat room is open 24hrs a day
