Interactive editing of electronic text

A system, comprising:

• a touch-sensitive display device;
• one or more processors;
• a memory storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure a computing device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, via the touch-sensitive display device, a new segment of electronic handwriting for display at a user designated position within or adjacent to existing electronic content displayed on the touch-sensitive display device;
• providing the received new segment to a handwriting recognition module to obtain a plurality of textual interpretations of the new segment;
• generating respective electronic handwriting representations for the plurality of textual interpretations obtained from the handwriting recognition module;
• scoring the plurality of textual interpretations obtained from the handwriting recognition module based on how each respective electronic handwriting representation would change the display of the existing electronic content when the respective electronic handwriting representation is displayed substantially at the user designated position within or adjacent to the existing electronic content;
• selecting, based on the scoring, an electronic handwriting representation corresponding to a respective textual interpretation of the plurality of textual interpretations;
• and
• modifying, for display on the touch-sensitive display device, the existing electronic content to include the selected electronic handwriting representation located substantially at the user designated position.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, configure the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, via a touch-sensitive display device, a new segment of electronic handwriting for display at a user designated position within or adjacent to existing electronic content displayed on the touch-sensitive display device;
• providing the received new segment to a handwriting recognition module to obtain a plurality of textual interpretations of the new segment;
• generating respective electronic handwriting representations for the plurality of textual interpretations obtained from the handwriting recognition module;
• scoring the plurality of textual interpretations obtained from the handwriting recognition module based on how each respective electronic handwriting representation would change the display of the existing electronic content when the respective electronic handwriting representation is displayed substantially at the user designated position within or adjacent to the existing electronic content;
• selecting, based on the scoring, an electronic handwriting representation corresponding to a respective textual interpretation of the plurality of textual interpretations;
• and
• modifying, for display on the touch-sensitive display device, the existing electronic content to include the selected electronic handwriting representation located substantially at the user designated position.