System and method for note taking with gestures

A method for editing digital documents on computing devices, each computing device comprising a processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium for recognizing handwriting input under control of the processor, the method comprising:

• processing a handwriting input, wherein the handwriting input can represent handwriting content or an editing gesture for enacting control on previously processed handwriting content;
• displaying, on a display interface of a computing device, first digital ink in accordance with document content;
• determining whether one or more strokes of the handwriting input correspond to i) the handwriting content to be added to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content or ii) one or more editing gestures for enacting control on the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content by 1) determining characteristics of the handwriting input, 2) determining context of the handwriting input by evaluating a location of the one or more strokes of the handwriting input relative to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content, 3) comparing geometric features of the one or more strokes of the handwriting input with respect to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content, and 4) considering a language of the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content;
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• displaying, on the display interface, second digital ink in accordance with the handwriting input.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for recognizing input of editing handwriting to a computing device, the computing device comprising a processor and at least one system non-transitory computer readable medium for recognizing the input under control of the processor, the method comprising:

• processing a handwriting input, wherein the handwriting input can represent handwriting content or an editing gesture for enacting control on previously processed handwriting content;
• displaying, on a display interface of a computing device, first digital ink in accordance with document content;
• determining whether one or more strokes of the handwriting input correspond to i) the handwriting content to be added to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content or ii) one or more editing gestures for enacting control on the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content by 1) determining characteristics of the handwriting input, 2) determining context of the handwriting input by evaluating a location of the one or more strokes of the handwriting input relative to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content, 3) comparing geometric features of the one or more strokes of the handwriting input with respect to the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content, and 4) considering a language of the displayed text of the previously processed handwriting content;
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• displaying, on the display interface, second digital ink in accordance with the handwriting input.