Techniques for filtering handwriting recognition results

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receive a handwritten input from a user;
• perform a recognition operation on the handwritten input to produce an initial recognition result;
• perform a comparison of the initial recognition result with at least one explicit sample previously provided by the user using a Kullback-Leibler distance measure operation;
• and
• identify at least part of the initial recognition result as a possible incorrect recognition result if the comparison reveals that the at least part of the initial recognition result is not consistent with the at least one explicit sample.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a handwritten input from a user;
• performing a recognition operation on the handwritten input to produce an initial recognition result;
• using one or more processes to identify a possible incorrect recognition of at least part of the initial recognition result, the one or more processes comprising at least a self-consistency process configured to identify a possible incorrect recognition using a Kullback-Leibler distance measure operation;
• and
• modifying a user interface based on the possible incorrect recognition.