Engine support for parsing correction user interfaces

A computing device arranged to provide engine support for parsing correction user interfaces, the computing device comprising:

• a user application with a user interface for accepting ink entries and displaying parsing results to a user;
• a parsing platform configured to:
• parse data comprising at least one of text and drawings based on ink entries;
• label the parsed data with indicator symbols according to a predefined intuitive scheme for reducing a cognitive load on the user, the indicator symbols specifying at least one from a set of:
• a position, a grouping, a relationship, and a type of parsed data;
• provide the labeled parsed data to the user application for corrective actions, the corrective actions comprising employing an order of correction to support the correction of a most annoying error in the parsed data before the correction of other errors in the parsed data, regardless of a structure involving the most annoying error, to minimize a number of operations needed for the corrective actions;
• receive correction indicators from the user application in form of handwritten gestures;
• re-parse the labeled data based on a context of the received correction indicators with existing parsing results;
• and
• provide the corrected parsed data to the user application for presentation to the user.

A computer-readable storage device with instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a computing device, will cause the computing device to perform a method to provide engine support for parsing correction user interfaces, the method comprising:

• receiving data comprising text and drawings from a user application based on ink entries from a user;
• parsing the received data in a tree structure following an order of lines, writing regions, and words;
• if a high level node in the tree structure is pinned, preserving its grouping such that remaining branches of the tree structure are treated as sub-branches and each sub-branch is parsed independently;
• labeling parsed data with indicator symbols according to a predefined color and shape scheme specifying at least one from a set of:
• a position, a grouping, a relationship, and a type of parsed data;
• providing the labeled parsed data to the user application;
• receiving correction indicators comprising a set of gestures and a set of stroke-set hints from the user application;
• re-parsing the labeled data based on a context of the received correction indicators with existing parsing results;
• providing the corrected parsed data to the user application;
• and
• repeating the receiving the correction indicators, re-parsing the labeled data, and providing the corrected parsed data process until a stop indication is received from the user application.