Parascript?s technology to recognize handwriting winning over big customers

NIWOT — Chances are when you write a check, address a package, or fill in a business reply card, Parascript helps a computer make sense of your handwriting.

Parascript LLC’s Total Recognition technology converts paper-based information into computer-useable data. While there are other software engines that can recognize machine print or handprint, Parascript is the only document management player with technology that understands cursive, the script you typically use when writing pen on paper.

Parascript was founded in 1996 as a spin-off of ParaGraph International, which had developed the handwriting recognition features of the Apple Newton. ParaGraph was a joint venture between…