Nintendo DS to get handwriting abilities

Nintendo DS to get handwriting abilities

Video gaming giant Nintendo is due to add handwriting capabilities to their popular Nintendo DS gaming device. They have just collaborated with Zi Corporation and would be adding the Decuma handwriting technology to the platform. Handwriting ability would just add on to the massive feature set Nintendo DS already offer its users.

With this new development, the game developers for Nintendo DS can now integrate handwriting recognition into their games. And this will not just apply to the languages like English but others as well considering the Decuma system support not only the Roman alphabet but also traditional and simplified Chinese, and the Japanese hiragana, katakana, and kanji alphabets.

No new products are currently out which can make use of this technology. However, it becomes an excellent option for the application developers for this platform as they get an innovative feature to work on for their products. Zi Corporation’s CTO Milos Djokovic said in a statement about their plans: “As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user’s experience with its products.”

He added: “With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and Smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms, and smartphones across the globe.”