1. A method for identifying recognition decisions that are suspect comprising the steps of: storing samples of handwriting of a user for later use in a self-consistency process; receiving a handwritten input from the user; performing a recognition operation on the handwritten input to produce an initial recognition result; and identifying a possible incorrect recognition within at least part of the initial recognition result using the self-consistency process, the self-consistency process being operable to identify the possible incorrect recognition when the initial recognition result is not consistent with the stored samples that represent a normal writing style of the user.