15. The computer readable medium recited in claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise: displaying a third graphical user interface hosted by a second software application that does not host the second graphical user interface; and receiving the pointer input in a portion of the handwriting area corresponding to the third graphical user interface.
13. The computer readable medium recited in claim 12 , wherein the instructions further comprise: providing the recognized text to a software application hosting the second graphical user interface; and displaying the recognized text in the second graphical user interface such that the recognized text is visible through the transparent first graphical user interface.