1. At least one computer storage medium that is not a signal or carrier wave per se, the at least one computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising combining online recognition scores corresponding to character or radical level recognition of handwritten input data, with offline recognition scores corresponding to character or radical level recognition of the handwritten input data, to obtain a combined recognition result, and outputting the combined recognition result.
2. The at least one computer storage medium of claim 1 wherein combining online recognition scores with offline recognition scores comprises performing online recognition to obtain an online recognition result set corresponding to scores for whole character ink data, performing offline recognition to obtain an offline recognition result set corresponding to scores for whole character ink data, and combining the online recognition result set with the offline recognition result set via a combination mechanism to obtain the combined recognition result.