11. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory having machine-readable computer program code stored thereon, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to: read handwriting information; recognize said handwriting information in a first recognition mode and a second recognition mode, wherein one of the first recognition mode and the second recognition mode is designated as active and the other recognition mode is designated as inactive; concurrently display character candidates, at least one of the character candidates obtained in said first recognition mode and at least one of said character candidates obtained in said second recognition mode, wherein the character candidates are text characters, wherein concurrently displaying comprises: displaying a first number of the character candidates obtained in the recognition mode designated as active; and displaying a second number of the character candidates obtained in the recognition mode designated as inactive, wherein the first number is greater than the second number; and receive a selection of a character candidate among the character candidates being displayed.
19. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said first recognition mode and said second recognition mode are different modes selected from a group consisting of: ideographic character modes, digit modes, and Latin alphabet modes.