22. An apparatus in accordance with claim 20, wherein said receiving means further comprises means for displaying the recognized new character in the current text entry widget.
20. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17, wherein said receiving means further comprises: a handwriting recognition device for receiving the complete handwritten new character in the handwriting capture widget and detecting a recognized character; means for determining whether the recognized character has been detected by said handwriting recognition device; and means for replacing the visual representation of the complete handwritten new character in the handwriting capture widget with the detected recognized new character.