14. The method of claim 13 including the steps of: acquiring text associated with said pattern test features when a said sample index is not identified to correspond with said test index; and storing said pattern test features with said acquired text and said test index in said memory as additional said text-pattern pairs.
13. The method for generating and displaying text corresponding with a stream of coordinate data points generated as the output of a stylus responsive user handwriting input device, comprising the steps of: storing a compilation of text-pattern pairs in memory, each said pair having been derived as sample features of said handwriting and including an associated sample index derived as aspects of said handwriting sample features, said text of each said pair representing at least one predetermined character glyph; extracting pattern test features from a stream of said coordinate data points and forming a corresponding test index including the steps of: determining bounding box parameters for a word defining sequence of said coordinate data points, scanning said word defining coordinate data points and determining word crossings corresponding to each scan line therewith, determining a base line for said word defining sequence of data coordinate points, determining bounding box parameter for each stroke of said word defining sequence of said coordinate data points, determining the aspect ratio of each said stroke wherein such stroke aspect ratio generally is determined to be K/.pi.*ARCTAN (stroke-height/stroke-width) where K is a constant, determining the aspect ratio of said word, wherein such word aspect ratio generally is derived as K (height/diagonal) where K is a constant, height is word height and diagonal is the square root of the height squared plus the width squared, determining the relative bottom location of said word, and determining the relative height of said word; accessing said compilation and identifying a said sample index corresponding with said test index; accessing said pattern sample features corresponding with said identified sample index and comparing said accessed pattern sample features with said pattern test features; accessing the said text corresponding with said accessed pattern sample features in the event said comparison derives an acceptable correspondence between said accessed pattern sample features and said pattern test features; and displaying said accessed text.