11. The method of claim 9, wherein said system receives said input data by a user writing said word to be recognized by hand on a variable visual display with an electrical pen capable of altering said variable visual display.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein said system receives said input data by a user writing said word to be recognized by hand on a variable visual display with an electrical pen capable of altering said variable visual display. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of recognizing said word further comprises the substeps of: identifying a plurality of paths in said circularly formed hidden Markov model; and selecting said optimal path from among said plurality of paths using a Viterbi algorithm.