A10-inch screen, more books than you can possibly read and a gazillion potential apps: The iPad has its enticements, but for decades I’ve wished for something more. In the early 1980s, I worked ...

Another person asked how Skylar had helped her grandfather, as he referenced in the letter. She shared a sweet answer. “I ...

Reading old handwriting with Transkribus ... Innsbruck classical philologist William Barton, who received the 1.2 million euro START Prize for his research with the help of Transkribus, ...

After researching family history for a few months, most genealogists discover they need to learn the art of palaeography -- the reading of old handwriting. This week I found a ...

Thirteen-year-old Joseph was diagnosed with dyslexia four years ago, when he was in third grade. “It was hard,” he recalls. “At first, I hadn’t known anything about it.

Mallin said s he hired tutors for him, well aware that not everyone in need of such help could afford the $75 to $150 per hour cost. Mighty Doodle puts tools in front of students and educators for ...

Furthermore, those that reported the most reading and writing later in life were able to slow their memory decline by 32 percent compared to people with average mental activity.

Microsoft Word was my go-to writing app for typing documents and stories, but I eventually moved on to Google Docs due to its simplicity and cloud-based design. Google Docs isn't bad, but I found ...

Yet after seeing why one of my old favorite Android apps disappeared from the Play Store, it's easier to understand why. Sadly, Google isn't helping. How I Feel in Love With IA Writer ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

My handwriting didn't need to be perfect for the app to understand it, but the app couldn't comprehend my sloppiest notes—the type that only I could read, or ones that are common when someone is ...

Genweb: The Luzerne County Genweb recently received a much-needed update, but it also lost a useful resource — information from the old Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac running from 1886.to 1962.