Alternates

An alternate is a potential word match for a recognition segment. A recognizer generates alternates and bases them on acceptable matches of the ink or audio input against a dictionary or factoid.

Note

Confidence evaluation is currently available only for the Microsoft English (United States) and gesture recognizers.

 

Sometimes the ink may have ambiguous distinctions between segments. The recognizer compares these segments to a recognizer dictionary to determine possible matches. When the recognizer compares the segments, it maintains a list of possible alternate matches and assigns a confidence level to each one, picking a top choice.

Note

The recognizer cannot provide alternates for a portion of ink that is smaller than a recognition segment.