Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I share an idea for a manual writing instrument that I had several decades ago. Today’s technology might be ready for it.

Several decades ago, I had this idea for a pencil, pen, or white board marker. I shared the idea with a few smart folks. Nothing became of it as the technology wasn’t available. Today, perhaps, someone can make this.

Spellcheckers in word processors are pretty good. The software that guesses what word I want to type on message apps is pretty good. This generative AI stuff is pretty good. The software seems to know what word I want and how to spell it correctly.

Okay, I want this to help me when I am writing with pen, pencil, and especially when writing on the white board in a meeting attended by important folks.

The pen monitors the movements as I write. Those movements translate to the word I am attempting to write. Let’s see, is the letter T double at the end or just single? How many times does the letter S appear in assessments? I can’t remmember.

I want the pen to beep when I have probably misspelled a word. Then the pen’s display or speech tells me how to spell the word correctly.

There it is folks. Someone go out and make this manual writing device. White board writers everywhere need it.