In what is claimed to be the first transfer of commercially significant technology from what was the Soviet Union to a major US computer maker, Apple Computer Inc has signed to use handwriting-recognition technology developed by a Soviet-American joint venture, ParaGraph International, which has US offices in Boulder, Colorado. The technology is claimed to mark a breakthrough in that it can recognise cursive handwriting and not just printed characters. The software was originally was developed by ParaGraph JV and the Soviet Academy of Science.
