Can Google Read Your Doctor’s Handwriting?

Google Handwrite is new mobile tool that allows you to “write your search”:

Drew Olanoff is excited about the tool’s long-term possibilities for learning:

If Google wants to try and learn how to read your handwriting when nobody else in the world, including you, can, then more power to them. By learning how to read a multitude of handwriting samples, the company can then release functionality to scan documents of any type in, making it easier to convert them into digital format. This type of approach is how Google has tuned its Voice product, by allowing you to call GOOG411 to get restaurant information and phone numbers. You talk, Google learns. Now when you write, Google learns that, too.