Apple posted a job description on February 10th seeking an individual with interest and knowledge in handwriting recognition. Apple writes “Are you passionate about providing handwriting solutions to end customers? Do you strongly believe that using a stylus and a tablet is the way to interact with computers?”

Apple Handwriting Recognition team is seeking an engineer who will be responsible for advancing gesture and handwriting recognition on Mac OS X. The ideal candidate will be an expert in the area of pattern recognition, with an excellent understanding of handwriting recognition issues

Although Apple have filed gesture and handwriting related patents many years ago the recent flurry of patent filings and now this job opening shows considerable interest from Apple about these technologies.