Atnafu, Solomon(PhD)Kefale, Daniel2018-06-192023-11-292018-06-192023-11-292008-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1707Nowadays, pen-based mobile computing devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDA) and other handheld devices are becoming popular. Because of their personal nature, such devices are expected to conform well to the cultural expectations of their users. However, such devices originally do not support languages that use Ethiopic scripts for writing, and this makes the users to communicate with the device in a foreign language. Thus, localization of these devices to those languages that use Ethiopic script is crucial for getting benefits from the device and for the utilization of the devices for local applications. As online handwriting recognition is one of the basic features of pen-computing devices, this research proposes a model for multi-script (Latin and Ethiopic script) text editing based on online handwriting recognition. The designed model aims to facilitate users’ task such as note taking, memo handling, communicating and saving messages with their language of preference. To reveal the model, a text editing system is developed, and an experiment is conducted to evaluate the proposed model. The experimental result shows that the system has a recognition accuracy of 88.03% for Amharic basic characters and the usability of the system evaluated to be 93.34%. The experimental result also shows that a better performance can be attained when the users get experience of using the stylus (electronic pen). Key words: A model for multi-script text editing, Ethiopic Online Handwriting Recognition, Ethiopic and Latin script based text editing, multi-script text editing for PDA.enA Model for Multi-Script Text Editing; Ethiopic Online Handwriting Recognition; Ethiopic and Latin Script Based Text Editing; Multi-Script Text Editing for PDA.Thesis