It's also a matter of students not needing to use cursive as much as they had in the past.

CNN: Cursive vs. typing: Which should schools teach?

"With technology being what students need to learn in order to participate in a global world and economy, I'm not sure schools can forfeit the time to teach cursive, unfortunately, " said Paige French, an eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas.

CNN: Cursive vs. typing: Which should schools teach?

CalliGrapher from the ParaGraph PI unit of Silicon Graphics, our choice for Best of Breed, not only achieved 100% accuracy but it alone recognizes both print and cursive.

FORBES: Scratch pads