Application of pattern recognition methodology to the design of an electronic aid for coordination therapy

Automated aids for developing coordination skills in the handicapped are not common, with the result that therapy of such a nature tends to be highly teacher intensive. This paper describes an electronic aid, based on pattern recognition techniques, for the teaching of writing and drawing skills which, while retaining the flexibility to allow tailoring of its operation to the needs of individual patients and applicability to a variety of tasks, is sufficiently cheap and convenient in implementation to be an effective tool of general acceptability.