AB#5105: Some Japanese handwritten characters are not recognized with Microsoft.Ink.Recognizer

Author: sevend2

support/windows/win32/japanese-handwritten-characters-not-recognized.md

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+---
+title: Japanese handwritten characters aren't recognized with Microsoft.Ink.Recognizer
+description: Describes an issue where Japanese handwritten characters aren't recognized when using Microsoft.Ink.Recognizer as the recognition engine on Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.
+ms.date: 03/26/2025
+ms.reviewer: hirotoh, davean
+ms.custom: sap:Desktop app UI development\User interaction (keyboard, mouse, pen and touch)
+ms.topic: article
+---
+# Japanese handwritten characters aren't recognized with Microsoft.Ink.Recognizer
+
+## Symptoms
+
+When using `Microsoft.Ink.Recognizer` as the recognition engine on Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025, you might encounter the folliwng issues:
+
+- Issue 1
+
+  The Japanese handwritten characters aren't recognized correctly.
+
+  For example, when you handwrite Japanese `カスイ`, the result is `カイ` which isn't expected.
+
+- Issue 2
+
+  When you perform character recognition with specified stroke data, the specified character range isn't correctly applied.
+
+  For example, when you handwrite `あいう`, specify the character range as `ラ リ ル レ ロ`, and then execute handwritten character recognition, the actual result is `あいう`. However, the expected result is `ロロラ`.
+
+## Status
+
+Microsoft has confirmed this is a problem in Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.

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