InkTracer Manual

InkTracer Manual Intro

InkTracer in Full Mode

InkTracer in Applet Mode

InkTracer in Batch Mode

InkTracer is an application that allows users to view inkML files in a more dynamic way.  InkML files are usually machine-generated and tend to be very difficult for humans to read.  For example, take the following inkML data, available from the W3C's InkML specification page:
<ink>
   <trace>
     10 0 9 14 8 28 7 42 6 56 6 70 8 84 8 98 8 112 9 126 10 140
     13 154 14 168 17 182 18 188 23 174 30 160 38 147 49 135
     58 124 72 121 77 135 80 149 82 163 84 177 87 191 93 205
   </trace>
   <trace>
     130 155 144 159 158 160 170 154 179 143 179 129 166 125
     152 128 140 136 131 149 126 163 124 177 128 190 137 200
     150 208 163 210 178 208 192 201 205 192 214 180
   </trace>
   <trace>
     227 50 226 64 225 78 227 92 228 106 228 120 229 134
     230 148 234 162 235 176 238 190 241 204
   </trace>
   <trace>
     282 45 281 59 284 73 285 87 287 101 288 115 290 129
     291 143 294 157 294 171 294 185 296 199 300 213
   </trace>
   <trace>
     366 130 359 143 354 157 349 171 352 185 359 197
     371 204 385 205 398 202 408 191 413 177 413 163
     405 150 392 143 378 141 365 150
   </trace>
</ink>

This data represents a series of alternating X and Y coordinates corresponding to a simple trace.  Few people would be able to look at this data and deduce that these points represent this text

and even fewer would be able to look at this data and determine the course of the trace

 

InkTracer allows users to view inkML in a less abstract way.  By watching the path of the trace it not only becomes clear what the user has input, it becomes clear exactly how the data was entered and what the writer intended.

Feel free to try InkTracer using your own inkML or any of the samples available here.