Originally Posted by polarbear
The thing is, no matter how great his cursive looked on paper, his speed is so extremely slow that it will never be functional for him, and he is still bogged down by the act of handwriting filling up his working memory which means in turn the content of what he writes is very limited compared to other means of expression.

Yes, DS9 is extremely slow, too. It definitely is not something he is able to use for school work yet. I'm glad you replied because I was just expecting to see continued speed and improvement. Now I know not to expect too much, which is good, because sometimes my high expectations lead to a lot of frustration.