[Flightdeck]

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[afraidfortherepublic]

This will be impossible in another 10 years, now that th schools have sstopped teaching handwriting.

[Drango]

0bama’s sample is female. Biden is transgender.

[Fzob]

This is simple. Girls dot their I’s with little hearts or smiley faces and boys don’t.

[blueunicorn6]

Well, it’s 50/50, unless you’re in San Francisco, so I’ll guess......male.

[GeronL]

predict? as in before you even see it?

heh

[JoeProBono]

[LearsFool]

There are a few studies regarding the automatic detection of the gender of a handwritten document

"Studies"? All that's needed is a study of elementary grammar. Simply look at the nouns and pronouns.

Masculine gender: he, him, his, waiter, steward, etc.

Feminine gender: she, her, hers, waitress, stewardess, etc.

Neuter gender: it, its, automobile, etc.

[TexasKamaAina]

I work with teenagers and people in their twenties. They don’t know how to write. They can use a keyboard and they can print, but handwriting is not a skill they were ever taught or learned.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’m guessing the handwriting is a woman’s if it looks snarky.