Abstract: To provide a terminal device whereby a conference can be conducted smoothly by users inputting handwritten information. A terminal device comprises: display means for displaying a background image in accordance with background image data; reception means for receiving handwritten data indicating the content of notes handwritten on a medium the background image is drawn, the medium is placed on a handwritten input device; and reproduction means for displaying the content of handwritten notes superimposed on the displayed background image so that, in accordance with the handwritten data, the position of the content of the handwritten notes on the background image on the medium and the position of the background image displayed by the display means correspond.

Abstract: A reading apparatus (10) comprising means for detecting pen point coordinate changes over time, for handwriting made by pen on writing media, and means for generating handwriting data indicating those coordinate changes for each writing medium, a character recognition apparatus (2) for performing character recognition on handwriting data, and a business processing apparatus (4) for executing business processing in response to recognized character strings are provided. Handwritten particulars entered on vouchers are immediately subjected to character recognition, and used in business management, and handwritten vouchers can also be preserved. Accordingly, the redundant work involved in entering handwritten particulars again to a computer can be reduced, input errors can be prevented, and processing can be done speedily.