Magic Trackpad and Inkwell

I'm wondering why Mac OS X's built-in Inkwell (handwriting recognition) doesn't activate when Magic Trackpad is connected. Yes, I realise that originally Inkwell activates when a graphics tablet is connected, but I think the Magic Trackpad is sensitive enough to be able to do handwriting recognition. After all, it already uses OS X's Chinese handwriting recognition.
Anyone as puzzled as I am?
(see Inkwell, http://www.apple.com/accessibility/macosx/physical.html )

Anyone as puzzled as I am?
As far as I can see there is no connection between the multitouch trackpad, either on a laptop or the new Magic one, and Inkwell. Handwriting recognition is only for Chinese (not even Japanese, much less English or any other language) and is handled by a special app. It's just not a graphics tablet as required by Inkwell.

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tommmy wrote:
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Am I wrong?
When your Magic Trackpad is on and connected to your MBP the settings for it will appear in system preferences.
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Kinda confusing. They should just have two tabs at the top where you can set different settings for each trackpad.

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