INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system and an information processing method for easily inputting characters in a tablet type computer.SOLUTION: An information processing method of the present invention includes: a step (a) for accepting an input of handwritten characters by a user; a step (b) for identifying characters by recognizing the characters on the accepted handwritten characters; a step (c) for displaying the identified characters in a second display area provided by note application software; a step (d) for generating text characters corresponding to the identified characters; and a step (e) for storing the characters displayed in the display area and the generated text characters. A tablet type computer is configured to display text expressions including conversion candidates of the accepted handwritten characters and the accepted handwritten characters as prediction conversion candidates in a first display area of the tablet type computer in response to the character recognition, and to identify the characters in response to the selection of one of the displayed prediction conversion candidates.