I was thinking today about how much more convenient note taking would be if one of the numerous (and effective) handwriting recognition programs were updated to support recognition from the camera. While recognition straight from the screen is good for your own writing, it doesn't help at all for turning other peoples (such as lecturers) writing into text. Does any program support this yet? Thanks in advance.
I don't know of one. The screen handwriting recognition works because it can detect when you start and stop a line, not just the picture of the letter. There is a program that can read p r i n t e d text rather than cursive but I haven't had success with it.
I would think this programme is a long way off - I mean think of the different styles it would have to be able to process!
Well i've seen something similar for desktops a few years back, but that only accepted times or arial from a scanner (less grain than camera), and even then that didn't work to well. I find with on screen transcriber or similar that it doesn't accept my writing correctly, as I write "6" and "9" the wrong way, and it makes it into an "o" or a "0"... Well I guess I'll have to just wait until my teacher starts projecting a computer onto the screen and can send to the whole class via bluetooth...
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Hey guys,
As we all know with using a mobile phone, SMS has played an integral part of out daily lives. The problem with the XDA is that unlike a mobile phone, there is no way for us to input SMS messages like a regular sony ericsson or nokia (which i swtiched from). I have been actively rummaging for some sort of software that would be able to enable such a feature. I don't need the T9 or predictive text. I just need the regular 12 big buttons, with their corresponding letters. (ie. 2 (pressed once) = a, 2 (pressed twice) = b, etc.). Is there any software out there that could do this? Preferably so I could just text using 1 hand?
If not, does anyone have any suggestions on what the best SMS input software might be? I've looked at TenGo, Full Screen Keyboard and Jetkey, as well as 1HandSMS (which apparently no one has, taken off the pocketbeam website due to infringement?) so far. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I thinking about to write an SMS like input panel.
But wheel I no time, I am only thinking about it..
1HandSMS
Can somebody please upload 1HandSMS?? wanna try it.
There's a software DesignLab - SMS Writer. You can write only SMS with it.
But take a look to my project:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=56239
I don't understand. The biggest advantage of the XDA over a phone is the ability to use handwriting instead of being limited to 10 buttons, and you want to go back to the old way...??
Carlos said:
I don't understand. The biggest advantage of the XDA over a phone is the ability to use handwriting instead of being limited to 10 buttons, and you want to go back to the old way...??
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Sometimes the SMS-like writing is better, for example if you take a phone converstation (With line-phone) and like to quickly search a contact with half hand. Or when you travel with a public transport and the bus shake you, you can't use lettter recognizer...
Any other case, the handwriting is good. But IMHO SMS-like writing neither slow.
Other thing, in my surround, who has a PDA everybody use soft-keyboard in stead of the letter recognizer. Don't know why...
Hi,
You probably know about the Microsoft's Math Input Panel of windows (if you don't, type it in the search on start and get amazed).
So, as a student, which I use my laptop at study alot, I use the math input panel for easy equations and math letters by handwriting and it really makes life easier instead of typing it manually in word.
So now I also got an Android device (HTC Desire HD), and I thought why wouldn't I use the fantastic touch screen of it as a pad, and instead of "Handwriting" with the mouse on the laptop, I will use a real handwriting on the mobile (with stylus or finger) and it would send it or transfer it to the PC, it could be live, like when I writing something on my mobile, it will be appeared on the laptop display immediately,
or it can be like, writing the whole equation or something, then press Send, and it will send it all to the Math Input Panel.
If the "working with an exist software [the Microsoft's Math Panel]" is too difficult to make so I wouldn't mind that the whole "Math Handwriting recognizing" will be on the mobile as a app..
So, here is my idea,
If any developer would read it and start it up, it would be great, let me know
Or if this is already exist in a sort of a way, also tell me, although I looked pretty hard for such a thing, and found nothing relevant.
Thanks for any kind of help,
Yarden,
After discovering a lot of great features on my rooted E900, a new question made me using search function, but with not much help! So: is there any tweak in registry to change keyboard from full querty to keypad (like the physical keyboard from old phones, 1 to 9 with * and # and pressing three times on two for ex to write C letter) when you write a text message or text a web adress? I find this more handy when I'm driving, because with all that small letters from full querty is more dificult. Thanks in advance, and hope there is a solution, because when you write a number in the sms recipient, that keyboard appears.
I'm trying to think of a polite way to say this, and the best I've come up with is that, while I don't care terribly much about *your* car, I'm sufficiently concerned about the random people around you that the thought of making it easier to use your phone while driving is not even slightly appealing (for the record, it's illegal here, and for good reason).
For the record, I'm not so irresponsible so that I'm texting sms and driving, especially since I have a small baby in the backseat. When I PULL OVER and try to text something, the sunlight makes it harder to see the small buttons and I always hit the wrong button. I have pretty big fingers and that's why I want to use such a keypad.
And no offence, but I will never come to Seatle, only if I will win lottery and want to meet you personally, so don't be concerned.
The question still stays. Thank you
Please... Can someone help me with keypad?
Hey people, just a quick post about WritePad from PhatWare. Hands down, this is the BEST handwriting recognition app on the Market. Samsung's default app wasnt bad, but this is heaps better.
$10 in the Play Store, and worth every cent. Enjoy.
Sent from my Note
If you think Writepad is good, it means you haven't tried 7notes. I used to think Writepad was the best until I tried 7Notes.
The accuracy is even better and is only a tenth of what Writepad costs. It has much better recognition quality than Writepad.
Try it and posts your thoughts.
Thanks for the heads up on 7 note. I used to think Write Pad was good too, but I just tried 7 note and the recognition is really good. Even with my poor cursive.
l didn't buy Write Pad when I tried it a few weeks ago because it was a little expensive and I wasn't sure how much I'd use it.
7 note is so cheap I bought it to have on hand as another input method in case I want to use it.
Glad to have been able to help, I was also amazed at how well it recognised my cursive handwriting taken at speed.
I attend a lot of meetings at work and need to take notes quickly so I use the 7Notes own application and then when the meeting is concluded, I go back to my desk and convert them into text.
I still tend to use Swype for any other text input necessary i.e. SMS, basic quick emails etc
On the same note : Phatpad was the most used app by me I was the windows mobile. They recently released Phatpad for Android and it's a nice note taking application and also has inbuilt dropbox sync. I wish they include evernote sync like in ios version.
Sent from my GT-N7000
Hmmm, having issues with Google Checkout paying for 7notes, but thanks for the reviews to you guys here!
7Notes is amazing. completely blows s Memo out of the water in hand writing recognition. Thanks for the headsup on this app.
7notes (rather: maze) is pretty good - as long as you stick to English. It can recognize German, but only on a word to word basis (no conversion of handwritten sentences). I don't quite get how the user dictionary works or how the app can learn new words?
Hint: If you're using Evernote, don't bother entering your account detail in 7notes. Just write the note, then through the menu send it as email. At the dialogue, you can chose to create an Evernote instead.
7notes could be useful is we could switch between hand recognition and our preferred keyboard. But at the moment, 7notes provide its own keyboard that is quite unusable... what a pitty...
I actually think the 7notes keyboard is pretty good.
Things that I think are better than the stock Note keyboard are the @ / , : + - keys being available on the main keyboard without having to go press shift or symbol, and also the cursor button for moving the cursor back and forth on the main screen too.
The only thing I don't like about it is that pressing the shift key is like pressing caps lock, it doesn't just use shift for the next key you press, you have to press it again to turn shift off.
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7notes could be useful is we could switch between hand recognition and our preferred keyboard. But at the moment, 7notes provide its own keyboard that is quite unusable... what a pitty...
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That would be the perfect combination, if that could be done, my combination will be Swype and 7Notes. I might suggest this to them and see if they will consider it.
i use hacker's keyboard, as a real pc/tablet one. so nothing to do with 7note keyboard with even no decent space key !
How is 7Notes better than the built in hand-writing recognition the original samsung keyboard offers? I think it does a pretty amazing job in this respect (only punctuation is no recognized well).
I understand that 7Notes also provides recognition for complete text like S-Memo should do (and does badly). But if this only works in English I am not extremely interested in this feature So that's not my question
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How is 7Notes better than the built in hand-writing recognition the original samsung keyboard offers? I think it does a pretty amazing job in this respect (only punctuation is no recognized well).
I understand that 7Notes also provides recognition for complete text like S-Memo should do (and does badly). But if this only works in English I am not extremely interested in this feature So that's not my question
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For me the built in recognition was not very accurate, I would guess about 75 percent accuracy whereas 7Notes is approximately 97-99 percent accurate depending on the type of notes I am taking and accuracy is less especially when using numbers in my notes.
Another major factor for me is that I can take my notes in my own handwriting using the 7Notes app and then convert the notes into typed text at a later time allowing me to make any corrections without having to make them whilst taking the notes.
As for other languages, it does not concern me personally as I only need to write in English.
Just to double check.. is this the app you guys are talking about ?
"7notes with mazec for Android" by MetaMoJi
it doesn't look so popular (given the feedback I'm reading in this thread)
Yes, this is the app, it's only recently been released, I don't think the name of the app helps it very much as it does not say what it does.
If you read the feedback, you will see that there are very positive reviews for it. Try it within the 15 period and you will immediately see the benefits.
rebista said:
How is 7Notes better than the built in hand-writing recognition the original samsung keyboard offers? I think it does a pretty amazing job in this respect (only punctuation is no recognized well).
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You must have very neat handwriting
My handwriting is pretty poor and the inbuilt handwriting recognition had trouble recognising a lot of my words. 7Note recognises almost all of my scrawl, even when I write in cursive.
If the inbuilt recognition works well for your handwriting, then you probably won't get that much benefit from using 7note.
I only use the input method (Mazec) from 7note, I don't use the app.
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You must have very neat handwriting
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Not really
richlum said:
My handwriting is pretty poor and the inbuilt handwriting recognition had trouble recognising a lot of my words. 7Note recognises almost all of my scrawl, even when I write in cursive.
If the inbuilt recognition works well for your handwriting, then you probably won't get that much benefit from using 7note.
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As 7Notes is English only it's not so useful for me. Therefore I cannot say anything about benefit or not. Converting long older texts would be useful. A better recognition of punctuation would be useful.
Maybe they will offer more languages later.
At least now I know about it and can follow the development. It sure sounds interesting.
hi,
I can not install MyScript Note on my asus tf300t, I seek an alternative.
I think 7notes matches my needs: it recognizes my handwriting very well, the other advantage is that you can keep her handwritten notes (to send, print ...) but also type them in 1 / 4 seconds.
but it is only available in English, I'm French ...
someone he would parade to "circumvent" this problem?:silly:
EDIT : MyScript Notes installing on my TF300t (tks Swipzzy)
how tu use 7notes en french ? a solution must exist ???
Hello there,
I've bought my note 10.1 mainly to take notes in college and work, but I found that the way (style) I write is not too compatible with the recognition of the handwriting mode from samsung keyboard, leading to a lot of incorrect words.
So my question is if it is possible to retrain it so it can understand my handwriting better.
If it is not, there is some other app (or keyboard) that do it and can be trained?
Thanks!
It learns the more you use it. Start by going through the alphabet letter by letter then switch to numbers etc. Then do words. After a while it will just get it. You may have to persevere on some words, but even scrawl can be deciphered.
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It learns the more you use it. Start by going through the alphabet letter by letter then switch to numbers etc. Then do words. After a while it will just get it. You may have to persevere on some words, but even scrawl can be deciphered.
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Are you sure about it? I've tried make it understand my D letter and it simply can't, it will always think it is a 'o' or a '0', never a 'd'.
As far as I know, you can't learn the recognition to read your handwriting. It can't learn it like Windows Mobile (PPC 2003) for example could.
Yes l am sure. The handwriting recognition works in the same way that predictive text works. The more you use it the more accurate it becomes. What I forgot to mention before was you need to be online as it is " Real Time ".
l have been using the handwriting on the note for a good few months now. When l first started it was hit and miss. Now, it gets my scrawl more often than not!
Use Snote and just keep writing. You will notice that it starts to pick it up.
I found it pretty good out of the box... I can be a pretty lazy writer especially when it reads my haphazard scrawl so well...