Tablet-wide handwriting to text recognition - Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Coming from a Thinkpad tablet with MyScript Stylus, I'm a bit spoiled.
With that app i could have written anywhere where text input was required and it would be converted to text. Is any app or feature on the Gnote 10.1 that can do that?
Ron
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Yes you can set the Samsung keyboard to do handwriting recognition for any text field. Hold down the settings button on the left of the spacebar until a "T" pops up. Selecting the T will put it into handwriting recognition mode.
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Have a look at my video setting up and demonstrating this type of input method (i think its post #22/32) on the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847817&page=3
There is also a very cheap but very good app on Google play called 7notes that can be used to do this too, if you use their inbuilt notepad app, you can write in cursive and convert to text at a later time or use with any app that requires text input for immediate converting of handwriting to text.

Sweet, I'm liking this better & better... Really gonna need to read the manual sometime...

ultramag69 said:
Sweet, I'm liking this better & better... Really gonna need to read the manual sometime...
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XDA is the best manual you'll find good sir. Lot of useful posts about various tips and tricks.

Oh wow thank you. I don't feel too bad now after spending 9 bucks on the other mentioned app and not being able to bring it over to my new tab.
Ron
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Nefariouss said:
XDA is the best manual you'll find good sir. Lot of useful posts about various tips and tricks.
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I know, but sometimes you can pick up little nuggets from the relatively painful way the manuals tell you how to do things in the alien language they use...:laugh:

ron2k_1 said:
Coming from a Thinkpad tablet with MyScript Stylus, I'm a bit spoiled.
With that app i could have written anywhere where text input was required and it would be converted to text. Is any app or feature on the Gnote 10.1 that can do that?
Ron
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Even on the TPT 7Notes was my go-to HWR app. Extremely good.

I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).

toenail_flicker said:
Even on the TPT 7Notes was my go-to HWR app. Extremely good.
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ftarules said:
I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).
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I too love 7notes as I find that it works extremely well with recognising handwriting that even I can't read! Got a few people to try it and they were amazed.
If the 7notes notepad had drawing ability as well, it would always be my no. 1 go-to app as I would sometimes like to preserve my handwriting with drawings and be able to draw anywhere on the screen. They have not updated the app since release which is a bit disappointing.

ftarules said:
I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).
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Glad to hear it will work as well for you as it does for me.

ultramag69 said:
I know, but sometimes you can pick up little nuggets from the relatively painful way the manuals tell you how to do things in the alien language they use...:laugh:
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I'm sure half the English language manuals in the world are produced through the help of Google translate in lieu of actual Englishspeakers.
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enabling handwriting to text
There is no 'T' after i have long pressed on the settings button beside the keyboard.. and I have enabled pen detection in Samsung keyboard settings.
Is there anything im missing out on
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Here is a screenshot showing that i only have google voice and settings after long pressing the settings button on the left of the spacebar

lycheeaun said:
There is no 'T' after i have long pressed on the settings button beside the keyboard.. and I have enabled pen detection in Samsung keyboard settings.
Is there anything im missing out on
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(Please remove spaces.. sorry and thanks)
Here is a screenshot showing that i only have google voice and settings after long pressing the settings button on the left of the spacebar
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I know it's been a while since you posted your question, but for anyone that was curious about this, the settings button you're looking for will show either the "T" but most of the time it will show the google voice recognition icon. Sometimes it will show the keyboard icon. You have to long press that button to see the option to switch to handwriting mode, querty, or voice.
I hope this helps someone.

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(ICS) How to change input method without going too settings?

Hey just curious on how to change my keyboard while in any app that uses the keyboard to input text. I tried to press and hold an empty space on the screen and the input method never pops up like on all other Android versions.
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Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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Thanks! I was caught off guard too.
Long pressing the space bar also does the job. I miss gb where all you do is swipe the spare bar to change languages
Any way to do this automatically "per-application"?
When I'm in terminal emulator I want to use hackers keyboard, but I'm fine with standard in other places (like writting sms).
I feel retarded
adleyh2000 said:
Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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THANK YOU!!! I saw this when I first updated then forgot. Thanks for the reminder!!!
dpc.ucore.info said:
Any way to do this automatically "per-application"?
When I'm in terminal emulator I want to use hackers keyboard, but I'm fine with standard in other places (like writting sms).
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I would love to be able to do that. I use chrome as my browser and it does not play nice with swype. When deleting text it skips to the middle of words and sometimes when typing a word it will use the suggestion automatically before I'm even done typing the word.
agentfusion said:
I would love to be able to do that. I use chrome as my browser and it does not play nice with swype. When deleting text it skips to the middle of words and sometimes when typing a word it will use the suggestion automatically before I'm even done typing the word.
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u would have to see whtas happening with my Swype on JB from time to time... hahaha
adleyh2000 said:
Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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tnx for your good reply...:good:
Thanks a milion
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SwiftKey tablet keyboard

Just got this, but the tab version not mobile version, and it's best keyboard I've used. Check it out
From the bad ass Note
give us some screenshots mate.
Here is landscape mode! Portrait is pretty standard
From the bad ass Note
They keyboard is nice but the themes really blow
I HATE this keyboard, worst I've EVER used...
Even when going through the options and changing them the keyboard app tires me...
when typing sms messages it will add words when starting a sentence, predicting what I'm about to type and it's always wrong. Theres no way to remove this.
Also the spelling correction is even worse and will CHANGE words even when their correct, or simple names of places/people it will change it to something different, it's a NIGHTMARE...
sprintuser1977 said:
Just got this, but the tab version not mobile version, and it's best keyboard I've used. Check it out
From the bad ass Note
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best keyboard ever
I prefer the mobile version instead the tablet one which use on my Iconia Tab but both are great
kanej2006 said:
when typing sms messages it will add words when starting a sentence, predicting what I'm about to type and it's always wrong. Theres no way to remove this.
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Actually there is.. Go into settings, then advanced, then change "space bar will..." to "complete current word" or "always insert a space". I had some problems with it auto-adding words too at first but these settings helped me. So try that if you want
I've been using SwiftKey for a long time now and for me the autocorrection and word prediction is far better than every other keyboard I've tried. And I've tried loads of them.. Just make sure to download and set your correct language packs and set it to learn from your text messages, gmail, Facebook and so on.
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BaconDanny said:
Actually there is.. Go into settings, then advanced, then change "space bar will..." to "complete current word" or "always insert a space". I had some problems with it auto-adding words too at first but these settings helped me. So try that if you want
I've been using SwiftKey for a long time now and for me the autocorrection and word prediction is far better than every other keyboard I've tried. And I've tried loads of them.. Just make sure to download and set your correct language packs and set it to learn from your text messages, gmail, Facebook and so on.
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Thanks, made my life so much better! The keyboard was perfect apart from the annoying word prediction thing...
kanej2006 said:
Thanks, made my life so much better! The keyboard was perfect apart from the annoying word prediction thing...
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Yeah, it used to annoy the s**t out of me too before I found this setting. I'm glad I could help
best keyboard ever.
esp. if you use a couple of languages to type.
Thumb Keyboard is very good too, you can choose between different themes and layouts and adjust them.
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If thumb keyboard sometime support 2 languages at the sametime it would be the best...
i actually like the ICS keyboard a lot. It has 0 lag.
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xAnimal5 said:
i actually like the ICS keyboard a lot. It has 0 lag.
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as does swiftkey
Have to agree. SwiftKey is superb. Just moved over to note from sensation. The mobile version is smooth and quick on the note.
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did you guys notice that the very first keypress after reboot goes silent while every subsequent tap clicks? that annoyed me to no end so i had to switch to another keyboard. or was it just my note?
Is there a way for this app to not use prediction and disable those 3 boxes that shows word choices?

Swiftkey

Is anyone out there using Swiftkey tablet. I use it because of the Dvorak keyboard layout, mainly because the Note doesnt seeem to support keyboard layouts other than Qwerty.
When I type in Swiftkey it seems to be registering multiple keystrokes. This doesnt happen in the stock samsung keyboard or SlideIt
No problems here. Try uninstalling and then re installing
DrADP said:
No problems here. Try uninstalling and then re installing
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Did you try Polaris Office and S Note.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but to no avail. Still does it in these two apps.
I'm using SwiftKey without any issues. I've used both Polaris and S Note. Did you try a restart? Could be some sort of magnetic issue that might be resolved that way. Big bummer. Sorry.
I have swiftkey on all my devices except the Note10.1.
Does Swiftkey support big, small hovering and split keyboard like original keyboard ?
troed said:
I have swiftkey on all my devices except the Note10.1.
Does Swiftkey support big, small hovering and split keyboard like original keyboard ?
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It supports big and split, but no hovering.
does using a keyboard other than the stock one still allow you to use the S-pen instead of the keyboard whenever you want to? I know that the stock keyboard has the setting button that you press to select text recognition for using the pen within the browser.
Think it's a common issue but I can't get SwiftKey T to learn from my Gmail.
Anyone else having this problem?? Or have a suggestion.??
Dc
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I'm using SwiftKey 3, but I've been experiencing a lot of freezing+force closing when using it with Chrome.
Hovering would be nice. It offers all else that I need.
Hi all,
I work for SwiftKey. Please be sure to post bug reports (one at a time) on our public forum at support.swiftkey.net. We also welcome suggestions there. Regarding Droidcarp's note that there appears to be some difficulty with personalization, our Dev Team has been made aware of this report and they are looking into it for you.
Again, our public forum is the best place for suggestions and bug reports. This allows us to streamline the development process so we can continue to make SwiftKey as excellent as possible for you.
Thanks very much,
-Reppate
As long as you dropped in, HWR would be good, too. Sammy offers a hover keyboard and HWR, also. Started using their split keyboard - very nice - and offers HWR.
reppate said:
Hi all,
I work for SwiftKey. Please be sure to post bug reports (one at a time) on our public forum at support.swiftkey.net. We also welcome suggestions there. Regarding Droidcarp's note that there appears to be some difficulty with personalization, our Dev Team has been made aware of this report and they are looking into it for you.
Again, our public forum is the best place for suggestions and bug reports. This allows us to streamline the development process so we can continue to make SwiftKey as excellent as possible for you.
Thanks very much,
-Reppate
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Ty.
Strange one for you, just flashed CM10, and SwiftKey now learns for Gmail!!
Dc
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Try hacker's keyboard . It's free on google play .
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budalica said:
Try hacker's keyboard . It's free on google play .
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Thanks for the tip budalica.
Any idea how to get the handwriting key to be included?
It is a shame the standard samsung keyboard doesnt support dvorak
Definitely needs handwriting support and the arrow keys like the phone keyboard.
For now it's fine to leave the stock keyboard set on handwriting and use the keyboard switcher in the notifications to switch but it would be useful for it to be integrated.
Also maybe a way to adjust the width, in split mode it seems too wide and I have big hands!
I switched to swift key also from swype today and noticed an echo like effect in snote, working fine in the xda app but broken in the snote app.
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A few people are reporting this issue on the swiftkey forums.
I sent SwiftKey a refund request but a week later I have had no response
An option to turn off prediction
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My stock Samsung keyboard can no longer provide haptic feedback after installing the SwiftKey tablet, does anyone have the same problem.? I think doesn't matter how you change the settings, and it just doesn't vibrate

Handwriting to text tool broken after JB update?

Hey all,
Updated my canadian wifi note to jb last night via OTA. Super happy with the new performance and features, especially the multi app. I noticed that s note has changed a bit and the pdf import now works! However now when I use the handwriting to text productivity tool it does nothing. I write a word and it does nothing. The shape detection and frmula still work but not the text. Anyone else notice this?
I also noticed that the quick symbol view with the exclamation mark above the comma no longer opens when long pressed. The question mark above the period still works but not the other. Anyone else?
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Nirvana388 said:
Hey all,
Updated my canadian wifi note to jb last night via OTA. Super happy with the new performance and features, especially the multi app. I noticed that s note has changed a bit and the pdf import now works! However now when I use the handwriting to text productivity tool it does nothing. I write a word and it does nothing. The shape detection and frmula still work but not the text. Anyone else notice this?
I also noticed that the quick symbol view with the exclamation mark above the comma no longer opens when long pressed. The question mark above the period still works but not the other. Anyone else?
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I'm not sure but I've read somewhere else that this kind of problem is related to the language pack that must be downloaded again:
"Settings - Language and input - Samsung keyboard (settings) - Input languages" -> select the language(s) to download
There's a handwriting to text option?
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Yep, hold the little cog wheel and it should show 3 options, settings, a pen for handwriting and a keyboard icon. As stated above you need to download the language pack if the pen icon isn't present...
No that is handwriting input, which I wasn't having problems with. That is on the system keyboard. I was referring to the handwriting to text productivity tool in S-Note which was still showing up but wouldnt convert my writings to text.
However, the language update did fix it so thank you very much Sphere! If anyone else has this problem just follow Sphere314's instructions!
I also figured out whats up with the quick symbols on the exclamation and question mark keys, Samsung just changed it a little. They took the two popups away and combined them into one on the ? key (long press) with access to the full symbols list from there. The popup on the ! key is gone but you can get a ! by using shift.
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Missing voice dictation icon on kit Kat / nexus 5 key board

OK. I don't know if I'm just a complete spazz or what, but I can't find the voice dictation icon in the new Google keyboard on the nexus 5. Can someone help me out? Sorry
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Settings>Language and input>Google keyboard>Enable 'Voice input key'
EddyOS said:
Settings>Language and input>Google keyboard>Enable 'Voice input key'
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Yeah i did that - but nothing changed on the UI of the KB
mb3030 said:
Yeah i did that - but nothing changed on the UI of the KB
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it's somewhat per app... if the text block has the mic icon you don't need one on the keyboard so it doesn't show on the keyboard in some apps, especially if the app has a search function. and you can always use the hot words if you have it set to a compatible language...
Dani897 said:
it's somewhat per app... if the text block has the mic icon you don't need one on the keyboard so it doesn't show on the keyboard in some apps, especially if the app has a search function. and you can always use the hot words if you have it set to a compatible language...
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well for example, it wont show up in hangouts, which is the only time i used this function (to text)
Yeah, this is important, I use it quite a bit to text. Swiftkey has it as a long press but I like the standard keyboard better so I'd prefer to use that.
You also need to enable voice typing, in addition to the mic.
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Things that make me go "derp", thank you!
Also, I'm not sure if this is a requirement, but I did not see changes in my keyboard after changing those settings until after I performed a reboot. YMMV.
cjrivera04 said:
You also need to enable voice typing, in addition to the mic.
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omg, thank you. I was nerd raging that it wasn't working and thought it was yet another silly UI bug.
Missing Microphone Key
cjrivera04 said:
You also need to enable voice typing, in addition to the mic.
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.
What's that doing between Google Pinyin and iWnnIME?

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