Any idea if there is a program that allows you to "float' more than 1 (handwriting capable) note on top of other programs?
S Note can only float a maximum of one note on screen at a time, and it's impossible to recall saved notes in floating form.
The only one I could find was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803284
Any ideas?
klau1 said:
Any idea if there is a program that allows you to "float' more than 1 (handwriting capable) note on top of other programs?
S Note can only float a maximum of one note on screen at a time, and it's impossible to recall saved notes in floating form.
The only one I could find was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803284
Any ideas?
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I'd suggest using (or trying) Snap Pad (free or ad-free).
It's not a floating note but rather a pad that comes out when you drag the snap region (that normally stays invisible).
So it can be opened and resized anytime (without having to launch it) and also while using other apps. It's also possible to adjust the pad's opacity and make it semi-transparent.
Pros
It's designed for the S-Pen (so supports pressure sensitivity and changing from pen to eraser with the button)
It's very simple
Cons
No Undo-Redo function
You have a single page to use
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Snap pad isn't compatible with the Note 10.1
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Snap pad isn't compatible with the Note 10.1
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What do you mean?
I have downloaded it (I even have just decided to buy the ad-free version in GooglePlay) and it's fully working. I have a Gnote 10.1 (GT-N8000) - stock Rom.
Maybe there's some sort of conflict between the app installed and downloaded from SamsungApps and the new one offered by GooglePlay. In my case (to be sure) I uninstalled the previously app downloaded from SamsungApps before re-installing the one sold by GooglePlay.
One difference I see is that GooglePlay offers both versions (the "ad-free" and the paid one) whilst SamsungApps, at the moment, offers just the free version.
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This is the adfree version and the free version says the same thing too. I'm running BaDaB!ing's rom with the N8013, 4.1.2 version.
Edit: I got it from the Samsung Apps store,and I have to say, this app is what I have been looking for lately. Thanks.
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I downooaded the free version from google play this afternoon. I liked it a lot and got immediately the paid version. Both work like a charm on my 10.1.
It is a useful app that does not replace any other note taking tool. Probably not worth more than the dollar it costs, but still nice to have
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Are you guys experiencing lag when you pull the pad out?
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Yes, mine lags
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GioDoe said:
I downooaded the free version from google play this afternoon. I liked it a lot and got immediately the paid version. Both work like a charm on my 10.1.
It is a useful app that does not replace any other note taking tool. Probably not worth more than the dollar it costs, but still nice to have
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I think the same
Its best side is its simplicity of use and its very "basic" functionality.
Anyway we could maybe ask the developer for something more (not much, just a little bit): something like undo/redo buttons, multiple pages, and (maybe) the possibility to manage more than one single note...
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Are you guys experiencing lag when you pull the pad out?
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Yes... there's some lag for me too. Moreover if you use your finger to pull it out and it's not precisely placed on the pad's border it may happen than while pulling the pad out you leave some unwanted ink in the note
For me, it's one of the most important apps as I'm an avid notetaker (college). The best part is if a professor mentions something, I can just use the pad and write it down. The only thing I'm concerned about is how will it affect the battery life. Keeping the settings on "low" for 2 of the options (can't recall at the top of my head) makes it flow a little better.
The closest Floating note app, that I could find is cPaint (Cover Paint) (Floating Paint)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=coverpaint.ragingtools.com&hl=en
Pros:
4 notes
Transparency
Line thickness
Resize
Minimize
Color Selection
Cons:
No eraser (negates the usefulness of transparency feature)
No S-Pen pressure support
Review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUr9MvJnH4
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I would like to get everyone's reviews on the various apps available to be used with the s pen.
S note - Great - pen operation is very smooth indeed under ICS - seems better than I remember.
Seems pretty easy to add images etc -so it is worth upgrading to this IF you use these apps alot - if you don't then stick with ICS Stunner or similar.
My story - not sure really - is it me or does it only work to other people with notes? I can't send things to anyone?
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I would like to get everyone's reviews on the various apps available to be used with the s pen.
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you can find her in you samsung app
here there the link for install system app if you dont have it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305047
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you can find her in you samsung app
here there the link for install system app if you dont have it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305047
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I have the samsung apps apk, I was trying to get reviews, opinions on third party apps developed towards the use of the s pen.
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I fell in love with Touchscreen Tune for Note.
Allows you to calibrate spen offsets for deadly accurate use. Can't put my spen down now
Lecturenotes is a killer imho...
I find the s apps a little clumsy for sketching but lecturenotes has a really nice pencil sketch kinda feel (quill is great too on this front) and gives amazing customization and allows for image import and the like... Well worth the price and works with the aosp roms just as nice
Just my 2 cents as I spent a lot of time looking for the right app for me
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I fell in love with Touchscreen Tune for Note.
Allows you to calibrate spen offsets for deadly accurate use. Can't put my spen down now
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I would like to ask if touchscreen tune available for non-root device?
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Hi!
I'm using a CM9 based ROM on the Note, so I don't have the S-Pen utilities.
I've tried a lot of apps from the Market to replace it, but I can't find a simple app that can open a photo (an screenshot, for exmaple), draw over it and save as photo as well.
All programs i've tested offers an unlimited "desktop" over you can put objects like photos, cliparts, text, etc ... with layers and a lot of complex things.
I just want an app like the included with Samsung's ROM, to simply draw over a photo and save it as photo or share it. Nothing more.
Anybody knows a simple app like the S-Pen Memo ?
Thanks!
afair Free Note might have this feature.
btw what you mean s-pen does not work on CM9, works perfectly on mine (only thing I'm not sure about is button - don't use it)
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Try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691915
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p107r0 said:
afair Free Note might have this feature.
btw what you mean s-pen does not work on CM9, works perfectly on mine (only thing I'm not sure about is button - don't use it)
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S-Pen works. I specified that I don't have S-Pen utilities
yanix said:
Try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691915
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Wow! Thanks! This is perfect. Even S-Pen button works!
Try jotter too!
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S-Pen works. I specified that I don't have S-Pen utilities
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my bad, time for me to get a slow reading course
Hi guys!
I got my Note yesterday and after I've upgrade it to the new Android version I've got the new SNote as well and I'm not a fan! My palm is accidentally zooming when I rest it against the screen in a way the previous one didn't and the buttons at the top bar was much more intuitive to me.
Any other with the same problem and maybe a solution? I am open to new better apps as well, I've tried LectureNotes but as an engineering student I'm really in to the SNote shape/function/search the web functionality and I have not seen any app that's anywhere near SNote considering that.
Thanks in advice!
Axel
You can disable hand writing so only the s pen is activated, the button can be located at the lower right side of the screen just right of the add page button. The symbol is a hand. Hope this help
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You can disable hand writing so only the s pen is activated, the button can be located at the lower right side of the screen just right of the add page button. The symbol is a hand. Hope this help
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Thanks! That was the first thing I did, but the zoom is still active at least when the pen isn't near (14mm/~1 inch or what it might be) and in reality I don't have the pen that close to the screen at all times. The strange thing is that I didn't have these problems with the previous model, maybe they changed it in some way when they added the "pinch to delete page" functionality? And besides I liked the little arrow that completely minimized the toolbar and gave me a blank screen to write on which have now mysteriously disappeared.
I think there is an apk file with the previous version somewhere but even though I've been Google it for the last hour I can't find one! Anyone who has it on their tablet?
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Hats the new Snote app. I liked the fact that the menus would hide to increase size of the page for writing, and switching from pen to eraser was jn one place on the right. All gone.
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same problem
hi, i gt the same problem, eng student too, apparently alot of users have same problem, its been around before we got the update in uk, since aug 2012 as far as i know, i tried many apps, paperus might be a gd one for us but it aint as good as s note, i emailed samsung and i think if alot of users does so something might happen to improve it, or if any devs could jus take the zooming option out,
would you mind emailing samsung so that they could get a massive user feed back.
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Hi guys!
I got my Note yesterday and after I've upgrade it to the new Android version I've got the new SNote as well and I'm not a fan! My palm is accidentally zooming when I rest it against the screen in a way the previous one didn't and the buttons at the top bar was much more intuitive to me.
Any other with the same problem and maybe a solution? I am open to new better apps as well, I've tried LectureNotes but as an engineering student I'm really in to the SNote shape/function/search the web functionality and I have not seen any app that's anywhere near SNote considering that.
Thanks in advice!
Axel
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Hi
1. Which note u r using? N7000?
2. what android version u r using...?
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Hats the new Snote app. I liked the fact that the menus would hide to increase size of the page for writing, and switching from pen to eraser was jn one place on the right. All gone.
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Exactly, to me the ideal is to have a blank piece of paper and be able to put the tools needed (maybe different pens and the function/shape thing) as floating boxes just like you do at CAD programs etc. SNote got just that, and to be honest SNote was a huge part of why I bought this tablet in the first place. Now it's kinda useless though...
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hi, i gt the same problem, eng student too, apparently alot of users have same problem, its been around before we got the update in uk, since aug 2012 as far as i know, i tried many apps, paperus might be a gd one for us but it aint as good as s note, i emailed samsung and i think if alot of users does so something might happen to improve it, or if any devs could jus take the zooming option out,
would you mind emailing samsung so that they could get a massive user feed back.
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I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one having troubles or disliking the new SNote, the more that have problems the faster a solution will appear I hope. I have actually only tested LN besides SNote, mostly because LN is great in any way but SNote it isn't. It doesn't have the mathematical function recognizer nor the shape recognizer and just doesn't seems to work as well with the rest of the system. Like the "screenshot, drag and drop" that works like a charm in SNote where I can look something up at Wolfram and paste it to my notes. It does have some advantages over SNote though, I feel the pure writing is better on LN and it have for example the really simple but so useful feature of "select part/text and move it", more easy to customize background etc.
Not at all! I thought of the same thing myself, I just wanted to check if I was the only one having this problems. But the easiest and by far fastest way to deal with it would of course be if anyone had an Old SNote apk file to install. Adding a "lock zoom and pan" option won't solve the problem with the whole new version suck, and I think getting them to get back to previous versions will be difficult.
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Hi
1. Which note u r using? N7000?
2. what android version u r using...?
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N8010, the new wifi only version.
4.1.1, and I live in Sweden by the way so it might be some swedish tweak to it.
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Using S-Note from older or another build
Is there a way to use snote from german..usa or older system. Slovenian build has a bug: every time i open a note with s note disblay brightness jumps to max.4.1.1 N8000XXBLJ9
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Is there a way to use snote from german..usa or older system. Slovenian build has a bug: every time i open a note with s note disblay brightness jumps to max.4.1.1 N8000XXBLJ9
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That's actually not a bug I think, you can adjust the screen brightness in many apps individually. I'm not quite sure where in the new SNote though..
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I got a reply from Samsung Sweden today where they apologized and told me that I, for a cost, could get the previous SNote version if I got the tablet to a service center. On one hand I think it's great that they actually give the customers the option of having the previous version back but on the other I think it's rubbish having to pay for it when it it because the new one is working like ****. There might be a chance that the downgrade will just be a couple of bucks but I'm afraid it won't.
I'm going to reply to Samsung once again, this time with a movie I've made that illustrates the problem with the shape and math identifier. To be continued..
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it is a bug
Sorry but it is a bug.
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That's actually not a bug I think, you can adjust the screen brightness in many apps individually. I'm not quite sure where in the new SNote though..
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Hey, got a temporary solution done, downgraded ics
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Sorry but it is a bug.
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Yes sorry, after further investigation I found that the new version didn't have the screen brightness settings that both the precious SNote as well as the stock browser got.
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Hey, got a temporary solution done, downgraded ics
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This is obviously a solution however to me this isn't an option since I think everything from the general flow to the multiscreen capabilities is that much better than on ICS and even though SNote is a big part of this tablet LectureNotes is not far behind. But don't get me wrong, I wanna have both of them working!
I made a simple video that illustrates the problem with the shape and math identifier, even though that's just a small bit of the problem with the new SNote feel free to use it for example in contact with Samsung!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Ci_H9YqPw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Yes sorry, after further investigation I found that the new version didn't have the screen brightness settings that both the precious SNote as well as the stock browser got.
This is obviously a solution however to me this isn't an option since I think everything from the general flow to the multiscreen capabilities is that much better than on ICS and even though SNote is a big part of this tablet LectureNotes is not far behind. But don't get me wrong, I wanna have both of them working!
I made a simple video that illustrates the problem with the shape and math identifier, even though that's just a small bit of the problem with the new SNote feel free to use it for example in contact with Samsung!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Ci_H9YqPw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I haven't these problems! Look my version with jb 4.1.2, is it the same?
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tnx for trying to help
Thanks for information. I have found a way to brightness s note bug.
Found an application Display brightness, installed and now snote works ok.
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I haven't these problems! Look my version with jb 4.1.2, is it the same?
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Mirkokkk said:
I haven't these problems! Look my version with jb 4.1.2, is it the same?
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Thanks for your answer!
No it's not, I've got 4.1.1 and have the version 5r16958FV03 so it's not even close. However, I don't think everyone's got these strange problems and I don't have them all the time either. But it's way too often to be acceptable, especially since the precious one didn't have any problems what so ever (as far as I could tell).
Have you noticed any other bugs or are your version of SNote a stable functional one?
Another thing I noticed now when I looked up the version of SNote is that I have not one but two "programs" named SNote, the main one of 8.8MB and another one of about a quarter of a MB. Is it possible that the smaller one is the upgrade? I couldn't disable it in any way unfortunately, and when I forced it to stop nothing happened in SNote but that might be because it started up again.
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Were you on ICS when you had the other S note app?
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Were you on ICS when you had the other S note app?
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That's right, the stock OS which was ICS. JB is however better in every way but SNote, so I really don't want to get back to ICS.
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Axel_ said:
That's right, the stock OS which was ICS. JB is however better in every way but SNote, so I really don't want to get back to ICS.
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The ics s note may not work on jb. You can always take it from an ics rom and install it in your current rom.
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All the same problems and an eng student also.
I wish someone would've warned me! lol
I'm probably gonna call Sammy tomorrow, I'd love to see a march on their booth during CES.
I was a little surprised that there was no way to downgrade with Kies.
(GT-N8013 4.0.4)
Web pages, homepages, pictures, on newsreader article pages, anywhere or anything, the name of the app is Floating Draw https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=onscreen.draw
Thanks for this man. Looks pretty cool, I'm gonna try it now.
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Kewl app thanks
Nice find thnx
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Wow! Tons of possibilities... thank you.
edirector said:
Web pages, homepages, pictures, on newsreader article pages, anywhere or anything, the name of the app is Floating Draw https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=onscreen.draw
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I never before had a gadget that I loved more the longer I owned it. The Note 10.1 will stay with me for a long, long time. Every day a new discovery. Thnx for this surprise of the day.
Now if only the resolution was better and had palm rejection.
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I tried it on a note 10 and after starting the app, sometimes I activate it in the left bottom corner I cannot see what Iam doing unless I change anything (color, tool, delete), then what I wrote or painted show up. (Android Revolution HD ROM)
Also an adjustable size of the pen / brush would be cool. Oh, and to forward / share the taken image to any other app I want.
And last but not least some better high definition pics same size would be awesome.
edit. Yeah, palm rejection must-need and that the android back button is usable. Well, it lights up but the app does'nt react.
But so far, useful - because it's not a screenshot I annotate, it's an overlay to a running screen.
Hope the creator will read this.
Wonder why no one has made anything like this before!
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Wonder why no one has made anything like this before!
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Maybe because there aren't many spen tablets out there so far.
You can take a screenshot and annotate just by pressing and holding the S-Pen button & hold the S-Pen on the screen.
So unless you need the background to be active, You probably don't need this extra software
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You can take a screenshot and annotate just by pressing and holding the S-Pen button & hold the S-Pen on the screen.
So unless you need the background to be active, You probably don't need this extra software
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I was thinking the same thing. How is this different from just annotating a snapshot?
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options
47kt said:
I tried it on a note 10 and after starting the app, sometimes I activate it in the left bottom corner I cannot see what Iam doing unless I change anything (color, tool, delete), then what I wrote or painted show up. (Android Revolution HD ROM)
Also an adjustable size of the pen / brush would be cool. Oh, and to forward / share the taken image to any other app I want.
And last but not least some better high definition pics same size would be awesome.
edit. Yeah, palm rejection must-need and that the android back button is usable. Well, it lights up but the app does'nt react.
But so far, useful - because it's not a screenshot I annotate, it's an overlay to a running screen.
Hope the creator will read this.
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After you write on something just take a snapshot and share it. I do get the brush size request, but this is a nice start. No issues you are describing using stock JB. But I don't use it every day either to notice it.
The difference
mitchellvii said:
I was thinking the same thing. How is this different from just annotating a snapshot?
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You can leave a note on your home screen in your own writing. Good for video creation on YouTube while doing a live filmed demo in realtime, as a whiteboard or blackboard presentation.
I had this app ported to my HTC Flyer from the ThinkPad back in the day. I loved it and its accuracy. It's good to see that Visions is now making it available to other apps. Definitely giving this a try.
http://m.cnet.com/news/use-handwriting-to-input-text-on-android-with-myscript-stylus/57605099
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Currently (limited time) beta, and it is absolutely amazing. I've been using mazec2, Samsung keyboards for handwriting-to-text (gave up SNote a long time ago) and both the "inking" is very smooth, handwriting recognition beats the pants off alternatives with my "chicken scratches" .
Loving the "gesture shortcuts" (similar to Samsung keyboard which I believe is based on earlier myscript release ). Note this doesn't have a typing style kb but I don't see this as a major problem as it is quite easy to switch to stock or SwiftKey when I need to type.
Download and check out the g+ community feedback. The only major concern I have is whether this will be available on Google play in final release (not as oem-exclusive )...
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great app - Thanks!
Bun110 said:
Currently (limited time) beta, and it is absolutely amazing. I've been using mazec2, Samsung keyboards for handwriting-to-text (gave up SNote a long time ago) and both the "inking" is very smooth, handwriting recognition beats the pants off alternatives with my "chicken scratches" .
Loving the "gesture shortcuts" (similar to Samsung keyboard which I believe is based on earlier myscript release ). Note this doesn't have a typing style kb but I don't see this as a major problem as it is quite easy to switch to stock or SwiftKey when I need to type.
Download and check out the g+ community feedback. The only major concern I have is whether this will be available on Google play in final release (not as oem-exclusive )...
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Found it in the Play Store - works much like the windows 10 script to type keyboard. Worth checking out.