On my note 9 i used to be able to go in the calendar and pop the s-pen out and WRITE what i wanted to schedule using ANY keyboard (swiftkey, sywpe, etc)
Now you HAVE to use the samsung keyboard to handwrite.
well that's one less reason to have to switch hands to pull the s-pen out now i guess
You have to tap the pen icon top right and you can use the s-pen.
raejr78 said:
You have to tap the pen icon top right and you can use the s-pen.
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I dont use the samsung keyboard
Neither do I. Open the calendar and look for the pen icon at the top right.
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Neither do I. Open the calendar and look for the pen icon at the top right.
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I don't see a pen icon top right
just a magnifying glass and the date
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See the pen icon up top? That's what I see. I also have the magnifying glass and date.
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I don't have it
see my pic
That's odd. Not sure why yours is that way.
ok, i got it to show up, it only shows up on full screen month.
doesnt do me much good cause i use day view
Do you have the pen icon on day view?
Man, on my note 9 i could hover and a bubble with a T would pop up letting me switch to handwriting mode.
I guess they had to take that handy feature out and integrate it into something custom.
Yeah they took that out, i just looked on my note 9 and it's a setting in the s-pen stuff. There's a option for direct pen input that plops a bubble up to change to a drawing box.
So they did take that out to force you to use their keyboard.
Yeah this may be my last samsung if they keep taking stuff out and replacing it with crap
I got a good work around for this.
I installed gboard and set it to handwriting and put the change keyboard icon on my navbar
so now i can do what the note 9 did out of the box.
lol
ratchetrizzo said:
I got a good work around for this.
I installed gboard and set it to handwriting and put the change keyboard icon on my navbar
so now i can do what the note 9 did out of the box.
lol
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you could have done exactly this with the samsung keyboard already installed - use whatever keyboard you want normally, then when you want to handwrite, switch to samsung keyboard that you can already have setup for handwriting only mode.
It's how I set mine up.
Lennyuk said:
you could have done exactly this with the samsung keyboard already installed - use whatever keyboard you want normally, then when you want to handwrite, switch to samsung keyboard that you can already have setup for handwriting only mode.
It's how I set mine up.
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I went with gboard cause the writing area is bigger and its a simpler interface.
Was never fond of the samsung keyboard but it can't be disabled with package disabler or stuff breaks.
I would usually disable that.
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I got a good work around for this.
I installed gboard and set it to handwriting and put the change keyboard icon on my navbar
so now i can do what the note 9 did out of the box.
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This shows that your level of patience is zero. I didn't need to enable anything and yet it worked. BUT did you add Write on Calendar as shortcut yo the SPEN functions so that when you pull the SPEN it gives you the option to do so?
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This shows that your level of patience is zero. I didn't need to enable anything and yet it worked. BUT did you add Write on Calendar as shortcut yo the SPEN functions so that when you pull the SPEN it gives you the option to do so?View attachment 5548973View attachment 5548975View attachment 5548977
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that's not what I meant by writing on the calendar. I meant writing in the handwriting to text box to fill out a whole day, not just handwrite or circle something on one day.
so you missed my point. You totally missed the fact I said the feature the note 9 had where if you hovered it gave you the option to open a handwriting box rather than having to use the samsung keyboard or switch keyboard to WRITE and and it turned into text in the detailed appointment making section of the calendar
I have no need to hand write on a little box or circle a day and write what i'm doing underneath it without having an alarm set for my task for that day. So you missed THAT point too. You must have never had a older S-pen that had the feature I was talking about. That is now made mandatory to use the samsung keyboard to enable unless you install another handwriting api.
Go google note 9 oreo s pen direct input and see what i'm talking about.
I'm not talking about JUST the calendar, im talking about writing in ANY text box and having it turn to text WITHOUT using the samsung keyboard. On the note 9 if you hovered the s pen it gave you a bubble to bring up a independent writing box for ANY text input box ANYWHERE without being forced to do it through the samsung keyboard.
You missed the whole point of the original question. The calendar was a example, but you missed what I was talking about with that too.
here you go, look at this, go to 35:41 and see what I was talking about that's removed from one ui 4.1
Completely missed that point, and I DID learn something.. However, I did find something that might be useful.
By default the Samsung keyboard comes with the handwriting recognition on (I turned it off when I Set it up), and SPEN detection in the options:
I re turned them on and I could do what you described entering the handwritten text on the corresponding areas so it would transform to TEXT.
I have learned my lesson and I will take my coffee now.
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Completely missed that point, and I DID learn something.. However, I did find something that might be useful.
By default the Samsung keyboard comes with the handwriting recognition on (I turned it off when I Set it up), and SPEN detection in the options:
I re turned them on and I could do what you described entering the handwritten text on the corresponding areas so it would transform to TEXT.
I have learned my lesson and I will take my coffee now.
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Like I said in earlier posts, I don't like the samsung keyboard and wont use it, the writing pad area is too small compared to the gboard or google writing inputs. It's still irritating they're trying to make you use all samsung stuff. thank god i could get rid of samsung pay and all the samsung kids bloat without anything breaking.
One thing i did notice is you really need to let this phone boot and wait a few minutes for everything to finish loading or it forgets settings.
My problem is solved (and actually the accuracy of the gboard handwriting input is much better than samsungs, it detects hebrew and chinese MUCH more accurately)
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Like I said in earlier posts, I don't like the samsung keyboard and wont use it, the writing pad area is too small compared to the gboard or google writing inputs. It's still irritating they're trying to make you use all samsung stuff. thank god i could get rid of samsung pay and all the samsung kids bloat without anything breaking.
One thing i did notice is you really need to let this phone boot and wait a few minutes for everything to finish loading or it forgets settings.
My problem is solved (and actually the accuracy of the gboard handwriting input is much better than samsungs, it detects hebrew and chinese MUCH more accurately)
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Now I have to test Gboard... Damn it! lol
Oh yeah I had the same thing with the S21 Ultra, I had to really wait for everything to fully load or else the settings would be "temporarily forgotten"
I remember there was a point in Iphone where you could not install whichever keyboard you wanted so you were stuck with Apple Keyboard which was in than moment really bad.. I then got into Gboard or Swift Key. With Samsung, I have only used Samsung keyboard but text prediction drives me insane.
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Now I have to test Gboard... Damn it! lol
Oh yeah I had the same thing with the S21 Ultra, I had to really wait for everything to fully load or else the settings would be "temporarily forgotten"
I remember there was a point in Iphone where you could not install whichever keyboard you wanted so you were stuck with Apple Keyboard which was in than moment really bad.. I then got into Gboard or Swift Key. With Samsung, I have only used Samsung keyboard but text prediction drives me insane.
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You can either use gboard which is a full keyboard with the handwriting option you can enable full time or you can just get the google handwriting ime which is just the writing pad. the ime has a "tad" bit bigger writing area but less options and you may like the text input and swyping of the gboard typing, it isn't bad (i'm STILL stuck in love with swype that is dead, they finally killed the sync server so you cant get your dictionary back)
I still swear by swype, and when it was supported they kept making it better then nuance sold it to microsoft who killed it for swiftkey (bleh).
The nice thing about the gboard writing input is you can install all the languages you want and it says it will interpret and translate. symbols or words.. I only messed with english, hebrew and chinese (I only know a couple words in hebrew and chinese stuff from buying from aliexpress). It worked. my handwriting is terrible and it figured out what i was writing and knew where to put periods in sentences. It's worth looking at, if you dont like it you can always uninstall it.
oh it knows when you draw emoji's too
the handwriting ime isn't on the market so you have to google for it if you just want that and not gboard google google handwriting ime and i think it's the third link to version 1.9.3
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You can either use gboard which is a full keyboard with the handwriting option you can enable full time or you can just get the google handwriting ime which is just the writing pad. the ime has a "tad" bit bigger writing area but less options and you may like the text input and swyping of the gboard typing, it isn't bad (i'm STILL stuck in love with swype that is dead, they finally killed the sync server so you cant get your dictionary back)
I still swear by swype, and when it was supported they kept making it better then nuance sold it to microsoft who killed it for swiftkey (bleh).
The nice thing about the gboard writing input is you can install all the languages you want and it says it will interpret and translate. symbols or words.. I only messed with english, hebrew and chinese (I only know a couple words in hebrew and chinese stuff from buying from aliexpress). It worked. my handwriting is terrible and it figured out what i was writing and knew where to put periods in sentences. It's worth looking at, if you dont like it you can always uninstall it
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Will test it out then.. sounds quite interesting... Thanks for the suggestion
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I had read about a full QWERTY Keyboard by HTC being available on the other Touch device forums. Any idea where we can get this keyboard guys?
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Um....isn't that the standard qwerty that comes with the TC?
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Um....isn't that the standard qwerty that comes with the TC?
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Nope .. it is not.
Although I have Kaiser, but it might work in your case too.
Open the keyboard, click on a little up arrow to open settings.
Choose "keyboard" in the input method box. Below it, you'll see two choices, choose "small keys" and save.
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Although I have Kaiser, but it might work in your case too.
Open the keyboard, click on a little up arrow to open settings.
Choose "keyboard" in the input method box. Below it, you'll see two choices, choose "small keys" and save.
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That's for the standard WM keyboard.
Actually, that device is a Sprint Touch. I think HTC configured a qwerty for that device. I remember playing around with it in a Sprint Touch before I got my Cruise.
The same thing can be achieved using PocketCM and a nice skin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381224
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Um....isn't that the standard qwerty that comes with the TC?
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Yes, but when you start typing an SMS or Email you get that T9 crap. I really would like to have it this way to (like in image) but for some reason it's impossible.
It is there in Touch Cruise as well but only comes up when you have to enter Network Key while connecting to WIFI
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It is there in Touch Cruise as well but only comes up when you have to enter Network Key while connecting to WIFI
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You're right about that. It would be nice if we ciuld have it all the time. Any sugestions?
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It is there in Touch Cruise as well but only comes up when you have to enter Network Key while connecting to WIFI?
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Hmm, interesting, I've yet to see that. Does it only come up when you configure a network key via the Notification popup? I've thus far always preconfigured my networks via the Comm Manager. I'll have to play and see if I can get it to come up. Its also interesting that it seems like he has the 12 key (T9) SIP selected...so I take it when the network thing pops up you can ONLY select this SIP?
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The same thing can be achieved using PocketCM and a nice skin.
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The Pocket CM skin is nice, but one thing that always annoyed me was the lack of numbers as compared to the T9 and SureType SIPS. This SIP actually has the numbers row up top. I really want this SIP!
I saw it for the first time on my own phone! It really does exist.
OK, so I was able to call it up for use in IE. I was in a text field and I could call it up by biring up the SMS window and then Xing out of it so that I was back at the IE text field. An all of the sudden its there for me to type with, doesn't matter if I try to select another SIP, it sticks...that is until I ether exit that text field or switch programs again. I also experimented and called it up while in portrait mode to see if the keys would get any bigger/usable...nope. It just puts the numeric keys on the left so you have QWERTY and a dialpad! BUT it doesn't have a space key in this orientation so its kinda useless even tho its a very cool lay out. AND T9 does not come on at all when using this SIP unlike when using the standard QWERTY SIP.
Screenshots>>
Note that with the keys shifted, you get symbols on the home row.
Note the dialpad orientation of the numbers while in portrait, and the lack of a space button!
Symbols are the same...
FYI This isn't related to our mystery keyboard, but its useful and kind of hidden. From any SIP, you can soft press the camera button to bring up a symbols page...Its not as pretty as the Touch symbols page, but it has emoticons and a lot more symbols to choose from from the first page plus you can navigate either the touch screen or using the D-Pad. I never even use the Touch symbols anymore, I always use this.
The big question now is, how do i get this Keyboard in ANY program i use? I would like tom have this as default keyboard and not those T9 keyboards.
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The big question now is, how do i get this Keyboard in ANY program i use? I would like tom have this as default keyboard and not those T9 keyboards.
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I have disabled the T9 keyboards and now use TouchPal Pro exclusively.
To disable:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Layouts\e0010409
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I saw in another thread somewhere, a product called TouchPal from CooTek.com. I checked it out, and it looks very cool indeed, and it's free for personal use.
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I have disabled the T9 keyboards and now use TouchPal Pro exclusively.
To disable:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Layouts\e0010409
Ime File=\windows\compime.dll
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I have the reg-key. WHat must i do to disable it?
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I have the reg-key. WHat must i do to disable it?
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That's it. Did you soft reset? I am now able to use TouchPal pro without issue and the name-fill in the sms contact line works as it should. I also use SIPChange to keep TouchPal as the default even after a soft reset.
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That's it. Did you soft reset? I am now able to use TouchPal pro without issue and the name-fill in the sms contact line works as it should. I also use SIPChange to keep TouchPal as the default even after a soft reset.
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Nope, does not work. Been like this all the time and still no good keyboard. Thx anyway.
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Nope, does not work. Been like this all the time and still no good keyboard. Thx anyway.
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Not sure what to tell you. I get my TouchPal keyboard no matter what app I am in and even after a softreset.
sponzert
are you using another languge keyboard, beside the english one?
hi guys, i know its a different device but i am able to acess this keyboard as the main input method on all applications on my touch dual.
Below is a post i made on a similar thread in the niki forum
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ok ive had this appear a few times now but couldnt figure out why, as you have been asking for it i have been playing around and think i know what is causing it. you may not need everything listed below but these are the settings on my device if you play around with them you should be able to narrow it down.
I'm running Toms rom, found here
i have disabled threaded sms by using the second setting here
i have enabled the favourite people button on the htc home screen by deleteing the key here
the only other app i have that may have changed a setting is the HTC home customiser.
After making these changes tick the enable xt9 setting in romsettings app, exit the app, then go back into it and untick the enable t9 setting, after closing romsettings you should have the keyboard shown in the second screen shot
as far as i can see this changes the keyboard in all applications
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thread and screendshots here
not sure if its any use to you but maybe someone can figure it out
Question about settings for the stock samsung keyboard...
I'm using the stock rom (rooted) and the stock samsung keyboard.
I like having the phone offer up suggestions for words I'm typing in, but I DON'T like to have the phone auto correct my actual typing. I want to select a suggested word myself or use the one I typed the way I typed it if I don't physically select a suggestion.
However, the way it is now, if predictive text is on, the phone wants to auto correct my typing... such that if I want to use a word the way I typed it, I have to select it to override the one the phone picked as the predicted text.
Is there a way to keep the suggestions but turn off the auto correct? The only option I saw was to turn off predictive text and that turns everything off so that you don't even get any suggestions.
Hope that makes sense. Thanks!
Stock keyboard brings the suck, don't it. I swapped 'er out for the jellybean keyboard in the play store and been thrilled with it.
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I love this phone but [email protected] the stock keyboard is horrible (to me). When I misspell a word and backspace to correct a letter or more it fills in with a whole other word on top of the letters that I didn't delete. It's not very friendly when it comes to quick typing simply because it is always replacing my words, correctly spelled and all, with their own suggestion.
*goes looking for new keyboard*
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I love this phone but [email protected] the stock keyboard is horrible (to me). When I misspell a word and backspace to correct a letter or more it fills in with a whole other word on top of the letters that I didn't delete. It's not very friendly when it comes to quick typing simply because it is always replacing my words, correctly spelled and all, with their own suggestion.
*goes looking for new keyboard*
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That pissed me off enough to change out the keyboard.
Try to jellybean keyboard. Free in the play store. Its not psychotic.
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Link, if you're interested.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jellybeankeyboard.f.g
I am not at all affiliated, just stoked on it. And its free cause I'm cheap.
Hey Guys, I have been trying to find the perfect tablet for a while now and I thought the note might be it but something I tried at best buy yesterday did not work and I was hoping someone who has the tablet might try it out for me. My specific use for the tablet would be to take it on sales calls and use my very primitive excel order form. All I need it to do is be able to put a 1 or an x in a cell. I tried this with polaris with the pen and it would not write in the cell. Was it a setting I didn't see or does it just not work that way. I've used the transformer prime for work with this order form with the on screen keyboard but I just thought I could be faster writing with the pen. The other advantage is that I could see more of the screen If I didn't have the keyboard pop up.
Thanks for checking this out for me If you can....
Have you got an example of the sheet or are you just asking if you can place an X in a cell?
Happy to test for you if you provide a bit more detail or a sample sheet for specific testing.
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Have you got an example of the sheet or are you just asking if you can place an X in a cell?
Happy to test for you if you provide a bit more detail or a sample sheet for specific testing.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I am just asking If you go into polaris open up a new spreadsheet and see if you could write with the pen in the cell. For my purposes all I need to put in there is either a one or an x. Thanks again...
Just checked, all you need to do is double tap using the s pen in the cell you want to edit and the keyboard pops up, you then enter your 1 or X using the keyboard.
Edit: If you want to enter the X using handwriting recognition, its the same principal but you just need to have the keyboard in handwriting mode, you set this by keeping your finger on the setting button to the left of the space bar and slide it to the T icon that has a pen next to it. Once set, you can use the pen using your handwriting by writing in the panel that pops up at the bottom. The recognition is awesome.
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Just checked, all you need to do is double tap using the s pen in the cell you want to edit and the keyboard pops up, you then enter your 1 or X using the keyboard.
Edit: If you want to enter the X using handwriting recognition, its the same principal but you just need to have the keyboard in handwriting mode, you set this by keeping your finger on the setting button to the left of the space bar and slide it to the T icon that has a pen next to it. Once set, you can use the pen using your handwriting by writing in the panel that pops up at the bottom. The recognition is awesome.
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Thanks so much for this, obviously never using the pen before wouldn't know how to get into handwriting mode. One last question if you don't mind, I have had better luck with documents to go than polaris in the past, will the pen work with any app like you're saying or is it just for the built in ones.
The handwriting input panel will work with any App that allows text input as it is brought up as a keyboard option and you can switch between keyboard, handwriting input or voice input using the method described earlier.
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The handwriting input panel will work with any App that allows text input as it is brought up as a keyboard option and you can switch between keyboard, handwriting input or voice input using the method described earlier.
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That is phenomenal, thanks so much. Who knew I would get all my answers before 7 am. I hope my tablet quest is over for now, although I am like a lot of you guys on here I will never be satisfied and always have to move on to the next great gadget
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That is phenomenal, thanks so much. Who knew I would get all my answers before 7 am. I hope my tablet quest is over for now, although I am like a lot of you guys on here I will never be satisfied and always have to move on to the next great gadget
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Glad to have been able to help, like you, I just couldn't resist buying the tab on launch day because of my hunger for new tech even at the expense of not having 3g and larger storage. I convinced myself that I will not use it for calling and can use skype or tango if needed or can use my handset to tether when required also the fact that it has an sd card slot, space will not be an issue!
Hello
A couple of questions about how handwriting recognition works for the 10.1:
i) Is it available for all apps, i.e. handwriting recognition can be selected for any app which has keyboard input?
ii) Assuming your handwriting isn't a scrawl, how good is the recognition, (e.g. how does it compare to Windows 7/8 tablets)?
Thanks for any feedback
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Hello
A couple of questions about how handwriting recognition works for the 10.1:
i) Is it available for all apps, i.e. handwriitng recognition can be selected for any app which has keyboard input?
ii) Assuming your handwriting isn't a scrawl, how good is the recogition, (e.g. how does it compare to Windows 7/8 tablets)?
Thanks for any feedback
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Yes it can be enabled in any app that support kekeyboard input, and comparing it to other w8/7 tablets i havent tried them but handwriting recognition works perfect, fast and never faild to recognize my writing also i have a bad hand writing
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I can be pretty slack with my handwriting and it works pretty good with a 95% accuracy rate. The 5% it doesn't, I'd have trouble reading if I hadn't wrote it then and there...
This doesn't really help the OP, but I thought I might as well stick my question under the same header.
In the keyboard setting is a tick box for "change to handwriting recognition when Spen is detected" and I'm wondering how it's implemented as I have not noticed anything happening. I always have to change the keyboard manually. Wether I remove the pen or use my spare one. Thanks.
schnurrbidurr said:
This doesn't really help the OP, but I thought I might as well stick my question under the same header.
In the keyboard setting is a tick box for "change to handwriting recognition when Spen is detected" and I'm wondering how it's implemented as I have not noticed anything happening. I always have to change the keyboard manually. Wether I remove the pen or use my spare one. Thanks.
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I've tried and it somewhat works... but with varying results.
It surely doesn't work instantly (as one would expect). That is, if you have your keyboard out and you pull out the pen the keyboard doesn't change automatically and instantly from "typing mode" to "handwriting mode".
In a simple text editor (as Jota text editor) it works this way: if you have the pen out and you tap on the note as to insert new text, the type of keyboard is hw recognition. Then you put the pen in its slot (the keyboard stays out and doesn't change), close the keyboard (the keyboard disappears) re-tap on the note to write something else and the keyboard popping out is now the classical typing keyboard. The reverse also works.
In some other apps this behavior is not replicable. Maybe because these other apps "remember" (in the cache?) the last type of keyboard used and this overwrites Samsung "pen-detection" function.
Anyway there's a wonderful (and genial) app that automatically and instantly changes the keyboard (i.e. from the samsung stock one to another choosen one, i.e. some keyboard more advanced for traditional typing) with the pen's pulled out or in. It's called SPenBoard Switcher. The link is here.
(Unfortunately it's necessary to have a rooted device to install it...)
Thanks for your explanation. I didn't expect it to work instantly, I just never noticed it doing anything at all. But then again, I rarely use the attached pen, but one of those bigger ones. I will definitely give the suggested app a go.
hello, how come swipe does not work for symbolic and numeric keys?
I also found that swpie does not work when running two apps side by side. Is this a bug?
Which two apps, which one is active and what style of keyboard are you using at the time?
As for symbols, I've never done swiping when using symbols so I have no idea. My first reaction to your initial question was "Is swipe using symbols even supposed to work at all? Given that swipe is a form of predictive text input how would the keyboard predict anything if you're not spelling words since it's all symbols?"
I can't use Swpie on numeric keys as well. Why swipe needs to be predictive? I use Samsung's virtual keyboard which came with the Note Pro? I don't remember the two apps. Will let you know latter.
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I can't use Swpie on numeric keys as well. Why swipe needs to be predictive? I use Samsung's virtual keyboard which came with the Note Pro? I don't remember the two apps. Will let you know latter.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here because I primarily use stock keyboards on my Nexus 4 and this tablet. It's been a few months since I've used other keyboards such as Swiftkey which also supports swipe input . . . In any event my understanding of swipe input based on the keyboards that I have used is this: the keyboard application analyzes the locations that your finger is stopping at and the directions in which your finger moves from each stopping point in order to predict the word that you are attempting to spell. The word that you are attempting to spell has to be in the dictionary of the language you have the keyboard application set to. If it isn't, the keyboard will not recognize the word and will therefore not predict it.
As an example; on both my phone and my Note Pro I have the keyboard language is set to English US. If I attempt to swipe the letters X-Y-L-E-C on the keyboard, which is just jibberish and not a real word in the english dictionary, the keyboard will not recognize this swipe pattern as a word and will attempt to predict something completely different (my tablet writes the word "clef" instead).
So what I'm saying is, how would the keyboard application know to string together a particular order of special characters?
Your answer is likely to be that it should know based upon where you pause with your fingers and you're right except that this isn't exactly how swipe was designed. Swipe is meant to allow you to minimize how long you need to pause. If you start at the letter T, swipe down rapidly to H and rapidly change direction towards E you need not stop exactly on the E key in order to have the keyboard predict the word "THE".
Thanks. I am using the stock Samsung virtual keyboard (US English) that came with the PRO 12.2. Trying to input things like muzzy996 using swipe does not work.
Yeah, it's working as intended.
What irritates me about the stock keyboard is unlike Swiftkey it does not seem to allow for addition of a word into the dictionary easily and there is no obvious way to manage the dictionary.
This is really bothersome for me because in my writing for work I often use technical terms that are not in the default dictionary and I use these terms frequently in documents or emails. The predictive nature of the keyboard does not seem to learn my frequently typed words well at all.
I've just switched back to Swiftkey and will probably try using that for a bit to see if I like it more than the stock keyboard.
Which version of SwiftKey of you use? Mine is SwiftKey Tablet 4.4.6.275. Swipe (called flow in SwiftKey) does not work. It seems that they have version 4. Worth to upgrade?
I was using version 4.4.6.275. I believe they unified versions now, I'm not using the one for tablets (which I believe is now marked as legacy in the play store). In any case I have switched back to stock. SwiftKey is buggy when multi window is used. Often times the keyboard vanishes when typing in a window. Hopefully they fix this but I'm not sure when they will, I see posts about it in their support website that are a few months old.
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