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      Google Handwriting Input

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      Google Handwriting Input allows you to handwrite text on your phone or tablet in 97 languages. It supports printed and cursive writing, with or without a stylus. Google Handwriting Input also supports hundreds of emojis, so you can express yourself in any Android app.

      Key features:
      • A useful complement to touchscreen typing or voice input
      • A fun way to enter emojis by drawing
      • Useful for languages that can be challenging to type on a standard keyboard
      • Works across your Android phones and tablets running Android 4.0.3 and up
      • If you claim your handwriting is terrible, try it out and see if it can convince you otherwise
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      4.3
      78,011 total
      5 48,749
      4 16,146
      3 6,441
      2 2,583
      1 4,092
      Farkas Gabor
      Not a bad idea, it's just too slow to write with it. It's a pain to use this app. The regular Google keyboard with sliding feature is way better than this and that's hyperfast!
      karen tonge
      Why can't I get this to work on my huawei watch.. I uninstalled and installed several times... it doesn't show up.. when I looked in the settings it says not loaded..😕 but in personalization I picked the keyboard the language etc...
      Kareem Halabi
      Works well on my LG G Watch R! Would be nice to change the speed though, it's a bit slow for me
      メェカシミヤ
      Understands even Cursive writings! I think this would be better if you append an user original definition character feature, for example Id' like to function for the cursor sliding to the next line by writing a char '/n'. And then this app is somewhat not good at recogning apostroph. I liked this!
      Christian Johnson
      Really disappointed because I couldn't change the setting to allow the app to work. Step one, Enable Google Handwriting Input. I even went to the help page for this info and all it said was that the app will either guide you, or you'll see it in the language settings. Neither was true for me. I don't think my device supports it. Samsung Chromebook Plus.
      difficult to navigate, very uncompatable with other apps. ItDoesn't evework in Google Docs!! I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tablet S 3 . It doesn't work fast, doesnt work well with chinese. Overall is terrible if you are a tablet user. It's a big mess... And Google does not CARE.

      User reviews

      Farkas Gabor May 4, 2017
      Not a bad idea, it's just too slow to write with it. It's a pain to use this app. The regular Google keyboard with sliding feature is way better than this and that's hyperfast!
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      karen tonge May 25, 2017
      Why can't I get this to work on my huawei watch.. I uninstalled and installed several times... it doesn't show up.. when I looked in the settings it says not loaded..😕 but in personalization I picked the keyboard the language etc...
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      Kareem Halabi April 12, 2017
      Works well on my LG G Watch R! Would be nice to change the speed though, it's a bit slow for me
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      メェカシミヤ December 9, 2016
      Understands even Cursive writings! I think this would be better if you append an user original definition character feature, for example Id' like to function for the cursor sliding to the next line by writing a char '/n'. And then this app is somewhat not good at recogning apostroph. I liked this!
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      Christian Johnson April 20, 2017
      Really disappointed because I couldn't change the setting to allow the app to work. Step one, Enable Google Handwriting Input. I even went to the help page for this info and all it said was that the app will either guide you, or you'll see it in the language settings. Neither was true for me. I don't think my device supports it. Samsung Chromebook Plus.
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      May 14, 2017
      difficult to navigate, very uncompatable with other apps. ItDoesn't evework in Google Docs!! I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tablet S 3 . It doesn't work fast, doesnt work well with chinese. Overall is terrible if you are a tablet user. It's a big mess... And Google does not CARE.
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      Joe Rochinski September 22, 2016
      It's a good start But still not as accurate as Samsung's handwriting recognition on my Note 7. I think Samsung's interface and the way it allows you to rapidly edit your input is also far superior. That said, competition breeds innovation and so I'm excited to see how this evolves over time.
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      Graham Phillips November 5, 2016
      One Word at a Time... It's a good start, but should be further along now technically considering leaps and bounds others are making in handwriting recognition. It's disappointing that it will only recognise one word at a time. This destroys the flow of thought. If you do write two or more words it sticks them together as if one word, or invents a completely new word found nowhere in the English language.
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      shijith kj January 8, 2017
      Helpful and easy It works even if the phone does not support your language. Check it! Go to configure language, turn it off "system Ianguage" and and enable "active input method". English is default and select your languages also to your choice. Select "Handwriting input mode". Handwriting in old form also works in it. I wonder how care was given by Google for each language.....
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      Andrew Wilmar March 15, 2017
      Very promising but needs some basic functionality. In particular it desperately needs swipe to delete multiple letters and words like gboard. Swiping right to left should select text for deletion. The undo button is poorly placed and clumsy to use.
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      Sarah Fletcher December 5, 2016
      Great! I'm using the app now, and while not the fastest method, it would be faster with a stylus and even without I think it is perfect for someone who finds themselves constanty making mistakes while typing. Extremely user friendly. ☺ One of my only complaints would be the difficulty in making emojis.
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      Andrew Jehan January 24, 2017
      It's a great interface for writing. Better and faster than Samsung's built-in interface. It just needs to have a button to quickly toggle to keyboard or voice input when you need it. Right now, you have to always use handwriting because switching with the keyboard settings is too inefficient.
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      303tk4 January 26, 2017
      Use this for typing Chinese but the keyboard shows up a few seconds after tapping a certain text field so I have to wait for a while.. why so laggy? Other apps are flying on this top-tier phone.
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      thejas p girish May 12, 2017
      I have download and installed this app on my Huawei p8 lite. On settings I browse for Languages, I can not find Malayalam. All Huawei users are facing this problem. It was working fine on my old phone Micromax Unite 2. Please fix this problem.
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      Candice Goddard January 3, 2017
      Good I enjoy using this because it generally gets more accurate results than typing or swiping but its not great at recognising cursive writing which is a bit odd since this is a handwriting app. Unfortunately its also too slow to be really useful. I hope this app will improve in the future because I prefer writing to typing.
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      David Chon November 3, 2016
      Major Flaw Amazing handwriting recognition. Google blows expectations out of the water, as usual. One major problem is, no one wants to use handwriting all the time, yet there is no way to change back to keyboard mode without exiting your current task and finding system settings. This cumbersome aspect forces one to choose to strictly use handwriting or keyboard only. I choose keyboard only. tldr - needs an easy way to change between writing input and keyboard input directly from the interface
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      Daniel Ohm January 13, 2017
      8nput seems to want s9me special k8nd 9f swipe, instead of actual character Handwrit8ng 8npit works but text is mak8mg 8nput severel6 flawed by autoselecr8mg n7mbers when I'm typing letters. Handwriting input is also wa6 too fast f9r a beginner level.
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      Karl S. February 23, 2017
      Poor word recognition necessitates frequent backspacing and manual correction. You can't overwrite, cross out or insert letters as you write, unlike with Samsung's handwriting input. I do like that there are SEPARATE language-specific keyboards. ("Multilingual" keyboards are annoying.) If you write carefully, you can make it work. Ease of switching between this and Google's Gboard is a plus, since I like Gboard.
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      Alexey Volkov October 18, 2016
      Far from perfect. Okay, this app is quite good at interpreting most common words, but when it comes to specific terms, it makes mistakes. Also, it knows alphabet and numbers for the selected language, but when it comes to special Unicode symbols (Greek letters, mathematical symbols), it doesn't recognise them. Thirdly, writing is a priori slower than typing for most people. So, what's the point of this?
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      Sinto Ed October 11, 2016
      Huawei mate 8 Not Supporting My Huawei mate8 which is newly purchased with latest 6.0 OS is not supporting malayalam language in the language list. As per Huawei showroom in Dubai saying, google did not considered huawei latest mobiles also this problem is not from huawei...kindly provide an update to Huawei mate 8 mobile with malayalam, so I will give 5 stars.
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      Sarah C. Mattman December 25, 2016
      Handwritten Notes I love being able to not only "capture" my screen and write on it, but being able handwrite a message to someone is so much easier then typing it! And it recognizes even my sloppy handwriting! ♥️
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      September 18, 2016
      works but has poor accuracy With the S-Pen on my Galaxy Note 2, Google handwriting input has poor accuracy and is clumsy to use. Stylus Beta is far superior - more accurate, faster and easier to use.
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      Gawtham S Akkarakattil May 20, 2017
      Difficult in swyping, very bad prediction and not predicting at all times (not about password), very poor dictionary setting (Not saving my words and if saved it is not reproducing) and many more problems... Plz give a good update. For now I'm uninstalling this app.
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      Arjun Paudyal September 13, 2016
      Nice App it is an useful app. Only problem I am facing is it is not an easy switch with Samsung keyboard. If loading it was as easy as switching the language it would have been best. Load handwritting, go to typing and start typing. Once you changed keyboard, repeat the boring again is irritating.
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      sarang mp February 21, 2017
      All..Huawei user are facing this problem.... that we can't get Malayalam language for download... There is no change by Google side to clear this problem...for all Huawei users...... After the release of this app we are rising this questions...... still no response from...Google side
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      Shyamprasad R February 16, 2017
      Very hard for using this app. bcoz We r from Kerala and also needs Malayalam language only. But app automatically selected two languages. English & Malayalam. Sometimes selected only English. so are facing difficulties in this app.
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      NIDHIN KM December 8, 2016
      Very much useful..... I was so fed up by typing my local language malayalam in english and receivers could barely understand what I was intending....this app has made a difference......thank u so much............ I will definitely give it a 5 star..
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      Michael Finner March 27, 2017
      find a way to get app to learn personal writing style. For example, my distinct writing is not easily reconized by the app. forcing me change my writing style rather than learning and adjusting to me. work fine if I print.
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      Geoffrey C May 21, 2017
      It isn't too useful for English but for Chinese it is really useful to study with. It understands just about everything I input it's pretty insane actually, since my Chinese looks pretty bad on paper much less on a phone screen. Great for studing. Though I'll probably stick to pinyin input for actual typing. 很好!
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      Abdul Gafoor March 18, 2017
      Huawei mate 8 is not supporting south Indian language malayalam and not showing in the language list. As per Huawei showroom in Dubai saying, google did not considered huawei latest mobiles also this problem is not from huawei...kindly provide an update to Huawei mate 8
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      Harsh G. September 22, 2016
      Great app Typing in Devnagari script has never been easier than this... Although it takes time for typing a whole sentence or Para compared to keyboard input.. Thank you
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      October 25, 2016
      Great! Don't know what your all talking about, this is great! I'm using it right now! Way better than the one on my phone. It recognises every word I write. I recomend it. ∞
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      Amir Siahy December 15, 2016
      In case that the user makes a mistake it doesn't let user goes back and fix the typo. It doesn't support Gestures like what we can see in the masterpice Like myscript stylus.
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      David H. January 4, 2017
      Not up to the job I had high hopes in using this for Japanese input, but it turned out to be almost useless for real work. The recognition engine seems to work fine, but the pad is totally static and doesn't give you enough room to write more than a few characters at a time. It can be impossible to complete a long word or phrase in one go. Mazec3 and Samsung allow for continuous workflow and editing errors before entry. It's surprising that google still can"t match the competition in such basic usability.
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      Giovanni Messina January 1, 2017
      Great Writing app must try Understands even my hand writing. Just one complaint once you revert to texting you need to go back to the google input app and restart texting
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      Andy Leitzinger September 27, 2016
      Hi, It worked great on my Nexus 9 with Microsoft OneNote until the Android 7.0 upgrade. Now OneNote hangs regularly as I'm trying write using the keyboard.
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      Stella Sun January 24, 2017
      i rarely use this app bc whenever i switch to handwriting input from any other keyboard on my phone, it completely freezes my phone for several minutes. when the app does actually work, it helps me type foreign characters i don't recognize.
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      Sergio Mira September 15, 2016
      Stopped once Once this feature stopped working. Then I needed to stop using Android. I don't know how this people can type without gesture! The best!
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      Yechezqel Bender January 12, 2017
      It's OK but it has flaws It should not recommend or suggest English letters when trying to write in Hebrew. I don't have English selected as a language in the settings only Hebrew.
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      Dhanya Ts October 4, 2016
      Only English is available in my phone I am using lenova vibe .I am not able to use any other language than English.I want to write in Malayalam but this app always says that settings have unfortunately stopped.But when I used this app in another phone I was able to write in Malayalam. Pls solve this bug..
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      What's New

      • Adds recognition support for Corsican, Hawaiian, Kazakh, Luxembourgish, Samoan, Scottish Gaelic, Shona, Tajik, Uzbek, and Western Frisian.
      • Accuracy improvements for several languages.
      • Adds support for additional Emoji.
      • Android N compatibility.
      • Various bug fixes.

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