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You Can Now Input Text and Emojis Into Any Android App using Google Handwriting Input

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    Google Research has today announced Google Handwriting Input, a new tool for all smartphone users with Android 4.0.3 as their OS, to write text and emojis by using their handwriting. And guess what ! Google has already launched support for 82 languages !

    Google Handwriting Input lets users handwrite text on their Android mobile device as an additional input method for any Android app. Google Handwriting Input supports 82 languages in 20 distinct scripts, and works with both printed and cursive writing input with or without a stylus.

    However, whats fun is that you can also type in emojis using Google’s new handwriting tool. And believe it or not, it is exactly as accurate as Google claims it to be, filling in almost any emoji which I drew in the most pathetic handwritings of all times ! You simply need to press and hold the ‘enter’ button to switch modes.

    By building on large-scale language modeling, robust multi-language OCR, and incorporating large-scale neural-networks and approximate nearest neighbour search for character classification, Google Handwriting Input supports languages that can be challenging to type on a virtual keyboard.

    Take the Chinese language for an example. Ideographic languages (such as Chinese) are often based on a particular dialect of the language, but if a user does not know that dialect, they may be hard to use.

    Additionally, keyboards for complex script languages (like many South Asian languages) are less standardized and may be unfamiliar. Even for languages where virtual keyboards are more widely used (like English or Spanish), some users find that handwriting is more intuitive, faster, and generally more comfortable.

    Screen Shot 2015-04-16 at 7.56.39 am

    Google says that its new Handwriting tool is a result of many years of research at Google.

    Though initially, cloud based handwriting recognition supported the Translate Apps on Android and iOS, Mobile Search, and Google Input Tools, other products required recognizers to run directly on an Android device without an Internet connection. Google Handwriting Input works both ways – with or without an Internet connection.

    You can install Google Handwriting Input from the Play Store here.

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