Mac Handwriting Recognition

13.01.2021

Mac System 10.6 (Snow Leopard) now includes a handwriting recognition option for inputting Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), which is an adaptation from the iPhone 2.0 system. The rest of the entry will provide instructions on how to activate it, but note that it only works on a laptop with a trackpad. As far as I can tell, you cannot do this with a mouse.

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May 22, 2020 Apple Notes app has a handwriting recognition feature built-in. So, as long as your handwriting is legible, Apple should be able to recognize and index them. This means that you can search for text inside your handwritten notes. To test it out, go to the “Search” field, and try to find something from your handwritten note. Jan 30, 2010 Mac OS X has handwriting recognition. Asus 97z sm bus controller driver. It is called Inkwell. It works with a touchscreen or drawing pad like Wacom. I don't know why the hell they don't use it. download ilife suite for mac In addition to shapes, we've also made huge improvements to our handwriting recognition. So now when I write, I can easily make a selection using the same gestures that I use for type text. I purchased a bamboo pad for $60-$75 and that is how i can do my handwriting on the mac. Secondly, i think its possible to write on the trackpad with a pen or something (look that up). I cant say its going to be as good as having a writing tablet. As far as apps go, the bamboo pad came with an app called 'Bamboo Paper'.

Activation

Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
Click Language & Text (U.N. flag icon).
Click the tab for Input Sources check either Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. Make sure that the Trackpad Handwriting option is also checked.
Close the System Preferences window.

Use the Trackpad

Open a software application such as a word processor, spread-sheet or any other application in which you need to enter text.
On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag icon (). Use the dropdown menu to select Show Trackpad Writing.
A welcome message will be displayed. Click OK to open the track pad.
A semi transparent dark gray window appears. You can draw in the trackpad and see the list of suggested characters. Note that a delete button is shown in the upper left
To select a character, drag your finger on the right edge of the trackpad until the correct character is highlighted, then tap once.
To clear the trackpad, tap once on the upper left corner.
To exit the track pad, press Shift+Control+SpaceBar
To disable the track pad, open the Language and Text options in System Preferences and uncheck the trackpad options.

Note to fellow ETS Employees: Trackpad interferes with SnapzPro, so be warned if you are testing or planning to use this.

Comments

I don't know the Chinese script, so can't judge the accuracy or ease of the input. However, I would warn that the trackpad disables normal keyboard and mouse operations. For instance, if you need to switch applications, you need to close the track pad (Shift+Control+Spacebar, do the switch, then reopen the trackpad from the flag/keyboard menu). Not very convenient.

It's important to remember that this was built for the iPhone, so probably works best there.

Video Demo (from shoki6229)

Postscript: Japanese

One may wonder how the trackpad handles Japanese, and the answer seems to be that while you can input Chinese characters (kanji), or at least the ones still used in Traditional Chinese, you really can't input Hiragana or Katakana. That means you would need to toggle between the Trackpad and alternate methods of Japanes input. In fact the Trackpad is NOT listed in the menu of Japanese input methods in Snow Leopard.

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