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Re: Show HN: QWANJI

#32

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awlandyau wrote: post #23

This has problems with repeated characters, like 3 "e"s in "eleven".

Yeah and adjacent double letters. Could randomize the arc of each path, add more weight, or do a little loop to describe double/repeated letters perhaps?

Re: Show HN: QWANJI

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relyks wrote: post #3

This is really cool :) A cool next project for you or someone: use ML to see which words produce the most interesting images. "diverge" produces something that looks like a heart for example lol

Thanks! A twist on this would be a program which finds the English word closest to a given shape, but could probably just draw it on a mobile keyboard.

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Bimos wrote: post #30

I tried to draw some hanzi (Kanji). rsdcygjnbm ebycdomhl 你 好 It is like written by someone really drunk though... But the stroke order is correct and I would say native speakers (like me) can recognize them.

Yeah the "drunk script" look is to avoid straight lines hiding multiple paths. Cool that it's recognisable though!

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Post by evertedsphere »

Bimos wrote: post #30

I tried to draw some hanzi (Kanji). rsdcygjnbm ebycdomhl 你 好 It is like written by someone really drunk though... But the stroke order is correct and I would say native speakers (like me) can recognize them.

It always amazes me how good Gboard is at figuring out long single-"stroke" hanzi/kanji scrawls if you have the right stroke order

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Post by drones »

I tried making a face; I think I was pretty successful: aetopjgghghghdfdfdfacnk

This method of drawing reminds me of portraits I've seen of "string art" [1], where strings are tied to pins across a board. The detail is not within the strings themselves but in how they intersect. Unfortunately, I couldn't manage this, but I'm sure someone could. Fun project!

[1] https://www.etsy.com/au/market/string_art_portrait

Re: Show HN: QWANJI

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Post by Asraelite »

krackers wrote: post #27
de_nied wrote: post #19

LG also has this as a keyboard input feature named "Swype". See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swype (Not LG but seems like it's the same thing and same name)

The original swype algorithm was far better than whatever ML-stuff gboard and iOS have these days.

I was really sad when Swype shut down a few years ago. Is there any app with that level of quality available today?

I don't understand how things still haven't gotten better after over a decade, especially with the boom in AI and phone processing power.

Re: Show HN: QWANJI

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Post by tiagod »

krackers wrote: post #27
de_nied wrote: post #19

LG also has this as a keyboard input feature named "Swype". See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swype (Not LG but seems like it's the same thing and same name)

The original swype algorithm was far better than whatever ML-stuff gboard and iOS have these days.

I have been using SwiftKey for many years and their swipe and typing prediction are top notch.
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