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Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by ericdykstra »

w1ntermute wrote: post #27
ericdykstra wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for the recommendation. I haven't checked this solution out yet, but it looks fantastic! I have never seen an app with this kind of kanji recognition.

It is indeed one of a kind. I haven't formally studied 書道 (calligraphy), but the ad hoc 行書 (cursive style of writing) I've developed out of laziness is recognized perfectly by it. If you're interested in good Android apps for Japanese, I would also urge you to check out Aedict[0] and DroidWing[1]. The latter, when combined with EPWING-format dictionaries obtained from a 3rd party source, is (IMO) just as good as any…

Wow, thanks again. I'll be in Japan in a couple of weeks, and these will surely be helpful, seeing as my vocabulary is trash.

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by stcredzero »

bokonon wrote: post #20
stcredzero wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There could be a lot done with eyeball tracking. We already have setups that can accurately determine where you will be looking a fraction of a second in the future . Eyeball tracking combined with speech or handwriting translation could be quite powerful. The eyeball tracking could provide a lot of contextual information to make speech/handwriting recognition more accurate.

We already have setups that can accurately determine where you will be looking a fraction of a second in the future. Do you have a link to more information about this? That's really impressive.

One's saccade eye movements are very regular in acceleration profile, so it's possible to determine where you're going to look from the start of the saccade movement.

I could not find the original reference, but there is some highly technical information here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=27jCNmafYU4C&pg=PA150&#...

Re: Google Handwrite

#33

Post by stcredzero »

realmickey wrote: post #2

When is Google's/Android's competitor to OneNote going to be available?

Android/iOS/Metro -- whichever one has a properly executed answer to OneNote is going to succeed like gangbusters.

(Putting it that way, it speaks to serious dysfunction at Microsoft if it's not them, and indeed, there's a good chance that it may not be them.)

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by SubZero »

agscala wrote: post #7

Basically google wants more data to improve their handwriting recognition for something else down the line. Smart move

Now THAT would be amazing. Incredibly smart move. What better way to create your own handwriting recognition program than to have all 4 billion people field testing it for you.

Re: Google Handwrite

#35

Post by w1ntermute »

ericdykstra wrote: post #31
w1ntermute wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is indeed one of a kind. I haven't formally studied 書道 (calligraphy), but the ad hoc 行書 (cursive style of writing) I've developed out of laziness is recognized perfectly by it. If you're interested in good Android apps for Japanese, I would also urge you to check out Aedict[0] and DroidWing[1]. The latter, when combined with EPWING-format dictionaries obtained from a 3rd party source, is (IMO) just as good as any…

Wow, thanks again. I'll be in Japan in a couple of weeks, and these will surely be helpful, seeing as my vocabulary is trash.

No problem! Have fun in Japan, I can't wait to return for at least a couple years. I spent a few months there and enjoyed every moment of it. It's not exactly easy for engineers to get jobs there though, and I have no interest in teaching English :/

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by T-R »

Permit wrote: post #6
ericdykstra wrote: post #3

Fun feature. Would be killer with support for non-latin based language. Imagine walking down a street in Japan, seeing a restaurant, and wanting to search for reviews. Oh no! It's written in kanji and you have a hard enough time reading basic words, much less names. Open up Google on your phone, write the kanji and add the japanese word for review behind it, and off you go. Great potential, anyway.

Judging from the commercial it does. Although I won't embarrass myself by guessing the language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeJXKfAcpc

It was Japanese - it was the Kanji for sakura (桜) - hence the cherry trees in the background.

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by w1ntermute »

wheels wrote: post #24
Permit wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging from the commercial it does. Although I won't embarrass myself by guessing the language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeJXKfAcpc

That was Japanese (Hiragana, one of the glyph forms that Japanese uses).

The search was actually in kanji, not hiragana. And the first result (a Wikipedia page), had sakura in katakana.

Sakura in kanji: 桜

Sakura in hiragana: さくら

Sakura in katakana: サクラ

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by SoftwareMaven »

SubZero wrote: post #34
agscala wrote: post #7

Basically google wants more data to improve their handwriting recognition for something else down the line. Smart move

Now THAT would be amazing. Incredibly smart move. What better way to create your own handwriting recognition program than to have all 4 billion people field testing it for you.

They've already done that. That was the entire purpose of Google 411 (except voice instead of hand writing).

Re: Google Handwrite

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Post by ElliotH »

TheSOB88 wrote: post #16
jenius wrote: post #4

Sometimes opening a keyboard and typing is just too efficient. Sometimes you need a technology that will slow your life down and make it more prone to errors. Google handwrite: why type when you can awkwardly scribble?

Because touch-screen typing, and seeing the phone's wrong answers about what you meant EVERY time, isn't incredibly frustrating. ;)

If you hate onscreen keyboards, try Swiftkey, it genuinely is an amazing thing. It's practically psychic.
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