Hi,
I upgraded to the official Froyo ROM. I see the options for the Chinese handwriting, but I can't find a way to switch to the Chinese handwriting mode.
Please help.
1. Ensure you are using HTC's stock keyboard, then only:
Press Menu, select settings > scroll down > select Language & keyboard > select Touch Input > select International keyboard > scroll all the way down > select 2nd last chinese word.
You're done!
You can configure simple chinese or traditional chinese in the Chinese Text Input option
If think he is talking about actually drawing the characters.
Hi,
The problem is that I can see that there are many different Chinese input options but the handwriting option is actually missing! Is this a know bug? Any workaround?
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Any update on this? Really quite odd that the options are there yet one cannot select the handwriting keyboard.
It seems hand-writing only works in Contacts..
I have been looking for the Chinese handwriting option all over too.
In the Settings / Language & keyboard / Touch Input / Chinese Text input, there is a Handwriting options section.
Lets say I go back out and write a SMS, there is no way to select handwriting mode. I have already enabled all the Chinese input methods. However none of them gives access to handwriting.
Am I missing something? Or is the handwriting feature missing from this build?
larrylo88 said:
I have been looking for the Chinese handwriting option all over too.
In the Settings / Language & keyboard / Touch Input / Chinese Text input, there is a Handwriting options section.
Lets say I go back out and write a SMS, there is no way to select handwriting mode. I have already enabled all the Chinese input methods. However none of them gives access to handwriting.
Am I missing something? Or is the handwriting feature missing from this build?
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Here what i have done to make touch input working:
Setting / Language & keyboard / Touch Input / International Keyboard / Tick English and PinYin and HandWriting (tick all the options except this one: stroke input)
and then make sure you have no other input method installed, at least if you have others installed, you can touch the input area on the screen until a window shows up that tells you to choose one of them
I got Chinese handwriting keyboard option now. It works exactly like the HTC Desire HD now. Chinese character recognition is extremely good. It is now available in MCCM's HD v2.0 Desire HD build. It got released when I wrote my previous message.
It can be found at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856312
The build has some nice new features. It has a few minor issues like the default skins are missing. I always customise so that does not matter too much. It is still a battery hog. It does not seem too stable as it has rebooted back to WinMo twice so far. Overall, the build is still very nice.
Previously, I was using MDJ's v4.0 build of the Desire HD rom.
supermyz said:
Here what i have done to make touch input working:
Setting / Language & keyboard / Touch Input / International Keyboard / Tick English and PinYin and HandWriting (tick all the options except this one: stroke input)
and then make sure you have no other input method installed, at least if you have others installed, you can touch the input area on the screen until a window shows up that tells you to choose one of them
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I have four chinese input options: zhuying, changjie, pinyin and bihua.
but none of them is handwriting... the "bihua" is for you to choose, not write on the screen...
Please help.
p/s: sorry for hijacking the Desire forum as my android is Desire based.
I couldn't find anything on this topic anywhere and I am posting this:
On my HTC One X I am using the original HTC keyboard with 2 languages which I switch between - English and Bulgarian.
The problem is when I want to use the voice typing option and dictate to the phone. It always chooses the English dictation language, no matter if I am pressing the voice typing button from the Bulgarian keyboard.
If I want to dictate in Bulgarian, I have to manually change the language from "select dictation language" dialog from English to Bulgarian every time!
I made different tries in the options:
1. Automatic - the phone chooses English even while using the Bulgarian keyboard
2. Non Automatic mode, but both English and Bulgarian languages checked in the selection list - chooses again only English
I suppose/expect that choosing Automatic mode for dictation language must check which keyboard is used at the moment and use the voice typing language matching the keyboard. At least other software I use do this.
Anybody has the same experience?
If anybody has an idea why it happens and how to fix this I would appreciate an advise and help.
Or may be I am doing something wrong in the settings and I hope to get directions. Thanks in advance!
Anybody?...
tiho5 said:
I couldn't find anything on this topic anywhere and I am posting this:
On my HTC One X I am using the original HTC keyboard with 2 languages which I switch between - English and Bulgarian.
The problem is when I want to use the voice typing option and dictate to the phone. It always chooses the English dictation language, no matter if I am pressing the voice typing button from the Bulgarian keyboard.
If I want to dictate in Bulgarian, I have to manually change the language from "select dictation language" dialog from English to Bulgarian every time!
I made different tries in the options:
1. Automatic - the phone chooses English even while using the Bulgarian keyboard
2. Non Automatic mode, but both English and Bulgarian languages checked in the selection list - chooses again only English
I suppose/expect that choosing Automatic mode for dictation language must check which keyboard is used at the moment and use the voice typing language matching the keyboard. At least other software I use do this.
Anybody has the same experience?
If anybody has an idea why it happens and how to fix this I would appreciate an advise and help.
Or may be I am doing something wrong in the settings and I hope to get directions. Thanks in advance!
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Don't take just my word for this mate, but im pretty sure you can only dictate in english.
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Don't take just my word for this mate, but im pretty sure you can only dictate in english.
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Actually it works very well when dictating in Bulgarian. I am using it and it works just as well as in English. I was amazed and pleasantly surprised.
I only need the device to change dictation language automatically according to which keyboard language is currently active. If English layout of the keyboard is active it means I am now typing in English. Therefore if/when I press the microphone (dictate) button it should offer me to dictate in English. If I am typing in Bulgarian it should offer me to dictate in Bulgarian.
same here
I took some time today and figured this out. Here's what I did.
1) Navigate to Seetings > Language & Keyboard > Google Voice Typing
2) Disable automatic and individually select each/all language(s) you want to use during voice typing (i.e. dictation)
3) When you go to dictate a text and after you click on the voice/microphone button, you will see the 'microphone in a circle' icon, right above that there is some text with a half arrow, i.e. "English (US)". Click on the half arrow and the languages you checked on step 2 are listed and available to select. Pick whichever one you want and start talking.
Also, a customer support rep had previously walked me through turning on "Personalized recognition" and installing the "Offline speech recognition" package for Spanish. That actually helped a lot with the accuracy of the voice-to-text typing and commands in English and Spanish.
Hi everyone,
Hopefully I'm in the right forum. The Samsung Note II model I'm looking at getting is the Canadian version (SGH-i317M), and the AT&T model (SGH-i317) is the closest.
I'm getting the phone mostly for CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) handwriting recognition. My Samsung Galaxy SII (I9100) has Korean handwriting built into the Samsung IME, but I don't know what the Note II situation is like.
I've emailed Samsung, and here is their reply:
We understand that you want to know whether download the language packs from the Play can handwriting recognition.
We are glad to help you with the information.
By download language packs from Play Store may suppor Chinese/Japanese/Korean handwriting recognition.
We are not sure that language pack support Chinese/Japanese/Korean handwriting recognition.
We request you to try to install and check whether the laguage pack works.
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Basically, they say that downloading language packs from Google Play MIGHT work, but they want me to buy the phone first and fine out. :\
Is there anyone with a Samsung Note II that might be looking for the same feature that's got it working, preferably without rooting?
Thank you in advance for your time!
I am able to write (handwriting) chinese using the stock keyboard. I only had to to download the Chinese package and its all in the setting.
Not sure about korean and Japanese though.
Rinwashere said:
Hi everyone,
Hopefully I'm in the right forum. The Samsung Note II model I'm looking at getting is the Canadian version (SGH-i317M), and the AT&T model (SGH-i317) is the closest.
I'm getting the phone mostly for CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) handwriting recognition. My Samsung Galaxy SII (I9100) has Korean handwriting built into the Samsung IME, but I don't know what the Note II situation is like.
I've emailed Samsung, and here is their reply:
Basically, they say that downloading language packs from Google Play MIGHT work, but they want me to buy the phone first and fine out. :\
Is there anyone with a Samsung Note II that might be looking for the same feature that's got it working, preferably without rooting?
Thank you in advance for your time!
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I have the AT&T Note. It most definitely works with Korean hand writing recognition without having to install any third party apps or google apps. You can select Korean as one of the input languages in the settings and that's pretty much all you need to do.
Lolyer said:
I have the AT&T Note. It most definitely works with Korean hand writing recognition without having to install any third party apps or google apps. You can select Korean as one of the input languages in the settings and that's pretty much all you need to do.
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Excellent! Thank you so much!
nanotube said:
I am able to write (handwriting) chinese using the stock keyboard. I only had to to download the Chinese package and its all in the setting.
Not sure about korean and Japanese though.
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Excellent! Another one down.
Would either of you be willing to try download the Japanese package?
Thank you so much, both of you!
Im interested in installing other language packs but when I search on google play which ones am I after? Is there an official google or Samsung packs on there?
Id like to try out the Japanese one just need to know which one from where lol.
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I don't think it will work
Hello.
I am basically in the same boat as you, and I wanted to let you know what I've found out.
I have an AT&T sgh-I317. If I go into Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard, there are two places you can select "Input languages". One is for the top level keyboard settings, and one is specifically for handwriting. Basically, it looks like this:
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages
When I went into Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages, "日本語" (Japanese) was listed as an "Available Language", so I downloaded it. Doing that, however, did not allow me to input Japanese from the stock Samsung Handwriting Input Method. For example, when I tried using the Samsung Input Method to enter text in my dictionary app - even though I had Japanese downloaded - I could still only select English.
I then went back into the settings for the "Samsung Keyboard", and this time went into the top level Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages menu. By default, I had Deutsch, English (US), Espanol (US), Francais (FR), Italiano, and Korean listed as "Downloaded Languages". Of those, only English (US) was enabled. On that same screen, there is a section for "Available Languages". There are a huge number of languages included in that second list, but Japanese is NOT one of them.
As an experiment, I enabled Korean on this screen, and then went back to the Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages menu, and enabled Korean there as well. After having done that, I was able to select Korean from the stock Samsung Handwriting Input Method.
From that, I have come to the following conclusion.
Samsung DOES have the Japanese Language pack available for download as a "Handwriting" input language (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages). It will work, but it only functions as part of a "Handwriting-to-text" portion of the "Productivity Tool" that is present in the S-Note application.
Samsung does NOT have the Japanese Language pack available for download for the top level keyboard (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages). Since they do not have it, you cannot enable Japanese there, and this prevents you from using Japanese Handwriting recognition anywhere other than that one S-Note application.
In short, it makes Japanese Handwriting effectively worthless. They really need to add Japanese to the list of available top level input languages.
EDIT: I wanted to add that I checked the Google Play Store, and I don't see any official Samsung Japanese (or any other) "Language Packs". When they told you that you could download them, I think they meant from inside the settings menus like I told you I was able to do.
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Samsung DOES have the Japanese Language pack available for download as a "Handwriting" input language (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages). It will work, but it only functions as part of a "Handwriting-to-text" portion of the "Productivity Tool" that is present in the S-Note application.
Samsung does NOT have the Japanese Language pack available for download for the top level keyboard (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages). Since they do not have it, you cannot enable Japanese there, and this prevents you from using Japanese Handwriting recognition anywhere other than that one S-Note application.
In short, it makes Japanese Handwriting effectively worthless. They really need to add Japanese to the list of available top level input languages.
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Thank you for the info! That's disappointing, but looking up S-Note export options in the other forums, I found this:
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If you. want to send the notes as text from S-note, use the share via option as opposed to export,however you will not be able to send drawings.
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I know S-Note can export as PNG (not so good for note writing) and PDF. But 1) is the PDF an image or actual selectable text that can be copy and pasted out? I'll live with that! and 2) what HasC said, exporting it out as a text (file? message?) works?
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I just used the stock keyboard to input Chinese by speech
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Haven't figured out how to use handwriting to input Chinese. In one of the settings it says you can input Japanese and Korean by handwriting, but in another setting it says you can also input Chinese. I am confused. I am still exploring. This is a lot of fun.
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To input via Chinese Handwriting with the stock Samsung Keyboard to have to have Chinese (中文) downloaded/enabled in both of these places:
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages
Once you've done that, you should be able to go to the app you want to use Chinese Handwriting in, make sure you have "Samsung Keyboard" selected as your Input Method, click the handwriting key on the keyboard (it's the one directly left of the space bar - it looks like a T with a pencil next to it), and then press/swipe the spacebar to select "ZH(CN)". After you do that, you will be inputting via Chinese Handwriting (I'm not sure whether it is traditional/simplified, as I do not speak Chinese).
Again, the reason that Chinese works, whereas Japanese does not, is that Chinese is available as the top level (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages) Input Language. I don't understand why Samsung allows the option to download a Japanese language pack for Handwriting, but not for the top level keyboard. Not having it available for the top level setting, makes the handwriting setting useless.
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Thank you for the info! That's disappointing, but looking up S-Note export options in the other forums, I found this:
I know S-Note can export as PNG (not so good for note writing) and PDF. But 1) is the PDF an image or actual selectable text that can be copy and pasted out? I'll live with that! and 2) what HasC said, exporting it out as a text (file? message?) works?
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This would be super cumbersome. You would be better off paying the $12USD for "7notes with mazec (Japanese)" (It's available on the Google Play Store. I'd give you a link, but I'm a new user here, and the system is telling me I can't use hyperlinks yet). 7notes is a note application, but it also comes with a Japanese handwriting input method that can be used anywhere on the device.
jvardrake said:
To input via Chinese Handwriting with the stock Samsung Keyboard to have to have Chinese (中文) downloaded/enabled in both of these places:
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages
Once you've done that, you should be able to go to the app you want to use Chinese Handwriting in, make sure you have "Samsung Keyboard" selected as your Input Method, click the handwriting key on the keyboard (it's the one directly left of the space bar - it looks like a T with a pencil next to it), and then press/swipe the spacebar to select "ZH(CN)". After you do that, you will be inputting via Chinese Handwriting (I'm not sure whether it is traditional/simplified, as I do not speak Chinese).
Again, the reason that Chinese works, whereas Japanese does not, is that Chinese is available as the top level (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages) Input Language. I don't understand why Samsung allows the option to download a Japanese language pack for Handwriting, but not for the top level keyboard. Not having it available for the top level setting, makes the handwriting setting useless.
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This would be super cumbersome. You would be better off paying the $12USD for "7notes with mazec (Japanese)" (It's available on the Google Play Store. I'd give you a link, but I'm a new user here, and the system is telling me I can't use hyperlinks yet). 7notes is a note application, but it also comes with a Japanese handwriting input method that can be used anywhere on the device.
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that's so cool. I can input chinese by handwriting now...thanks!
Hope this helps
The Galaxy Note sold by Docomo in Japan is capable of using the Japanese handwriting to input text into any app as a regular input method. And it works beautifully--not dependent on stroke order for any character with more than 4 strokes or so (I entered some way, way out of order) and forgiving of misplaced, missing, and extra strokes. Korean, Chinese, and English input methods also available on the device, nothing to download. You can also switch the interface language to english, korean, or chinese (or of course japanese), so you're not stuck with a japanese interface. I spent about half an hour playing with on in the store today and used japanese handwriting to enter text to notes, word processing docs, calendar, browser search box, and a website.
If you happen to be coming through Japan, you can buy an unlocked one from Docomo. I don't know if they have the Note II available yet.
All of that suggests there may be a way to make it happen. You may want to search to see if anyone's cooked up a ROM based on the Docomo ROM yet (might have to search in Japanese).
jvardrake said:
To input via Chinese Handwriting with the stock Samsung Keyboard to have to have Chinese (中文) downloaded/enabled in both of these places:
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages
Once you've done that, you should be able to go to the app you want to use Chinese Handwriting in, make sure you have "Samsung Keyboard" selected as your Input Method, click the handwriting key on the keyboard (it's the one directly left of the space bar - it looks like a T with a pencil next to it), and then press/swipe the spacebar to select "ZH(CN)". After you do that, you will be inputting via Chinese Handwriting (I'm not sure whether it is traditional/simplified, as I do not speak Chinese).
Again, the reason that Chinese works, whereas Japanese does not, is that Chinese is available as the top level (Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages) Input Language. I don't understand why Samsung allows the option to download a Japanese language pack for Handwriting, but not for the top level keyboard. Not having it available for the top level setting, makes the handwriting setting useless.
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For those of you who are using the SGH-i317M from Telus, we do not have Japanese language pack available, nor do we even have Handwriting > Input Languages. I can't even get Chinese handwriting to work.
jvardrake said:
This would be super cumbersome. You would be better off paying the $12USD for "7notes with mazec (Japanese)" (It's available on the Google Play Store. I'd give you a link, but I'm a new user here, and the system is telling me I can't use hyperlinks yet). 7notes is a note application, but it also comes with a Japanese handwriting input method that can be used anywhere on the device.
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Thank you for the tip! I mean, on one hand, I'm sad that Samsung (or perhaps, due to licensing, our carrier) is not able to offer this built in. On the other hand, I'm happy to support app writers who bring me the apps that I need!
TL;DR: I guess Samsung didn't give the SGH-i317M (ie. Canadian Note II) CJ handwriting options (K is okay). Until we can get at the ROM, we'll just have to live with 3rd party ones.
jvardrake said:
To input via Chinese Handwriting with the stock Samsung Keyboard to have to have Chinese (中文) downloaded/enabled in both of these places:
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Input Languages
Settings> Language and Input> Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages
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I'm using the GT-N7100 ALJ3 and I've got no Samsung Keyboard> Handwriting> Input Languages option
Any way I can just install an .apk into the /system to enable it?
I can only use the English handwriting mode
Bump to see if anyone found a solution to add stock Japanese input to non-Docomo based Galaxy Note 2.
Thank you.
kwonie312 said:
Bump to see if anyone found a solution to add stock Japanese input to non-Docomo based Galaxy Note 2.
Thank you.
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I doubt that will ever happen.
You may have to get 3rd party support.
Hello guys,
I can't get the writing area for handwriting recognition to show up on my Note II.
When I hit the "T" for text in S-Note I just get the Samsung Keypad although the S-Pen is removed from the phone.
It doesn't matter if I remove the S-Pen from the phone when the keypad is already visible or before I hit the "T".
Pen detection is enabled.
Does anyone have an idea how to fix it.
I am on stock Samsung Firmware (rooted).
Cheers,
Bjoern
Interesting... when I switch to "German" or "English(UK) input, I can switch between Handwriting pad and keypad. Switching to English(US) the option (T with a pen - left to the space bar) to switch to handwriting disappears...
Any clue why?
Cheers,
Bjoern
Try clearing cache and data in the Samsung keyboard. After it restarts, so in to "handwriting" in the Samsung keyboard settings and accept an update if it's offered. Make sure the handwriting language is set to the same language as the typing keyboard.
It does not work with English US.
Jep, seems simply not to work with English(US) :silly:
I'm on the French 4.1.2 ROM and it's set to English U.S. You may have to download it.
I had this same issue with my previous german rom not having the handwriting recognition for en_US. It appears that with some roms you can only use handwriting recognition for the original languages on the phone and downloading new languages only downloads the qwerty keyboard and not the handwriting recognition.
Edit: with my current rom handwriting recognition appears to work with all languages. The difference appears to be the /system/VODB folder which on my old original Rom only listed 4 languages but on my current rom there seems to be a folder for every language. ..
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Have you tried this?
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/302584/enable-handwriting-samsung-galaxy-note-2
I had the same problem, but a long press on the key to the left of the space bar on the Samsung Galaxy keyboard got me to the recognition pad...