Google Adds Handwriting Recognition To Search From Mobile Phones And Tablets

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Google has introduced yet another way to search - using handwriting for mobile and tablet browsers .

Say you’re standing on a busy street corner, in a bumpy taxi ride, talking with a friend, or sitting on the couch with your tablet. Handwrite enables you to search by just writing letters with your finger most anywhere on your device’s screen—there’s no keyboard that covers half of the screen and no need for hunt-and-peck typing.

Users need to open Google.com on mobile phone or tablet browser and in settings enable "Handwrite" , and then save settings . On tablets, the Search settings are available as an option behind the gear icon.

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Once the feature is enabled, tap the Handwrite icon on the bottom right corner of your screen to activate the writing surface. Write a few letters and you’ll see autocomplete options appear below the search box. If one of the options is what you’re looking for, just tap it to search. For longer queries, you can continue writing and use the arrows next to the autocompletions to move the right one into the search box. Since you can write anywhere, you don’t have to look back and forth repeatedly from the keyboard to the search box.

Handwriting based search is available for iOS5+ devices, Android 2.3+ phones and Android 4.0+ tablets.

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