S-Pen Handwriting to text

**fwhomeboy** · 01-22-2013, 08:48 AM

Anybody get this function to work properly. I just can't get it to work right. I need to be able to write something and have it converted to text. I can get it to do some words right but, for the most part it doesn't work right. I'm going to youtube to see if theres a video that can clue me in as to what the trick might be.

**DenverCZBob** · 01-22-2013, 08:53 AM

It's actually been working pretty good for me. I am impressed with it so far.

-bob

**fwhomeboy** · 01-22-2013, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by DenverCZBob

It's actually been working pretty good for me. I am impressed with it so far.

-bob

This helps.

**karsdroid** · 01-22-2013, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by fwhomeboy

Anybody get this function to work properly. I just can't get it to work right. I need to be able to write something and have it converted to text. I can get it to do some words right but, for the most part it doesn't work right. I'm going to youtube to see if theres a video that can clue me in as to what the trick might be.

i use it all the time....find if i hold the pen straight on it works better that if i hold it on the slant. also if i slow down just a tad and be just a tiny more neat i get a better result. not slow mind you, but just a bit more precise.

**DaRkL3AD3R** · 01-22-2013, 03:07 PM

It's been working really good for me considering I've been out of school for over 8 years and haven't really had any position where I needed to use my handwriting skills lol needless to say my handwriting is horrendous and the phone usually picks it all up perfectly. Granted sometimes I use words that it doesn't fully understand and this throws it off a little, but it's not hard to fix.

I can't say I use it a lot though. At first it was fun for the gimmick of it, but for the sake of tapping out texts the Swype like flow writing is much faster and easier.

**DenverCZBob** · 01-22-2013, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by fwhomeboy

This helps.

Excellent video, thanks for posting that.

-bob

**cbroussard99** · 01-23-2013, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by karsdroid

i use it all the time....find if i hold the pen straight on it works better that if i hold it on the slant. also if i slow down just a tad and be just a tiny more neat i get a better result. not slow mind you, but just a bit more precise.

I found u can only use the hand writing and S pen if you use the stock Samsung keyboard. If your using another type of keyboard it won't work for texting or email.

I could be wrong but I use the jellybean keyboard and it does not give u the pen detection option.

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**jsadler09** · 01-23-2013, 09:33 AM

I use it regularly and have found it to be quite good. It usually picks up what I'm writing, even when I'm sloppy with my handwriting.

**sgtjiggy** · 01-23-2013, 02:43 PM

Works great for me. Wished it worked with Swiftkey and Swype. Oh well, it will give the Devs something to work on.

Sgt Jiggy "SG Note II"

**rkeenan** · 01-23-2013, 07:56 PM

I just tried using it and I hate it. I doesn't recognize an of my characters. It always turns my capital I into a J or a Z. Looks like I won't be buying a note 10.1 lol