Google Announces Handwriting Recognition Feature for Mobile Searches

By Karla Robinson
August 6, 2012

Do you prefer writing over typing? For those of you who answered yes, Google has just released a new handwriting recognition feature that will translate your scrawls into searches (with support for 27 languages).
“Google Handwrite works in the background while you scribble your search so you don’t have to look back and forth from the keyboard to the search box,” Mashable explains. “Google says the feature isn’t designed to replace keyboard search but instead supplement it.”
Available on Android phones and tablets as well as iOS devices running iOS 5, Google Handwrite is still experimental so users have to opt-in to use it.
“On your mobile device, login at google.com, tap on ‘Settings’ at the bottom of the screen and enable the ‘Handwrite’ feature. Then save your changes and refresh the homepage to get started,” the post states. “To enable Handwrite, tap the icon on the bottom right corner of your screen. You can scribble on any part of the screen, not just the search box. After writing a few letters, autocomplete options will appear below the search box.”
The posts includes a 1-minute video demo.

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