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Is there any good Handwriting recognition API to help develop application on Android Platform? Google has released (around July 2012 http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/handwritinginput/index.html) a feature to use handwriting for search in touch screen devices it looks great, is there a possibility to get access to these API's for use in Android Apps?

Kara
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liramu
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  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/768664/recommendations-for-handwriting-recognition-libraries-packages-in-java check this link.. – Terril Thomas Oct 25 '12 at 07:22

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* I'm Product Manager at Vision Objects *

I guess that you'll be able to find what you're looking for on the developer forum of Vision Objects.

We announced new APIs 2 weeks ago.

And you can have a look on our web demo here.

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    Welcome to Stack Overflow! Thanks for posting your answer! Please be sure to read the [FAQ on Self-Promotion](http://stackoverflow.com/faq#promotion) carefully. Also note that it is required that you post a disclaimer every time you link to your own site/product. – j0k Oct 25 '12 at 10:02
  • This perfectly matches what I was looking for, web service offering still looks neat and light. Have Signed up a developer account and waiting for a Key to try out this cloud based service, will update my findings once i get the key and try this out. – liramu Oct 25 '12 at 10:39
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    liramu, did you end up purchasing a copy of the Vision Objects SDK, and if so, did it meet your needs? – Rethunk Jan 27 '13 at 23:30
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    Sorry, but how do I actually get to any content from the links you posted? All I can find are useless datasheets and a forum which in a roundabout way suggests I fill out a long complicated form to some sales rep, which is definitely *not* what I am interested in doing. – Michael Jan 20 '14 at 19:03
  • The APi have moved [here](https://developer.myscript.com/) and changed a lot since last hanswer but still provid all what you need to add handwriting recognition in an android app – Pierre-Alban DEWITTE Jan 13 '17 at 12:32
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The best solution for android handwriting recognition is Thulika application and Thulika Trainer source code can be download from here

It is also avilable in google play. The advantages of using this code is.

  • The code is easy to understand.
  • it uses Encog neural network library.
  • You can create your own character set using trainer application which is explained in the link
  • Recognition is very fast (even in low memory device)

You have to note following while using thulika trainer

  • download and use alpha.txt file from this link.you can edit this text file. otherwise it will not load the letters.
  • Engine file should be renamed as E_enginename and put in to the engine folder before clicking load letter .
    eg : E_english.
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