Graffiti Anywhere for WM/PPC ?

monkeyboy · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007, 05:52 PM

In struggling with touch keyboards and alternative input means to my Touch, I am wondering if there exists Graffiti Anywhere (or similar) for WM/PPC ?
Of course I know about BlockRecognizer and it is fine BUT, all these SIP methods chew up a big chunk of the screen and often make it hard to see what/where the input is going. Graffiti Anywhere for PalmOS solves that problem by not dedicating a chunk of the touch screen for input -- you simply Graffiti anywhere on the screen. Of course you must tell GA to become active otherwise there is the confusion between Graffiti and other screen tapping input.
I think having a GA-like SIP would really be a good thing for devices like the Touch.

pdathekid · #2 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007, 08:48 PM

word i just looked at it for the palm and that shit looks awesome.

mstevens · #3 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pdathekid

word i just looked at it for the palm and that shit looks awesome.

Yes, that's the kind of stuff that I've sorely missed since bailing from Palm and moving to my Mogul.

**bedoig** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 01:44 PM

Most, if not all, WM devices come with Transcriber as an input method. You activate it then write anywhere on the screen and it uses handwriting recognition to convert it to text. Does the Touch not include Transcriber?

Edit: I've attached a screenshot of Transcriber in action (taken on my Mogul). And if for some reason Sprint took Transcriber out of the Touch ROM, you can download it from Microsoft here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

KoukiFC3S · #5 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 03:32 PM

yea the touch has it, just select transcriber

pdathekid · #6 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 07:07 PM

do they have transcriber for the mogul?

the problem with the block recognizer is that it has to be 1 stroke

u cant get an "i" in 1 stroke..u cant get a "E" in 1 stroke and it wont recognize "e" for some reason

monkeyboy · #7 (**permalink**) 12-24-2007, 10:04 PM

Yes, I know about Transcriber, but it just isn't what I want compared with Graffiti or Block Recognizer. Transcriber is essentially a word-by-word input mechanism. I don't think it works well for entering URLs, etc....

So still would prefer a Graffiti Anywhere (or BlockRecognizer Anywhere) for WM/PPC...