Google has released a program for handwriting on Android with support for the Russian language

The Google program has appeared today in the Play Market . Handwritten input for the authors of the search giant. The program allows you to enter information from the screen of a smartphone or tablet on Android older than 4.0.3, moving your finger across the screen and “drawing” text like this. The Russian language is supported and, as shown by the quick tests, the recognition works well (screenshots under the cat).

After installing the keyboard, you will need to download approximately 7 MB of language packs to support the Russian language and select the installed keyboard as the input method. As you can see, to put it mildly, carelessly written handwriting was recognized correctly:

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As stated in the program description, a total of 82 languages ​​are supported. Input is possible both in block letters and oblique, with or without a stylus. Characters specially entered with an error are recognized correctly and the recognition speed is quite suitable for a cursory handwriting input, especially on large screens. The entered character can be returned to the screen and edited:
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As a nice bonus for those who are too lazy to click on the insert button of emoticons, which is in most messengers, input of emoji is supported. True, we managed to draw the simplest smiley: