HYDERABAD: Google Handwriting Input
Google’s latest app allows users to ‘write’ on a smartphone or tablet screen. It automatically interprets letters from 82 languages and transforms them into standard digital text. You can use your fingers to write as well, but a stylus might be best for optimal results. The app can identify both cursive and print handwriting, and accepts emojis. “Using handwriting as an input method can allow for natural input method for text entry which complements typing and speech input methods,” Google’s research team blogged recently. Google Handwriting Input supports both on device processing of handwriting and a cloud-based version. When users decide to put their handwriting through its web-based servers via the cloud feature, it “will usually produce more accurate results” than the offline version.
Available on: GooglePlay Price: Free
Hykoo
Another new video camera app is in the market now. This one turns your videos into stories in your Instagram and Facebook feeds. Hykoo lets users create ready to share videos that combine video and text. Shoot three short video clips, connect them with a thought, and share it with the world. The Hykoo app was partly inspired by the traditional haiku. In place of a haiku’s three lines, a Hykoo consists of three short video clips - a three-second clip, another three-second clip, and then a final clip that’s six seconds long. Each of those clips should have a short text message on top it, and you can also add a visual filter.
Available on: iTunes Price: Free
Another note
Another Note is a notetaking application on Windows phones, except that this one is based on your voice. The software allows users to dictate memos in more than 35 different languages, transcribing the words they speak on-screen for later reference. The app also comes with security features, allowing users to password protect their notes to ensure that they are for their eyes only.
Available on: Windows MarketPlace Price: Free
Camfind
CamFind is a visual search engine that allows users to call up information about anything they encounter in the real world by snapping a photo of it. The service, which is built on powerful image-recognition technology, added a major update this week that expands it into a fully-fledged social network. A typical example of how this tool works could be at the supermarket, where the user wants to cook something with say, broccoli. They can take a photo of the broccoli using the app, and related information from the Internet will be uncovered, like additional images, nutritional information, recipes, pricing and more. Users can now share the images they capture with an expansive community, with others on hand to provide input and rate the images they like best. New social features allow you to see what others are finding around you, and what is popular, as well Available on: iTunes, GooglePlay Price: Free