ASCII.jp Surprisingly convenient! Handwritten search tech in Safari on iPhone

Surprisingly, it is not known that the handwriting input function of the keyboard is useful when searching for Chinese characters that cannot be read on the iPhone. For iOS 7, open "Settings"-> "General"-> "Keyboard", and then add "Add new keyboard"-> "Chinese-Simplified handwriting" from "Keyboard" to enter characters by handwriting.

Although in Chinese, iOS has a handwriting keyboard.The 34-stroke Chinese character "Shin", which expresses a lot of people, is also easy to input like this.

But to be honest, handwriting is not a regular feature. If you add it to the keyboard, the handwritten keyboard will be displayed even with normal input, so you may have thought that it would be nice if you could turn it on only in case of emergency.

In fact, you can use the handwriting function with Google Search without adding a handwriting keyboard. First, access the Google search page with the Safari app, and tap "Search settings" from "Settings" at the bottom of the page. Select "Enable" for "Handwriting input" and save.

Open the familiar page of Google, "Settings" → "Search settings" → "Handwriting input" → Check "Enable" → "Save"

All you have to do is tap the "g" icon at the bottom right of the screen to start handwriting. You can write the input one character at a time, or you can write it anywhere on the screen, so you don't have to worry about the search window. If there are many characters, it is recommended to enter the iPhone sideways because it will not be recognized if there are more than two lines.

To finish handwriting input, tap "g" again.In addition to checking unreadable Chinese characters, it is faster to enter the names of people who are difficult to convert by handwriting.

This time, "Safari" was taken as an example, but since this Google handwriting search is a function implemented by Google, it can be used with other browsers such as "Chrome".

A major keyboard update is planned for iOS 8, which will include a more accurate predictive input function "QuickType" and the use of third-party keyboards. The handwriting input function may also have some evolution. Make good use of your current handwriting input so you won't forget (?) By the fall when iOS 8 is released.