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Markismus · 05-12-2023, 03:33 AM

I am quite taken with the handwriting input of the Onyx keyboard on my Note 5. It doesn't demand that I write beautiful, but I do have to take care to write somewhat clearly. E.g. To recognize seem and not seen actually demands that I write the m fully at the end.

A drawback is that I can't just continue writing and expect Onyx to take care of it. I write a few words. Onyx recognizes them and deletes the pen strokes. I write a few words.

However, the biggest drawback is that it hangs sometimes. Switching between keyboard and handwriting usually works. Sometimes. it doesn't.

So that's where the ONYX Keyboard Settings would come in. Under the heading Handwriting input I find the settings:

Automatically add spaces to English handwriting recognition
Handwriting Stroke Effect
The time of lifting the stylus.
Stroke line width setting
Custom handwriting vocabulary

Setting 1. seems to work for Dutch, too. So it actually seems to state add spaces to non-Chinese handwriting recognition. (Or hopefully to non-logogram based languages.)
Setting 2. seems to impact the thickness of the strokes that I write. So no idea what function this has.
Setting 3. controls the trigger time before recognition kicks in. Ideally it would be at the end of a sentence. If you set it to 5000ms, I find that I am waiting to often before recognition starts. If I set it to 325ms the triggering of the recognition holds me from writing the 4th or 5th word.
Setting 4 controls the thickness of the strokes. 10 is very thick.
Setting 5 seems to allow to add a custom vocabulary for installed languages. You can input them manually though the settings. However, I sincerely that the list populates itself through use with the keyboard. For now I see two words: Abiud and bund. No idea how they got there.

So there seems little room to tweak it or address my problems. Playing around with the time of lifting certainly has an impact. However, I find myself reverting back to 1000ms, because it doesn't really improve the freezes or the prevention of writing the next word.

Does anyone have a better workaround for the freezes or a prevention? Does anyone know what the Handwriting Stroke Effect does?

05-12-2023, 03:33 AM	#1
Markismus Guru Posts: 955 Karma: 149907 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Rotterdam Device: HiSenseA5ProCC, Cracked OnyxNotePro, Note5, Kobo Glo, Aura	Onyx on-screen keyboard handwriting (Settings) I am quite taken with the handwriting input of the Onyx keyboard on my Note 5. It doesn't demand that I write beautiful, but I do have to take care to write somewhat clearly. E.g. To recognize seem and not seen actually demands that I write the m fully at the end. A drawback is that I can't just continue writing and expect Onyx to take care of it. I write a few words. Onyx recognizes them and deletes the pen strokes. I write a few words. However, the biggest drawback is that it hangs sometimes. Switching between keyboard and handwriting usually works. Sometimes. it doesn't. So that's where the ONYX Keyboard Settings would come in. Under the heading Handwriting input I find the settings: Automatically add spaces to English handwriting recognition Handwriting Stroke Effect The time of lifting the stylus. Stroke line width setting Custom handwriting vocabulary Setting 1. seems to work for Dutch, too. So it actually seems to state add spaces to non-Chinese handwriting recognition. (Or hopefully to non-logogram based languages.) Setting 2. seems to impact the thickness of the strokes that I write. So no idea what function this has. Setting 3. controls the trigger time before recognition kicks in. Ideally it would be at the end of a sentence. If you set it to 5000ms, I find that I am waiting to often before recognition starts. If I set it to 325ms the triggering of the recognition holds me from writing the 4th or 5th word. Setting 4 controls the thickness of the strokes. 10 is very thick. Setting 5 seems to allow to add a custom vocabulary for installed languages. You can input them manually though the settings. However, I sincerely that the list populates itself through use with the keyboard. For now I see two words: Abiud and bund. No idea how they got there. So there seems little room to tweak it or address my problems. Playing around with the time of lifting certainly has an impact. However, I find myself reverting back to 1000ms, because it doesn't really improve the freezes or the prevention of writing the next word. Does anyone have a better workaround for the freezes or a prevention? Does anyone know what the Handwriting Stroke Effect does? Last edited by Markismus; 05-12-2023 at 03:35 AM.