ChenYuHo/handwriting.js

Web Handwriting Recognition API

wacky6 opened this issue · 3 comments

wacky6 commented

Hello,

We (Chrome and Chrome OS) are working on a standardized Web API for handwriting recognition. The proposal is here: explainer.

The API would allow websites to access handwriting recognizers that's locally available on device (instead of sending the requests to cloud servers). It's currently implemented on Chrome OS (backed by the same technology used in IMEs).

Does the API interest you?

We'd also like to hear your feedback and make it easier to integrate with your library.

tomayac commented

An article describing the API for developers is available here: https://web.dev/handwriting-recognition/.

ChenYuHo commented

Hi @wacky6 @tomayac,

Thanks for reaching out. It indeed interests me. The proposal already covers more than I can think of, e.g., the privacy concerns and the Segmentation Result.
It seems that for handwriting.js, it's relatively straightforward to migrate to this, and it certainly will add value to the users.

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tomayac commented

That's great news. Feel free to post here if you run into implementation issues. Thanks for giving the API a try!