RNN-Based Handwriting Recognition in Gboard

1 · Google AI Research · March 7, 2019, 7 p.m.
Posted by Sandro Feuz and Pedro Gonnet, Senior Software Engineers, Handwriting Team In 2015 we launched Google Handwriting Input, which enabled users to handwrite text on their Android mobile device as an additional input method for any Android app. In our initial launch, we managed to support 82 languages from French to Gaelic, Chinese to Malayalam. In order to provide a more seamless user experience and remove the need for switching input methods, last year we added support for handwriting rec...