Graffiti for Android

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Download Graffiti™ - The Keyboard Replacement for Android that uses the stroke-based handwriting recognition system text input system made popular by Palm™ PDAs running PalmOS™.

Features:
-Replaces the Default Keyboard for Android
-Stroke-based text input - Uses the Graffiti™ alphabet text input method
-Easy to Learn
-Speeds up text input with Auto-Capitalization and Word Learning
-English and Japanese language support
-Faster and More Accurate that On-Screen Typing
-Advertisement Free upgrade available with Graffiti™ Pro.

Graffiti™ is a replacement for the built-in on-screen keyboard, also called an input method. With Graffiti, you no longer type but you draw Graffiti characters with your finger or a compatible stylus. Graffiti characters are mostly single-stroke drawings that closely match the usual alphabet, but are simplified to make entry faster and easier. For example, the letter "A" is entered with a stroke that looks like an upside-down "V", saving time that you do not need to cross the "A" in the middle. Same for the letter "T", which is entered almost like a "7".
There are text and numeric input areas, improving the recognition of your input. Strokes drawn in the text area will only be interpreted as letters; strokes in the numeric area will be interpreted as numbers.

If you were a user of a PalmOS based PDA in the past, this will all be very familiar to you as the input method used by those devices was a stylus drawing Graffiti strokes in an input area at the bottom of the display. But even if you were not a Graffiti user before, you should give it a try now if you find that the on-screen keyboard doesn't suit your input style.

Don't know the Graffiti alphabet? After installing and enabling Graffiti, just draw a stroke up from the Graffiti input area into the main display area and the help screen appears. Tap to switch between the six stroke help screens.

Watch the YouTube videos to get a sense of what this input system is like in action and read the comments and reviews.
Install video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roTlELn8fE4
PocketNow video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTQrnDpAO8U
CareAce video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CbO7EpBhEY
Questions? Please see the FAQ at our website.

Recent changes:
v2.0.6 is the same as v2.0.5 but includes a menu item to upgrade to Graffiti Pro in Android Market.

This release is ad-supported. Upgrade to Graffiti Pro for $2.99 for no ads.

Latest version: 2.0.6 (for all Android versions)

Pages about this Android app:

applications - Is there a stylus-based notepad app for Android? - Android - Stack Exchange [android.stackexchange.com]
The best Keyboard app for BIG fingers? - Android Forums [androidforums.com]
Palm Graffiti makes its way to Android | Android Central [www.androidcentral.com]
Japanese IME for HTC Desire | BeeGee's Desire & Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G [desire.giesecke.tk]
Zobrazit téma - Psani bez klavesnice - Otevřená komunita pro otevřenou platformu • AndroidForum.cz • mobilní telefony [androidforum.cz]

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User reviews of Graffiti for Android

MarieDees
Sep 1, 2011

Love it. I'm an author and this is closer to writing by hand than texting. Great if I want write. But I have to admit I use my Evo Shift keyboard for passwords and such. The letters aren't that difficult to get used to, but take some practice to make without thinking about them.

pixiecorpse
May 8, 2011

I love the Palm feel of this! So much easier to use. However, it's quite dizzying how the input bar constantly goes up and down every time word suggestions flash under it (predictive text feature). I hope the devs make it so that the input bar is fixed and there's a permanent space for suggested words.

ilsejarett
Mar 18, 2011

needs a little getting used to, but then it is the best of the best:)!!! (it has almost all special signs, except polish)

tosanen
Jan 23, 2011

This app is the absolute best in the messy android world. Please make this also for iPhones and iPads!

aliceloscar
Jan 14, 2011

I really like this app. It saves me time with typing passwords. My only wish is that there was an inexpensive pro version w/o the ads for Netlife apps and gave choices for character graffiti preference. This app makes me miss my old Palm.

Android Market Comments (786)

Stella Regina
Feb 11, 2012

Oh Graffiti, how I've missed you! Looooove!

Cheryl
Feb 3, 2012

After the last update I started getting ads in the Graffiti area, which was a bit disconcerting. Other than that, works well, BETTER than Pro version.

Sam
Feb 2, 2012

This is great! I had this for a few days, I've already gotten pretty fast. The characters are intuitive and easy to learn, in fact, most of it is obvious. My Ls sometimes turns into Es though, and Ys are kind of hard to do. I do wish there is a gesture for activating Google's Speech-to-Text. Sometimes talking is just more convenient. Anyone who thinks that the keys on all those other virtual keyboards are too tiny and error prone should give this one a try. The word predictions are primitive at best, it seems like it just gives me a list of my common words, regardless of what I was typing. Say, I start with the letter t, it currently gives me suggestions like "for", "you", "from", before it gets to "the". But I find reading the suggestions actually slow me down, so I ignore them for the most part.

jennifer
Jan 28, 2012

Wow. Really bad. Didn't recognise anything I wrote. Mistook h for # not sure how that even looks similar

Kevin
Jan 25, 2012

Does not work with Honeycomb version. Graffiti does not seem to work with latest version of Android. Installs properly and the input dialogue box appears, but does not accept any input... the ads appear though :(