The ROM supports a whole bunch of gestures including
drawing letters on the screen to launch applications / shortcuts.
On the other hand, I do like Asus» ZenMotion gestures, which you can use to launch straight into an app just by
drawing a letter on the screen, even when the screen is off.
It can be used to
draw letters on screen to load specific apps or even real - time capture what you're doing on the phone.
Such as
draw letters on the screen to launch apps, double tap to wake and many other gesture options.
Not exact matches
By adding handwriting recognition to its touch
screen, users can
draw letters, or a variety of Asian characters, instead of typing
on the keyboard to find their destination.
I could input addresses by voice,
on the
screen using the control dial or by
drawing each
letter on the handwriting - sensitive pad
on top of the control dial.
They call it TouchWrite, and it lets you
draw letters and numbers directly
on the
screen instead of tapping them
on the
on -
screen keyboard.
You can write the
letters in a dedicated
drawing area at the bottom of the
screen or change modes and
draw them directly
on top of the text area you're targeting.
In One Note, we were able to
draw letters with our hand
on the
screen, but the page did occasionally scroll up and down if we moved our hand too much while
drawing.
The Slavs and Tatars» «Larry nixed, Trachea trixed» (2015)
draws attention to this by its very presence, nearby and
on the same wall, where toothy, seductive red lips
screen - printed
on steel articulate the Latin
letters imposed
on the Arabic speakers of Central Asia by the Bolsheviks.
The ZenMotion utility lets you wake the tablet by tapping
on the
screen twice, or you can
draw a
letter to jump straight into one of Asus» own apps while the slate is locked.
There's also the usual selection of
letters you can
draw on the lock
screen to launch a particular app, much like Huawei's EMUI features: you can assign apps to open when you
draw O, V, S, M or W, and double - tap the
screen to wake it up.
You can now
draw large
letters on the
screen, and the word recognition is good enough to automatically put the spaces between different words.
Using your knuckle, you can
draw a
letter on the Honor 8's
screen to launch a specific app.
There are few
letters that the lock
screen would recognize and based
on what operation you've selected it will open that once you
draw that
letter.
The famous double - tap - to - wake is here, as well as
drawing different
letters on the
screen while it's off to launch specific apps.
The EMUI 3.1 interface
on top of Android Lollipop also lets you use your knuckle to
draw letters such as C or E
on the
screen to launch apps such as Camera and Browser respectively.
You can also
draw letters on the locked
screen to launch up certain apps, or simply double - tap to unlock as normal.
Also, it is possible to open apps or functions such as opening the flashlight by
drawing letters O, V, S, M and W
on the lock
screen.
There's a handful of motion controls here as well as off -
screen gestures including double tap to wake the
screen, as well as
drawing various
letters on the
screen while it's off to launch applications you specify.
One addition I find difficult to fathom is knuckle commands: you can rap with the knuckles
on the
screen to take a screenshot or record a video clip,
draw a
letter with a knuckle onscreen to open an app, or
draw a line across the
screen with a knuckle to enter split -
screen mode.
This feature lets you use your knuckle to
draw letters on the phone's
screen to launch apps, such as C for camera and e for browser.
In addition to
drawing letters such as «C» and «W» to launch the camera and weather apps, respectively, and taking a screenshot by outlining an area, you can now knock
on the
screen twice with two knuckles to start recording a video of what's
on your
screen.
You can
draw letters like V to turn
ON the flashlight, or double tap home
screen button to switch off the
screen.
The user just needs to
draw the alphabet
on the lock
screen, and the device is ready with the application assigned to that
letter.
Finally, you can also turn
on additional options to access your camera, Chrome, and other apps by
drawing corresponding
letters on your
screen, all with your knuckles.
Simply
draw the first
letter of your desired app with your finger, and Z Launcher will figure out a list of apps that matches your
on -
screen scribble.
There are some gestures which the phone supports, including ones that will answer a voice call when you lift up the phone, or ones that you can
draw on screen from a sleeping display to wake it up and have it unlock to whatever app or function you have configured for that
drawing gestures, like launching the browser when you
draw the
letter «c.» There is also a feature inside display settings called Free Touch, and what this does is put a little dot
on the edge of your display that will give you quick access to various different apps and functions.
For instance, I set up the response for
drawing the
letter «C»
on the
screen to boot into Chrome.
The ZenFone Max supports gestures and along with the double - tap to wake up or turn off the display, you can
draw various
letters on the
screen to launch apps from standby.
When numbers and
letters could be
drawn on a display, there was no longer a need for a traditional keyboard setup, meaning
screens were able to occupy a larger space
on the handset without increasing the size of the body overall.
Mostly the UI looks like stock Android from AOSP builds, but if you enter into the settings menu you can find options for gestures,
screen wake options that launch apps or shortcuts when
draw something like the
letter C
on the display from a sleeping lock
screen, and the device has DuraSpeed which just like
on the OUKITEL device we reviewed last week will restrict background apps to a degree so that the performance and speed of the foreground app can be boosted to run better.
I do the same but I made mine
on my Android phone with this app called «realfont» where you just
draw out your
letters in your
screen.