No handwriting option for touch keyboard on surface book windows 10

Anonymous
2018-10-09T04:14:32+00:00

Hi, 

I can't get handwriting input to work on my surface book.

I'm also trying to get the 'write directly into the field' feature to work.

Please see attached photos.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T11:55:25+00:00

    See if there is an Australian Handwriting Recognition add-on in Manage Optional Features?  Otherwise I suspect you may have to change your Language preference temporarily to match one that is in there already.  Then see if you can switch your Language by pressing Win+Spacebar.  Proof that this may be necessary is to try using Win+H.   Even though I have English (CA) Speech Recognition in Manage Optional Features, Win+H only works if I set the Language via Win+Spacebar to English (US).  Heh.  Win+H doesn't even work if the US keyboard is DSK.  Speech Recognition depends on your keyboard?  Then that might apply to Handwriting Recognition even more so.

    Windows 10.  Still an Adventure ("Twisty passages, all different.")

    Good luck

    Robert Aldwinckle


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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T02:33:33+00:00

    Hello Jordan,

    Thank you for raising your concern about the "write directly into the field" feature issue that you're getting. For us to help you find put what's causing the issue, we need to ask if you've tried it while the keyboard is detached?

    We'll wait for your response.

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T11:15:24+00:00

    Yes I have,

    It's not only a 'write directly into the field' issue, I can't enter text via handwriting at all. The option is not there (see original screenshots.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T13:13:32+00:00

    Worked it out, had to download the handwriting optional language feature in language options 

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