I'm sure you have heard something about how your feet have a lot of spots that, when you press them, supposedly bring about some kind of benefit for your body. I don't know what the actual terms are, but once again, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
And recently, well. Not really recently. I've always had some inkling about it.
Anyway, recently, I found out that hands also have similar power. And no, I'm not talking about how having a palm massage gives you better blood circulation or the likes. But about how moving your hands, not just your fingers, can kinda stimulate your creativity.
It is well understood that using your hand directly can stimulate your creativity better than using an additional medium to put words into something. In my anecdotal case, I could write better and ideas flow much better when I hold a pen and move not only my fingers but also my wrist around to write something on paper.
I have tried to emulate the act of writing on paper digitally by using a handwriting keyboard with a capacitive pen before. But maybe because my actual handwriting is just catastrophic, or the software is simply still too dumb to guess what I'm actually writing.
Or maybe a bit of both.
Many of my attempts have resulted in failure, making me go back to the good old way of writing on paper, then retyping things into the computer. Which is both a chore and a pain.
The only time it's truly a joy to do is when I use a proper pen tablet like this cheap Huion 460P.
This device is for drawing, though many people used it to play OSU! too because of how affordable it was. And in my personal case, I used it more to write than to draw.
It's comfortable, reliable, and very accurate. It was an absolutely great device for doing handwriting on a digital device.
IF ONLY it wasn't also such a chore to carry. It has a long cable, it runs off Micro-USB, and you need an adapter to connect it to the end of the cable, which is standard USB-A.
Not to mention, I left it with my niece, who said she wanted to learn how to draw. Which she has procrastinated on for I don't know how long. It's probably collecting dust in her cupboard by now. But it's too late to lament my mistakes and say I want it back.
Anyway, the idea of doing handwriting using all the methods above has been shelved for almost a year.
But yesterday, I suddenly found a stylus that I had completely forgotten I had ever bought. I think I bought it around the time I bought that underpowered 2-in-1 laptop with a touchscreen.
I tried to use it to write on the Google handwriting keyboard. And it was awful. Sometimes it's too sensitive, sometimes it's not sensitive enough. Sometimes your input goes through, and sometimes it doesn't. It is absolutely an unreliable writing implement.
Until I looked at my virtual keyboard and realized.
Wait, doesn't this have a glide feature where I can just glide my finger to type things? That thing is pretty accurate, all things considered. And so… I tried glide typing using the stylus.
And so… I realized.
To simulate writing on paper, I don't actually need the handwriting keyboard at all.
Weirdly, doing glide typing is enough to trick my brain into thinking that I'm actually writing with pen and paper.
I do not have enough data to make a proper conclusion. Would you like to try it yourself and see if it works for you too?
