I’m asking because I think it would be a smart way retain my writing skills. I love Ringotan but it occurred to me that it would be pretty fun to type long posts by writing letters instead of using a keyboard, especially for learning subreddits like this or Discord servers.
I get some of you will find this weird, but writing Kanji is almost like drawing art and I’m serious: it is fun for me do. It would also be nice for Anki flashcards that are done in the style of Ringotan’s study feature. A flashcard can have a word accompanied by a picture and you would write the word with its Kanji.
If this hasn’t been invented yet…please invent it!
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Handwriting input? I think there are some apps that let you use a phone or tablet as a digitizer on PC. [Weylus](https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus), VirtualTablet, etc.
Alternatively, you could invest in a drawing tablet (wacom, huion, xp pen, etc.).
I also think a small wacom tablet with pen may be a good option.
Macs have good hanzi input from the trackpad using your finger.
For Windows, something like the MS Surface with a touchscreen and a pen may be good
https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3xb7a2/how_do_i_write_japanese_kanji_with_the_pen_for/
You can use google docs.
1. **Version without using a phone**: With a graphic tablet (even the cheapest ones like XP-Pen StarG640 will do) you can write even whole sentences on google virtual keyboard, it will get automatically converted to text.
2. **Version using a phone**: With your phone or tablet you can install google keyboard with Japanese support and use its handwriting feature to write in google docs. If you open the same document on your PC whatever you write using your phone will appear there in real-time.
if entirely on the phone is fine, the google handwriting keyboard allows you to draw kana and kanji and it will enter into any text field just like any keyboard will, this is what i use on my android phone
iOS has a handwriting keyboard for Chinese. Japanese is only romaji or kana so it’s really the only built in option