Need to Google something on the go, but find your mobile keyboard too inconvenient? Don't fret.
Google on Thursday introduced a nifty new beta feature to its mobile search page called "Handwrite" that lets you write down search queries with your finger. The feature is available in 27 languages and works on Apple devices running iOS 5 and above, phones running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and higher, and tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and higher.
"Handwrite enables you to search by just writing letters with your finger most anywhere on your device's screen -- there's no keyboard that covers half of the screen and no need for hunt-and-peck typing," Google software engineer Rui Ueyama wrote in a blog post Thursday.
Interested? Here's how to get it -- head over to Google.com with your mobile browser, click on "settings" at the bottom of the screen, then enable Handwrite. After you have saved the setting, you might need to refresh the page to see the feature. Note: on tablets, the search settings menu can be found behind the small gear icon.
Once the feature is enabled, simply click the cursive "g" Handwrite icon located on the lower right-hand side of the screen to activate the writing surface. Then, you can write your search on the screen.
After you write a few letters with your finger, you'll start to see autocomplete options pop up. If you run out room while scribbling out a longer query, just wait a second and Google will clear the screen and let you continue writing.
"We designed Handwrite to complement rather than replace typing: with the feature enabled, you can still use the keyboard at any time by tapping on the search box," Ueyama wrote.
Because the feature is experimental, Google warned that it will work better in some browsers than others. For Android devices it works best in Chrome.
Also, Handwrite only recognizes "legible" characters, so those with chicken scratch might not get the best results. The search giant recommends writing search queries in straight block letters.
Google has posted a Help Center article with more tips and tricks on how to use Handwrite. For a preview of Handwrite, check out the video below.
Angela Moscaritolo
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"Google Handwrite Lets You Scribble Searches With Your Finger." PC Magazine Online 26 July 2012. Educators Reference Complete. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Google Handwrite Lets You Scribble Searches With Your Finger
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Rutgers U.: Hospital announces sleeping tips; Rutgers students sayschedules complicate sleep
Pulling an "all-nighter" for a class has become as common to college culture as Fat Cat sandwiches and blue-book exams. However, college students may not be aware of certain side effects caused by a night of sleep deprivation.
The Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has released a list of healthy sleeping tips. Top suggestions include getting 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep a night, maintaining a healthy diet and establishing a calm bedtime routine -- away from television, exercise, telephone and computer use. The report said extra pounds put a person at risk for sleep apnea, a serious debilitating and potentially life-threatening sleep disorder.
John Paul LaForte, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student, laughed after hearing the CSDC's sleep recommendation of 8.5-9.5 hours. He said he believes his sleeping schedule of five to seven hours a night is normal and healthy for a college student.
"After night classes, I have to eat dinner plus get my work done. By the time I'm all done, it's around midnight," LaForte said. "I'll normally stay up for another hour or so to unwind and relax. Everyone sleeps oddly at college, but we all get by." Despite LaForte's assertion, CSDC's clinical director, Dr. Rochelle Zozula, said she believes it is especially important for college students to maintain a regular sleep schedule. She said students are susceptible to developing delayed sleep phase syndrome, which results from a disturbance between a patient's internal biological clock and the external environment.
"Young adults can develop delayed sleep phase syndrome and change their underlying biological rhythms. This makes it difficult to go to sleep at a desired time and wake up at a certain time," Zozula said.
Christine Malita, a Livingston College first-year student, believes her night is only beginning when she is at college -- when most normal people begin to settle down to sleep.
"I usually go to sleep around two or three in the morning or later around 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. I get around five to seven hours of sleep a night," Malita said. "If I don't sleep enough, I take a very long nap in the afternoon, and then I'm up late again that night. It makes me really tired in class." The CSDC said if one suspects a sleep disorder, he or she should discuss the problem with a physician, as most sleep problems are treatable. If sleeping problems persist, a negative aftermath may occur, Zozula said.
Sleep deprivation was part of the reason Douglass College sophomore Elisa Petrigliano quit the Rutgers crew team. In order to be fully efficient during the day, she needed a full night of sleep.
"Living in a dorm with a roommate and other people makes it impossible to get to sleep at 10 p.m. and wake up at 5 a.m.," Petrigliano said. "After practice a lot of mornings, I'd crash before class and get a few more hours of sleep -- which is the worst way to get sleep because you become more tired." ((Distributed via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com))
Taryn Sauthoff
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"Rutgers U.: Hospital announces sleeping tips; Rutgers students say schedules complicate sleep." America's Intelligence Wire 22 Apr. 2004. General OneFile. Web. 8 Mar. 2012.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Health & safety
April 27, on this day most of the college juniors who hope to attend medical school will take the Medical College Admission Test; this year's test is a completely new one, and is designed to put greater emphasis on logical reasoning and communications skills, and less on math and science. In addition to answering multiple-choice questions, those taking the MCAT will be required for the first time to write essays. (Sample topics from an MCAT practice test: "Price is not necessarily a reflection of value"; "In politics, good intentions cannot justify bad actions.") "The impetus for including the essay," says Dr. Karen Mitchell, an official at the Association of American Medical Colleges, which oversees the MCAT, "came from a number of sources, one being reports from medical-school deans who felt their students could not communicate well either in writing or orally, and another being the criticism of doctors in general for being technocrats and not allowing patients to participate in their own health care."
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"Health & safety." The Atlantic Apr. 1991: 14. Popular Magazines. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.
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