iPhone keyboard enables handwritten messages in WhatsApp, other popular apps

PRINCETON, N.J. - July 29, 2015 - PRLog -- Available today, Calligrapher is a third-party keyboard for iPhone and iPad that lets users send messages in their own handwriting. Calligrapher pops up instead of the regular keyboard in popular apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Mail, Messages and Skype. Users write with their finger in a continuously scrolling writing area. When they finish, their handwritten message is automatically copied into the host app.

Calligrapher is designed for people who would like an alternative to typing on small popup keyboards, and ones who would like to add an old-fashioned personal touch to their messages. “This app has been a great way for our kids to interact with their grandparents,” says Michele Abreu of West Windsor, NJ, an early beta tester for the app. “Sometimes it’s faster to write than to type. There’s something gratifying, even liberating in the smooth flow of handwriting that typing does not have.”

The centerpiece of the technology that powers the app is a calligraphic handwriting engine that makes a person’s handwriting look as if it were produced using a real fountain pen. It also automatically formats messages with its ability to detect word boundaries in 16 languages. Notes can be short single liners or long ones, sometimes even running into pages.

Calligrapher is available worldwide at Alternative Price Tier A. In the United States, that price point amounts to 99 cents. Please visit www.calligrapherapp.com for additional information and a press kit. To download the app, visit Calligrapher on the App Store.