[agp423]

Is there an app that will let you write Chinese on touchscreen devices, and then have what's written be converted to text?

[Z10NewUser]

define text
Chinese characters are text surely, if you have managed to enter and see them

or do you mean transliterate say 青岛 to PinYin (Qingdao)
or another/older representation eg Wade-Giles (TsingTao)

[agp423]

Neither, I mean if I write a character, I want the character to be "typed" as if I "typed" it using PinYin. In other words, if I write "青岛" with my fingers, I want "青岛" to be displayed in text format, like what you see how on this post (can be copied, pasted, etc). In other other words, I want what I write to be able to be saved as a text file, not a jpeg.

[squished18]

I know it's not what you are looking for, but this functionality is built into BlackBerry 10, right?

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[Z10NewUser]

Ah,
So you mean Handwriting recognition (if doing it in english)
or as it is so well defined in chinese, stroke input
- I would have thought that it might already be supported in addition to PinYin ?

and this Q&A suggests that the latest Z10/BB10 has it already - see graphic
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...74/index2.html

I just tested it,
works really well..

[agp423]

Yes, handwriting recognition. Any apps that does that for 9930?

[VR6]

So awesome, I just added Chinese as an input language and tested it!

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[Z10NewUser]

not that I know of, but not a recent BB OS user
you'd have to search for stroke input

(used to have a 8220 til the Z10 and with the lack of BIS to filter my mails and 100 times increase in data useage now 30 MB /day not 10 MB a month it maybe not long till I go back to the 8220 or get something else (!!)
A shame as the Q10 I saw today was really nice, good keyboard- but no BIS/push email and filters, not for me )