Math App MyScript Calculator Available for iOS, Accepts Handwritten Input

MacRumors · Dec 20, 2012, 03:38 PM

MyScript Calculator from Vision Objects has been available on Android devices for several months now, but as of today, the math app that lets users handwrite mathematical expressions is available for iPhone and iPad as well (via Mac4Ever).

Instead of typing equations into the app, MyScript Calculator accepts written input. Write out an equation with a finger or stylus and the app reads the handwriting. It will translate written work into numbers and digital text, and then solve the problem.

The whole process is quick, intuitive, and easy. It's perfect for small calculations or more complex mathematical equations, supporting the following operations:

Quote:

-Basic operations: +, -, x, ÷, +/-, 1/x
-Misc. Operations: %, ?, x!, |x|
-Powers/Exponentials: ex, xy , x2
-Brackets: ( )
-Trigonometry: cos, sin, tan
-Inverse trigonometry: acos, asin, atan
-Logarithms: ln , log
-Constants: ?, e.

MyScript Calculator works with both the iPhone and the iPad, and it is a free download from the App Store. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Math App MyScript Calculator Available for iOS, Accepts Handwritten Input

coder12 · Dec 20, 2012, 03:41 PM

Nice! Too bad my handwriting is really bad

macfanrutler · Dec 20, 2012, 03:42 PM

It looks like Leonard, Raj and Howard finally released their app.

gmanist1000 · Dec 20, 2012, 03:45 PM

This is an amazing app. Hats off to the dev's.

Prof. · Dec 20, 2012, 03:46 PM

Where was this my freshman year in college?!

rien333 · Dec 20, 2012, 03:52 PM

It works amazingly well for me, great app.

TWO2SEVEN · Dec 20, 2012, 03:53 PM

This just made my upcoming math class a lot less intimidating. Hopefully it works as well as advertised.

baryon · Dec 20, 2012, 04:32 PM

Not compatible with my iPod Touch 2g

But looks like an awesome app though!

sazivad · Dec 20, 2012, 04:35 PM

This may be the first app I've seen developed for Android first. Really nice concept and execution.

(please don't start a flamewar)

SomeDudeAsking · Dec 20, 2012, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sazivad

This may be the first app I've seen developed for Android first. Really nice concept and execution.

(please don't start a flamewar)

Android has better stylus support.

Jessica Lares · Dec 20, 2012, 05:09 PM

Been using this on my S2 for awhile now. Love it!

Snowy_River · Dec 20, 2012, 05:10 PM

Requires iOS 6? Ah, poo.

Seriously, though, this is the first thing that's seriously tempting me to upgrade to iOS 6, and lose my JB (which I keep simply for the usefulness of being able to access/write data on SD cards using iFile - the one significant shortcoming of iOS, at this point). Well, I'll have to think on it...

SnowLeopard OSX · Dec 20, 2012, 05:13 PM

This will come in handy during math tests

KdParker · Dec 20, 2012, 06:04 PM

nice app...

allamoureux07 · Dec 20, 2012, 06:13 PM

I don't see the point in this, beyond the 3rd grade. If it solved functions or had integral/derivative support then maybe it would be something worth trying.

ArtOfWarfare · Dec 20, 2012, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allamoureux07

I don't see the point in this, beyond the 3rd grade. If it solved functions or had integral/derivative support then maybe it would be something worth trying.

And what about mod, floor, ceiling, round, etc? It'd be nice if I didn't have to do so many equations on paper while thinking out equations used while programming.

markdj · Dec 20, 2012, 07:09 PM

Whoever wrote your article doesn't know the names of mathematical symbols.

() are parentheses not brackets.

[] are brackets.

sazivad · Dec 20, 2012, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SomeDudeAsking

Android has better stylus support.

That could be part of it.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by markdj

Whoever wrote your article doesn't know the names of mathematical symbols… "()" are parentheses, not brackets.

Firstly, it was a quote, so the article writer had nothing to do wiht it.

Secondly, Vision Objects is based in France. I think in Europe they call "()" brackets.

smartalic34 · Dec 20, 2012, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allamoureux07

I don't see the point in this, beyond the 3rd grade. If it solved functions or had integral/derivative support then maybe it would be something worth trying.

it solves simple algebraic functions

pretty awesome app! and can't beat the price!

iPhysicist · Dec 21, 2012, 08:12 AM

nice little tool

and for anything language related... brackets in german is "Klammer"

[] eckige Klammer
{} geschweifte Klammer
() runde Klammer (oder einfach nur Klammer)

@ Klammeraffe ;-)

mw360 · Dec 21, 2012, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtOfWarfare

And what about mod, floor, ceiling, round, etc? It'd be nice if I didn't have to do so many equations on paper while thinking out equations used while programming.

By the time you've recognisably written 'ceiling' on an iphone screen the moment has probably gone.

cublah · Dec 21, 2012, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macfanrutler

It looks like Leonard, Raj and Howard finally released their app.

Lol...I just re-watched that episode yesterday

ArtOfWarfare · Dec 21, 2012, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mw360

By the time you've recognisably written 'ceiling' on an iphone screen the moment has probably gone.

There's a symbol for it... surround the value in absolute value bars and put serifs pointing inward at the top:

⌈x⌉

It should be pretty easy to draw that recognizably.

MacMan86 · Dec 24, 2012, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markdj

Whoever wrote your article doesn't know the names of mathematical symbols.

() are parentheses not brackets.

[] are brackets.

Please try to acknowledge that there is a world outside the US, where some of the words you use to describe things are different to the words others use to describe things...

In the UK at least:

() are brackets, or round brackets or yes, some people use parentheses.

[] are square brackets.

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markdj macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2010	You don't know name of symbols Whoever wrote your article doesn't know the names of mathematical symbols. () are parentheses not brackets. [] are brackets.
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iPhysicist macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dresden	@ markdj nice little tool and for anything language related... brackets in german is "Klammer" [] eckige Klammer {} geschweifte Klammer () runde Klammer (oder einfach nur Klammer) @ Klammeraffe ;-)
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