Handwriting feature in iPad app for answering questions

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atlst4

20 Temmuz 2017 15:53

Please, on the iPad app give an option to answer questions WITHOUT having to use the handwriting feature. It does not handle certain things well... for instance nth roots or lower-case letters vs upper-case letters etc. If a letter is close to a number it also doesn't work... for instance l vs 1. This isn't just about getting questions correct. In some cases it won't even let me advance and I have to use the iPhone app to get past the question. PLEASE get rid of the handwriting REQUIREMENT. Why can't there be a feature to use a calculator type input like on the iPhone or even in the iPad app for review sections. This is beyond frustrating and makes me want to stop using the app.

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carol

01 Kasım 2021 18:45
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swight.91

01 Ağustos 2017 04:53
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Seriously! At least have an autocorrect-type pop up with similar symbols. I downloaded this for the purpose of learning algebra, and every time I have to write an S or an s or a 5 (and then all of those again as exponents) it consistently interprets it wrong. I and i and 1, not to mention trying to write division equations when the box automatically zooms in, preventing me from underscoring what I've written. I'm giving up on this app for now - hopefully they fix it!
Regina Litman

03 Eylül 2017 18:29
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Yes, please! I like using the calculator-like popup that comes up for the review quizzes. And what is the purpose of the icon in the bottom left corner that, when I touch it, I see a menu along the left with several colored circles but no help item to let me know what they are, If they are meant to let me enter the handwritten stuff better, I don't know how to use them!
Jonathan Koley

02 Kasım 2017 22:59
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I just want to be able to input "the 4th root of b"!! I don't care how.
Regina Litman

04 Kasım 2017 22:17
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To Jonathan Koley, who posted the response on or about November 2, 2017:

I had this problem regarding entering a root greater than two just today. In my case, it was a 5th root. In frustration, I finally entered the item in parentheses instead of the root sign and then stuck a "(1/5)" superscript above the closing parenthesis. It worked! It stayed as a superscript, and since the rest of my answer was correct, I got the whole thing right.
E M

13 Ocak 2018 03:43
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I can’t operate the handwriting feature so I was stuck, too. Then I discovered that the website let’s me use the equation keyboard to enter my answers.
Regina Litman

17 Ocak 2018 20:55
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What's the equation keyboard? Is this the keyboard that pops up when I do practice exercises in the articles/worksheets? That is not available for the starred practice exercises/quizzes in the iPad app.
E M

21 Ocak 2018 15:16
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The equation keyboard is available on the website version, but apparently not on the ipad app. If you are having trouble with the handwriting feature on the app, try logging into the website instead.
Joshua Aquino

18 Şubat 2018 15:52
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Please we need the equation keyboard on the iPad. I can’t even type a division symbol!
Regina Litman

18 Şubat 2018 22:26
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If you need to type a division operation in the iPad app, write it with / or in fraction form with a dash separating the numerator and denominator.

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