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How to build a custom input method?

holololhololol
edited July 2016 in Questions And Answers

Hi,

I'm trying to build a less awkward input method for typing lots of words on Hololens. Does anyone know is that even possible to override the default input method on Hololens, and if so, where could I find related documentation?

Thanks a lot!
Hololol

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  • AlexDAlexD ✭✭✭

    What exactly are you looking to override? the air-tap gesture ?

  • You could use a Bluetooth keyboard. Will that help?

  • holololhololol
    edited July 2016

    @AlexD said:
    What exactly are you looking to override? the air-tap gesture ?

    @neerajwadhwa said:
    You could use a Bluetooth keyboard. Will that help?

    Sorry for the vagueness. My final goal is to make typing easier on Hololens, but for now. the idea is to build an app for iOS and Android that's similar to the official Hololens assistant, which can turn your phone into a Bluetooth keyboard.

    So before I start out to build the app, I need to figure out is it possible on the Hololens side, it might be like building an IME for Windows desktop. Could you help? Thanks!

  • Thanks for guiding me to the Device Portal documentation, that's quite helpful indeed!
    And I'm wondering is there a way to achieve the same effect without enabling developer mode?

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