Penpower Handwriter Lohas Chinese Handwriting - Review

Product Review: Penpower Handwriter Lohas Chinese Handwriting Tablet

If you're in search of a Chinese handwriting tablet, the Penpower Handwriter Lohas definitely sounds promising. It boasts of the capability to recognize thousands of characters and other languages. However, I must say that it didn't quite meet my expectations. Allow me to share with you my experience with this product.

First, let me say that the Penpower Handwriter Lohas can recognize over 23,000 traditional and simplified Chinese characters, 4941 special Hong Kong characters, English letters, symbols, numbers, Japanese Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana, and Korean characters. With such extensive recognition coverage, it is undoubtedly one of the best Chinese handwriting tablets on the market in terms of capacity.

However, what's impressive in theory doesn't always translate well in practice. In my use of the product, I've noticed that it struggles to recognize some characters accurately. I've had to rewrite certain characters several times before the tablet recognizes them, and even then, it still sometimes gets it wrong. This can be frustrating if you're trying to write quickly and efficiently.

You would think that with a handwriting tablet, the handwriting interface would be the crucial feature. Unfortunately, the full-screen interface is clunky and hard to use. It combines multiple inputting interfaces for you to choose from, including full-screen continual writing interface, Writing Pad interface, and Infinity-mode Writing interface. But even with all these options, I still found it challenging to write smoothly.

One of the new features advertised about this product is the Balloon UI Toolbar, which provides many functions, such as mouse/handwriting switch, Real-time translator, signature, punctuation symbol, related phrase, and setup. However, even with these additional functions, navigating the user interface is an onerous and unenjoyable task.

One of the benefits of the Penpower Handwriter Lohas is that no particular stroke order is required. It's capable of recognizing highly cursive handwriting accurately, and it can adapt to and personalize to the uniqueness of your handwriting. However, this comes at a cost. You can't use this tablet as a universal handwriting system. It has to be your personal handwriting that you use with this product. This can be limiting if you're looking for a handwriting tablet that can be shared within a household or workplace.

Finally, one of the positives of the Penpower Handwriter Lohas is the built-in vocabulary and phrases database that automatically corrects the recognition results. This feature can be beneficial, but it's a double-edged sword. If you're trying to write something unique or using industry-specific language, the tablet may not be able to recognize it. This can limit the tablet's usefulness in certain situations.

In conclusion, the Penpower Handwriter Lohas Chinese Handwriting Tablet has some impressive capabilities in terms of character recognition. However, it falls short in making the user interface intuitive and easy to use. Its adaptability comes at the cost of its universality, making it difficult to use in certain situations. While the built-in vocabulary and phrase database is convenient, it's not always reliable. For those reasons, I give the Penpower Handwriter Lohas Chinese Handwriting Tablet a rating of 2.0 out of 5 stars.

Penpower Handwriter Lohas Chinese Handwriting

View Product Price