Mausr Helps Identify Unknown Characters
If you come across a character you’ve never seen before, or you want to find a specific character in Unicode, finding it can be a bit of a problem if you’re not entirely sure of its name. Mausr lets you draw a symbol instead, and then identifies it based on your drawing.
The open source web application allows you to draw with your mouse or trackpad to search for specific characters. You don’t need to paint in one stroke – it updates as you progress. After you submit your drawing, Mausr will offer you several options for what the symbol might be. Its developer explains:
Have you ever wanted to easily find any Unicode character such as →, ×, ≠, ℝ or “… Just draw the character you are looking for and in half a second it will be ready to be copied and pasted along with some useful information.
Mausr stands for Marek’s Unicode Symbols Recognizer and I created it because I was disappointed with a Google search for Unicode characters . At first it was a small C # program, but then I realized that it really could be useful for everyone. So I extended the library with a simple web interface and the first version was published a few weeks later.
It includes over 100 characters in its database, and you can see for yourself by following the link below.
Mausr | via AddictiveTips