# Addon for creating cards by handwriting with a pen

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/addon-for-creating-cards-by-handwriting-with-a-pen/15371>\
**Category:** Add-ons\
**Created:** [November 28, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/addon-for-creating-cards-by-handwriting-with-a-pen/15371 "2021-11-28T10:56:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jorowi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/jorowi/32/7408_2.png) [@Jorowi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Jorowi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/addon-for-creating-cards-by-handwriting-with-a-pen/15371/1 "2021-11-28T10:56:07Z")

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I need an addon for creating cards by handwriting with a pen on windows and android. Can anybody program such addon? I tried to code it myself, but there is a lack of documention on how to do this and I there is no addon that could do the same. The addon should do that you can write just into the text field and saves it like an image or something.

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**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/addon-for-creating-cards-by-handwriting-with-a-pen/15371/2 "2021-11-29T01:09:36Z")

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Have you tried [Touch Screen - draw and write on your cards - AnkiWeb](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1631622775) the only draw/write extension that i know atm

also here is the anki documentation: [https://docs.ankiweb.net/](https://docs.ankiweb.net/)

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**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/addon-for-creating-cards-by-handwriting-with-a-pen/15371/3 "2021-11-29T15:54:50Z")

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> [@Jorowi](#):
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> but there is a lack of documention on how to do this

If you want to go down the path of writing your own add-on:

1. Take a look at the add-on writing docs: [https://addon-docs.ankiweb.net/](https://addon-docs.ankiweb.net/)
2. The docs are not comprehensive, so you have to dive into the code to figure out how to do things: [GitHub - ankitects/anki: Anki's shared backend and web components, and the Qt frontend](https://github.com/ankitects/anki)