Google is allowing users to scribble on their screens instead of typing. With their new app called Google Handwriting Input, Android users with a tablet or smartphone will be able to use either a stylus or their finger to write words and Google will then convert it into text, CNet reports.

The new app will recognize handwriting in 82 languages, and it will interpret lettters and words scribbled right on the screen and transform them into normal digital text.

The app was developed by Google's research team and can interpret cursive, print handwriting and even emojis.

"Using handwriting as an input method can allow for natural and intuitive input method for text entry which complements typing and speech input methods," Google's Research team wrote in a blog post Wednesday.

Google noted that some languages in the world, like Chinese are often hard to type on keyboards and that handwriting input is often easier, TechCrunch reports.

Google is not the first company to develop a handwriting solution for mobile devices. Microsoft's Windows has developed handwriting recognition software over the years for tablet PCs. The feature has been used by companies to allow their employees to take notes or fill out forms right on a tablet.

Windows Journal has been used as a built-in app for Windows. It allows users to input their handwriting and it will then be transformed into standard digital text.

Google's research team admitted the app was completed after "years of research."

The research team had to decide how to interpret the text and whether the analysis should be done right on the the device or processed in the cloud. Google decided to use both methods when they created the app.

If a user chooses online support when using the app, more accurate results will be guaranteed. That means users jotting notes on their smartphones and tablets will spend less time correcting or re-writing text on the screen than the offline version. The offline version uses in-app recognition features to determine the letters and words that a user has drawn onto the screen.

Google Handwriting Input is now available as a free download on the Google Play marketplace. Using the app will require the user to have Android 4.0.3 or higher installed on their devices.