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Yishai
Yishai

Reputation: 91911

Ways to collect a physical signature with a web site on iOS

I'm looking to fill out a form from a web page that will include a box to collect a physical signature, on an iPad or iPhone. Think of a repair visit acknowledgment form, where after the technician does some work they can fill out things on the form on the website, and then hand the iPad to the customer to sign (using a stylus) What kind of technologies are an option there?

A flash control isn't an option because it doesn't run on iOS. Same with a Java applet.

A native iOS app is not an option because the distribution profile (around 350 users) doesn't fit (and anyway, relying on Apple's permission isn't desirable here).

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1931

Answers (3)

Jeremy
Jeremy

Reputation: 449

I know this is an older question, but I think Sketch.js may be a valid (and Free) solution: https://github.com/intridea/sketch.js

It's not specifically for signatures, but will allow for any sort of drawing by touch (or mouse) inside of a standard web browser.

Upvotes: 3

Yishai
Yishai

Reputation: 91911

Super Signature seems to do exactly what I need. Thanks @Pekka!

Upvotes: 1

Robert Redmond
Robert Redmond

Reputation: 1522

If you are going to roll your own, I'd use JavaScript which can detect touches on the iPhone, but I don't know whether it is accurate enough for your use case. There a Javascript library called jQTouch and it has touch events http://code.google.com/p/jqtouch/wiki/CallbackEvents.

Upvotes: 1

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