I couldn’t agree more with the other posts about making writing testing and practice (with stroke order included) available in Pleco. Particularly if the company that makes your handwriting recognition software also makes a stroke order testing library, it would be an extremely useful feature, having it worked into the existing flashcard set up as an optional feature in the already extremely customizable system. It is the only area that pleco doesn’t currently test for, there is great demand for this sort of testing, and certainly could be considered a criteria in determining whether a character or word is mastered. It is certain that a lot of useres including myself would purchase this as an addon to the flashcard module. Most of us are supremely annoyed with subscription services.
As for the testing, the current flashcards already support a mark correct/incorrect and then the optional grading system after correct or incorrect is chosen - remembered perfectly, remembered, barely remembered/ almost remembered, forgotten, and don’t know, which presumably affects the srs function. It needn’t be a complete gamification overhaul at all. While the gaming feel is one aspect of skritter that some people like, other apps have popped up that do away with all of skritters asthetic bells and whistle and simply stick to the functionality of learning the writing because it is indeed useful and there is a demand for it to be available without a subscription.
Two important points- stroke order verification from a visible outline of a character alone is not helpful alone, outside of the initial learning stage. However, testing as to whether a character can be recalled from memory and written accurately with the correct stroke order in a blank square with optional prompts to correct stroke order as you write or a simple assessment at the end of the writinging would be extremely valuable. Also being able to drill the writing of a character repeatedly without advancing to a new card but just erasing and rewriting until the user is comfortable is another function with unending value.