1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a first user input received at a presence-sensitive device, wherein the first user input specifies a sequence of strokes, and wherein a first subset of the sequence of strokes corresponds to a first area of the presence-sensitive device and a second subset of the sequence of strokes corresponds to a second area of the presence-sensitive device that at least partially overlaps the first area; outputting, by the computing device and for display at an output device, a graphical representation of the first subset of the sequence of strokes; determining, by the computing device, a confidence level that the first subset of the sequence of strokes corresponds to a first character, wherein the confidence level exceeds at least a first confidence threshold; altering, by the computing device and based at least in part on the confidence level, the graphical representation of the first subset of the sequence of strokes; responsive to determining that the confidence level exceeds at least a second confidence threshold, providing, by the computing device, the first character for processing by an application executed by the computing device; determining, by the computing device, that the second subset of the sequence of strokes corresponds to a second character that is different from the first character, wherein determining that the second subset of the sequence of strokes corresponds to the second character occurs without receiving an indication of a second user input specifying that the first and second subsets of the sequence of strokes correspond to different characters; and providing, by the computing device, the second character for processing by the application.