Apple is actively working on a handwriting recognition system. This raises the distinct possibility that you might someday enter text by writing words on your iPhone or iPad screen, rather than ...

iPad handwriting recognition is reportedly coming soon, allowing users to write words into any text box with an Apple Pencil. Screenshot: Apple iPad users will be able to use an Apple Pencil to write ...

Microsoft today updated its OneNote note-taking service with optical character recognition (OCR) support across all platforms. The company also released a new version of its iPad app, adding ...

Egg freckles. Eat up Martha. Cafe Fwiblob. There was a time when these words would have elicited instant giggles. Memes from the time before Twitter or Facebook, Apple’s Newton and its often-errant ...

It looks like it’s time for some new Apple patents. Just last week, we reported that Apple had filed patents indicating it might steal the Google Pixel 2’s squeeze features. Now, the company has filed ...

Apple is continuing to investigate handwriting recognition for touch screens, but the latest research also covers displaying handwriting on an iPhone or iPad screen. Apple has regularly filed patents ...

Scribble is one of the coolest new features on offer in iPadOS 14, at least for those who have, or are interested in, an Apple Pencil. The feature essentially turns your handwriting into typed, ...

Remember Apple’s ill-fated Newton, the first personal digital assistant (PDA) to offer handwriting recognition? Cupertino’s original mobile device unfortunately didn’t do a particularly great job of ...

For quick reminders and can’t-miss memos, sticky notes are effective tools, and I’d argue that the simplicity of the sticky note is its best attribute. But the ease behind propping up sticky notes ...

Apple, it seems, found a solution. In the newest update to iPadOS, when you write with the Apple Pencil ($129), the iPad can understand your scrawl and, with Scribble, convert it to typed text. It ...