Scribble, Notes, and Messages
Dec 08, 2020
3 minutes
Scribble is a new core ability of iPadOS. Almost anywhere you’d expect to enter text with the keyboard, you can now write with your Apple Pencil, and your scrawl is recognized as characters.
This also works with direct Pencil alternatives like the Logitech Crayon, but may not with other third–party styluses. The Notes app goes further, storing your handwriting both graphically and as text.
Scribble analyzes how you make strokes, not just the end result. This helps to make it surprisingly accurate, even with cursive (joined–up) writing. Forming letters idiosyncratically can trip
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