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SDK just mean sof
The link is to the text recognition SDK’s they already have, today.
SDK means software development kit only, my issue as mention how stable it is? How powerful their AI or AKA word these days "Machine Learning" can detect your handwriting while their video just normal text which much easier to detect compare with human handwriting.
 
SDK just mean sof

SDK means software development kit only, my issue as mention how stable it is? How powerful their AI or AKA word these days "Machine Learning" can detect your handwriting while their video just normal text which much easier to detect compare with human handwriting.

Sorry, I really don’t understand what you are trying to say.
 
did you handwrite this comment with nebo?
lol... I'm using magic keyboard 2 with numeric keypad Sir. I'm using nebo for quick writing notes, requirements when meeting up with the customer. If apple can provide natively for sure I'm will using official Notes.
 
About friggin time! Back to the future of Newton and the Palm Treo. Let’s get it on for crying out loud. It has only taken 25 years to bring this back so BRING IT ON and add Apple Pencil support for the iPhone too.
 
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About friggin time! Back to the future of Newton and the Palm Treo. Let’s get it on for crying out loud. It has only taken 25 years to bring this back so BRING IT ON and add Apple Pencil support for the iPhone too.

For the limited purposes of OCR text entry, there's no reason not to support it in iPhone. Still not convinced of the pencil's utility for sketching etc though. But which Pencil? isn't Pencil 2 longer than any iPhone, would make charging awkward to impossible... Pencil 1 only pairs to one device at a time.
 
For the limited purposes of OCR text entry, there's no reason not to support it in iPhone. Still not convinced of the pencil's utility for sketching etc though. But which Pencil? isn't Pencil 2 longer than any iPhone, would make charging awkward to impossible... Pencil 1 only pairs to one device at a time.

An Apple Pencil will be fabulous for sketching and OCR notetaking on the iPhone. I don’t care if it’s an Apple Pencil 1, 2 or 3.
 
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I use a no longer available app-a third party keyboard called MyScript Stylus. I would love for this to be built right into the OS.
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did you handwrite this comment with nebo?
Sounds like it, sometimes this app sucks!
 
Eat up Martha
I came here to comment this, but I knew in my heart of hearts it already had.
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iOS 14 may include a new PencilKit feature that will allow you to handwrite text in any text input field using Apple Pencil, with the handwritten content then converted into standard text before it's sent. So, for example, you might be able to tap into a Messages text field with the Apple Pencil, hand write a message to someone, have it automatically converted to a more easily readable typewritten text, and then send it.

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According to information obtained by MacRumors, the PencilKit feature appears to work with any text input field available in iOS, making it compatible with Messages, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Mail, and more. A floating interface will pop up whenever a text field is tapped with the pencil, allowing for the written input.

Apple does not have a feature at this time that converts handwritten content into typed content, but the Notes app does have functionality that recognizes handwritten words and allows them to be searched.

It looks like third-party apps will also be able to access a PencilKit tool that will support some kind of new handwriting functionality, but the extent of it is unclear.

It is not known if this is a finalized feature that is going to make it into iOS 14. Rumors have indicated Apple is taking a new approach to iOS development that will allow certain features to be toggled off and sidelined if they are not ready for launch in order to cut down on bugs.

Along with the handwriting-to-text feature, Apple also appears to be working on a shape-drawing function that supports a "Magic Fill" feature, allowing users to draw a general shape with the Apple Pencil that's then filled in by iOS.

We'll be sharing more details on what we can expect to see in iOS 14, with our iOS 14 roundup serving as a hub for everything that's been found so far.

Article Link: iOS 14 Features New OCR Capabilities That Will Convert Handwritten Text From Apple Pencil Into Typed Text

This should be an easy feature to implement: just steal all of the code from the Watch’s scribble feature
 
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Finally. In my opinion, swipe-gesture keyboard and handwriting recognition are the two best available solutions to what I think is the large tablet form factor’s biggest problem—that of text input. Yet both solutions have been absent from the iPad’s OS for its first 9 years. Apple finally implemented QuickPath with the latest OS (though QuickPath has its issues), and hopefully soon handwriting-to-text conversion will make it in. Hopefully it just works.

Maybe as a bonus, people will rediscover the lost art of penmanship.
 
Bwahaha, are you kidding? It's 2020, and Apple finally catches up to Palm OS circa 1997. There is no excuse for iOS's lack of a character-writing box in the keyboard on iPads, which would've allowed handwritten entry of characters in ANY iPad app from day one.

Pathetic. Let us know when the Pencil works on the MBP's ridiculous oversized trackpad.
 
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