err. what. good luck with just pure link..
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iOS 14 Features New OCR Capabilities That Will Convert Handwritten Text From Apple Pencil Into Typed Text
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did you handwrite this comment with nebo?
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.
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.
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.
You guys do remember the handwriting recognition technology (previously) in MacOS called inkwell, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkwell_(Macintosh)
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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Sounds like it, sometimes this app sucks!
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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.
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
seems like they shouldve implemented this with the advent of the original apple pencil back in like 2016
this is the most exciting feature I’ve been waiting for. I also wish they developed some pencil tips that would make the pen less slippery
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<p>This comic lampooned the Newton, but the criticism could have applied to many pen-based computers and handhelds of the time.</p>
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.
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.
Pathetic. Let us know when the Pencil works on the MBP's ridiculous oversized trackpad.