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 ...

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 ...

The more intuitive a task is for humans, generally, the harder it is for artificial intelligence. Think of when Alexa can’t hear your commands, or when your spam filter traps an important email. A ...

Apple added Scribble to iPadOS 14, a feature that uses handwriting recognition and gestures to enable the Apple Pencil to enter and edit text in apps. Here's how to get the most out of the feature.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OneNote can read and analyze your handwritten notes and use AI to improve them. OneNote can read and analyze your handwritten notes and use AI to improve them. is a senior editor and author of Notepad ...