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SCSissel
Brass Contributor
Jul 29, 2020

OneNote and Apple Scribble

I’m running the public beta version of iPadOS 14. Apple now has a feature called scribble, which let’s the user take the Apple Pencil and hardwrite text into any text field and Apple converts it to t...
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chenry2
Copper Contributor
Jan 04, 2021

SCSissel  I can't guarantee if this will work for everyone, but I am able to use Apple Scribble on the web version of OneNote on my Ipad 8th gen using Microsoft Edge.  It's not 100% user friendly with regards to scratching out, but it captures the written text and converts very nicely.  Give it a shot until they can get the App updated.

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lisadiaz
Copper Contributor
Jan 10, 2021

I did not have the same luck with the web version. It kept sending me to the app. Then I removed the app and it kept sending me to a splash page asking me to install the app. So I still can't use scribble. 😞 chenry2 

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    DeanJG
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 28, 2021

    lisadiaz I've been using this keyboard app as a workaround. Use it as the keyboard option when using the pencil and it converts handwriting to text regardless of what application you are using. I like the fact it starts to learn your handwriting over time too. 

    https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mazec/id943711253

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