Supernote's handwriting recognition feature is an efficiency and productivity booster. It lets you focus on writing your thoughts without the need to worry about retyping them for reviewing or sharing later.

Handwriting recognition in notes

With the release of Chauvet 2.7.21, we've added the ability to convert handwriting to text in notes.

To effectively use the handwriting recognition feature in notes, follow the steps below:

Create a real-time recognition note

• Tap New Note in the sidebar menu.
• Select Real-Time Recognition as the type of the new note you are creating.
• If needed, switch to a different handwriting recognition language by tapping the underlined language.(It cannot be changed after the real-time recognition note is created.)
• Write words and the system will recognize them in the background concurrently. 

View recognition results

• Tap to view the Recognition Results. 
• If you are not satisfied with the recognition accuracy, tap the Re-recognize button.
• Tap the Queue icon to check the recognition progress when you've written multiple pages of notes.

Export recognition results

• Tap on the Recognition Results page.
• Select the export format: TXT or DOCX. 

Note: In standard notes, you can also tap the Export icon on the toolbar and select TXT or DOCX to have them recognized and exported. 

Important notes on how handwriting recognition works

• The button on the toolbar: This button is intended solely for switching to handwriting recognition result view mode. It's not meant to trigger handwriting recognition. Once you tap this button, you can expect to see one of these three results: 
  • You will see the recognized typed text if the handwriting recognition is completed.
  • You will see the recognition status shown as “Recognizing” if the handwriting recognition is still in progress.
  • You will be prompted to try handwriting more if you handwrote nothing or too few content.
•    Queue: Tapping the Queue button will allow you to see the status of the recognition in the current note file. It will be helpful when you've handwritten multiple pages of notes and want to check how things are.
•    Background recognition: The current note file must remain open for the background recognition to be triggered. Background recognition will start 30 seconds after the last touch or writing action. Any writing or other actions during background processing will pause the recognition.
•   Handwriting search: Only handwriting that has been recognized and converted correctly to digitized text can be searched.
• The Re-recognized button: it will come handy when you are not completely satisfied with the recognition result of the current note page you are on. Tapping it will re-recognize the handwritten notes on this page. 

Handwriting recognition in Word

The handwriting recognition feature was initially only available in Word documents. It's easy to use with good recognition accuracy and speed. For users who believe the pen is mightier than the keyboard, it comes really handy and delivers a solid writing experience. 

How to use handwriting recognition in Word? 

• Tap Files in the sidebar menu.
• Open a folder you want to store the Word document in.
• Tap the New Word icon.
• Select the handwriting mode and start writing words.
• Tap the handwriting recognition icon to have the words converted to typed text.

Languages supported for handwriting recognition