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Apple Notes - best app for converting hand-written notes to text

I would like to know the best program to use with Apple Notes in order to convert handwritten notes to text. Thanks much.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 5, 2020 5:45 AM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2020 7:37 AM

There is no product capable of intelligent character recognition (ICR) of printed or hand-written notes, that also integrate with Apple's Notes application. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solutions are not up to the task of the more demanding ICR of the first sentence.


Although there are several ICR applications now available for iOS and Android, and which can export to other formats (e.g. Word, etc.), they are not free, and have subscriptions as in app purchases. There are commercial ICR solutions available that explicity state that they are not for students or home users, and probably cost a small fortune.

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Jun 5, 2020 7:37 AM in response to nonya1

There is no product capable of intelligent character recognition (ICR) of printed or hand-written notes, that also integrate with Apple's Notes application. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solutions are not up to the task of the more demanding ICR of the first sentence.


Although there are several ICR applications now available for iOS and Android, and which can export to other formats (e.g. Word, etc.), they are not free, and have subscriptions as in app purchases. There are commercial ICR solutions available that explicity state that they are not for students or home users, and probably cost a small fortune.

Apple Notes - best app for converting hand-written notes to text

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