When it arrived, it meant that the Pencil was no longer the preserve of the artist alone. There are things you may need to correct, but using Scribble is quite a magical feeling. You can also add shapes – scribble a rough circle or oblong and it pops into the perfect geometrical version instantly. If you need to add a space between two words which have become linked together in the transcription, drawing a vertical line between them adds a space. It’s smart enough to know when you’ve written a phone number or email address, for instance.

You can highlight text by circling it and then a menu appears so you can cut the text or paste it, for instance. Maybe your writing is so big it will spill over the edge of the text box – don’t worry, just keep writing and the iPad will understand. Open Safari and you can write the term you’re searching for in the URL box.

It works brilliantly in the Notes app, but it works across the iPad in any text box.

MORE FROM FORBES Apple Releases iOS 14.4: Important Update With New Features & Bug Fixes By David Phelan For instance, if you were writing on paper and you changed your mind about a word or two, you’d cross them out, right? Squiggle the Pencil on the word you don’t want and it’ll vanish or, if it’s longer text, be highlighted so you can then write the word you want instead. Because there’s a tiny delay, you’re not writing faster than you find comfortable, and I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to see your words turn into proper text.īut the real standouts are the details. Apple has worked this out expertly so you write a word or two and then the words float upwards to the line above where they turn into typing.

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