Install the Google Handwriting Input app on your Android device to handwrite characters, and the app will recognize it and convert it to text. The app acts as an added keyboard.

Download Windows Journal for Windows 11/10. It lets you convert the ink that you write with the pen tool to typed text, which can be used in other programs.

Most ink-to-text apps process handwritten input at the level of pixels or line strokes. Nebo’s interactive ink allows processing at the level of symbols (e.g., letters) and shapes.

The Ink to Math feature allows users to convert handwritten mathematical equations in Word, PowerPoint, Excel to Font text. Learn how!

There are changes under the hood, too: Connect subscribers can convert handwritten notes to typed text directly in the app, and easily edit and reuse them at work.

However, within the app you can only convert small snippets of your handwriting to editable text; you can't convert a whole document.

Google has added a new feature to Google Lens that allows users to copy and paste handwritten notes from phones to computers as digital text.

Hyderabad-based start-up Quadric IT merges AI with physical notebooks to digitize handwritten notes, reduce waste, and enhance productivity.

The optical character recognition (OCR) software supplied with many scanners is next to useless with handwriting, no matter how neat it is, but there is another option.