Episode Transcript. Nimah Gobir: Welcome to MindShift, the podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids. I’m Nimah Gobir. Nimah Gobir: These days, it feels like everyone is looking ...

iPadOS 18 adds machine-learning wizardry with handwriting, math features Also coming: new SharePlay features and a new "tab bar" for first-party apps.

The app uses optical character recognition to convert handwriting into machine-readable text. This enables you to use the app to search uploaded sticky notes for specific words or phrases.

Once we did that, we could finally begin to discuss how to translate the rasterized canvas image data into an actual character that our crossword app can understand.. Handwriting recognition is a ...

Lately, when I’m reading a book or paper with the intention of learning from it, I take notes by writing. ... Writing things down might help you remember in a way that apps just don’t.

The handwriting group also proved better at using the letters to spell and read new words. Scientists think this is because writing by hand is a perceptual-motor experience that reinforces earlier ...

Handwriting notes in class might seem like an anachronism as smartphones and other digital technology subsume every aspect of learning across schools and universities. But a steady stream of ...