Write Text with Apple Pencil and Convert It to Digital

Being able to convert manual text to digital is one of the most acclaimed features of the iPad in recent times, although it really took a while to arrive. This function is really attractive for those who are used to taking a lot of notes with their iPad and are still more comfortable typing with keyboards and yet do not want to give up the digital format of the text. Here we tell you all about this feature called Scribble .

What can you do with this function?

Scribble will allow you to almost completely do without the keyboard on the iPad, and beware, not only the physical keyboard, but also the keyboard that is displayed on the screen of your iPad when you want to do an internet search or send a message through from the Messages app, for example. Also, it can be used by students in their willingness to improve their skills as essay writers. And is that once you activate this function you will be able to write that digital text with the Apple Pencil in such a way that you only have to write what you want to search in Google or the message that you are going to send to that person and the iPad will take care of transform it into digital text. That is, where before you had to write with a physical or virtual keyboard, now you can do it with your Apple Pencil without problems, making the use of Apple Pencil with the iPad even more affordable and comfortable.

Write Text with Apple Pencil and Convert It to Digital

Requirements for Scribble

In order to enjoy Scribble on your iPad, you have to meet some prerequisites, the first of which is your iPad. Since this is a feature not available in all software versions, you must have iPadOS 14 or later installed on your tablet. The second essential requirement to be able to use Scribble on your iPad is that it is compatible with the 1st or 2nd generation Apple Pencil . Below is the list of iPad compatible with iPadOS 14 and Apple Pencil, therefore compatible with Scribble:

  • 5th generation iPad mini with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 6th generation iPad with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 7th generation iPad with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 8th generation iPad with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • iPad Air 3rd generation with Apple Pencil 1st generation.
  • 4th generation iPad Air with 2nd generation Apple Pencil.
  • 9.7-inch iPad Pro with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 10.5-inch iPad Pro with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st and 2nd generation) with 1st generation Apple Pencil.
  • 11-inch iPad Pro (1st generation and 2nd generation) with 2nd generation Apple Pencil.
  • 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation and later) with 2nd generation Apple Pencil.

Therefore, if you are a user of one of these iPad, you enjoy an Apple Pencil and you have iPadOS 14 or a later version installed, you can make use of this fantastic function that will make the use of Apple Pencil much more comfortable and useful for certain actions that So far, you couldn’t carry out.

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Activate Scribble by following these steps

Once you are clear that you can use Scribble on your iPad, you have to follow a series of steps to be able to enjoy this fantastic function, which beware, it is not really available in Spanish, so we will have to make a little trap, but no worry, it’s all legal.

As we mentioned, Scribble is only available for English-speaking people, therefore, if you are a Spanish speaker and want to use this function, the first step you have to carry out is to add an English keyboard to your iPad, for this, we recommend that go to Settings, click on General, then on Keyboard, and finally, on Keyboards, and then add one of the many English keyboards they offer you.

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Once you have configured an English keyboard as an alternative keyboard, you have to activate, now, the Scribble function. To do this, go back to Settings, Apple Pencil and activate the Handwriting function. Once you have finished configuring these simple steps you will be able to use the Scribble function on your iPad thanks to the Apple Pencil, surely if you are in love with these accessories, this will be great for you to make the iPad even more usable with the Apple Pencil .