handwritten notes

[DHH00 0]

I used to be able to add handwritten notes (with iPad pen) together with typed notes. Eversince i bought the personal version, i am not able to do so. I can only add a sketch and paste it back to my notes. Would you please help?

[gazumped 12,078]

14 hours ago, DHH00 said:

Would you please help?

Hi.  How?  Apple (for some reason) don't have great functionality with Evernote.  To add handwritten notes you need a different app,  or a different process - take notes on paper and photograph the result,  or use a different note process - 

The 'best' way to capture and OCR handwriting may depend on your personal usage - would you prefer to use paper and scan the results?  A smart pen or pad?  A separate mobile app syncing back to Evernote?

You should do an internet search for your budget, OS and available devices,  but other Evernote users have suggested these options:

🔹Goodnotes - https://www.goodnotes.com (save OCR'd PDF to Evernote) 

🔹Livescribe - https://uk.livescribe.com/ 

🔹Nebo - https://www.nebo.app 

🔹Wacom - https://www.wacom.com/en-gb 

🔹Physical reusable notebooks (never lose power or signal) can also be synced or scanned into Evernote - https://www.shelf.guide/best-reusable-notebooks/ for more... 

[PinkElephant 8,846]

@DHH00 This has nothing to do with a paid or unpaid version.

Maybe you were using the Penultimate app before. It was a standalone free app issued by EN that allowed to jot down handwriting, and sync it into EN as images. It was a pretty bad app, years behind other handwriting apps, but it did this one single job, more or less. Penultimate was outdated, and EN decided to give it up. Those who still have it installed can use it, but it was taken off the AppStore.

Currently you either use a Sketch canvas to hold your text, or use a 3rd party app like those linked by @gazumped. If you use Sketch, make sure you turn the "Scribble" feature OFF in iPadOS settings. Scribble tries to convert handwritten text into computer text on the fly. It works pretty well in general, but it will not leave a trace of the handwriting. You can't control it by apps, you can only turn it on or off in general.

If you use it more often, you can use a shortcut (from the shortcuts app) to toggle it without always going into settings.