In this article, you’ll find information about how to convert handwritten notes into text using your reMarkable.
With a Connect subscription, you can also convert handwritten notes to text in the desktop app. Learn how to use the desktop app to convert notes.
The handwriting conversion feature saves the converted notes as a new page of typed text. You can edit the text with the on-screen keyboard, with Type Folio, or in the mobile and desktop apps with a Connect subscription, then reuse them in emails, reports, or presentations.
Your original handwritten notes remain in the same place in your notebook.
You can move converted notes into other notebooks, refine and upload them to other cloud storage services, or send by email to share them instantly.
Useful things to know before getting started
Supported content
You can convert handwritten notes in your notebooks, and in note pages you’ve added to your PDFs or ebooks.
Wi-Fi connection and cloud account are required
You need to be connected to a Wi-Fi network and logged in to a reMarkable account (my.remarkable.com) to use this feature.
Exporting converted notes
You can move converted notes into other documents, refine and upload them directly to other cloud storage services, or send them by email.
When sending converted notes by email, you can choose to send them as a separate PDF or PNG attachment, or within the body of the email itself.
Supported text and symbols
If you write at an angle, handwriting conversion may not work as it should. Symbols (like mathematical symbols and diagrams) won’t be converted into text, but bullet points will be recognized — and some smiley faces too.
Notes written in cursive and block letters are also supported.
How to convert handwritten notes into text
Convert in your selected language
For the best results when converting to text, specify which language your notes are written in.
Here’s how to select your language:
1. Tap Menu in the upper-left corner, then Settings.
2. Under Personal, tap Language and keyboard.
3. Tap Handwriting conversion and choose your language.
The handwriting conversion feature supports the following languages:
Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (The Netherlands), English (Canada), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Estonian, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Galician, German (Austria), German (Germany), Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.
Step-by-step guide to converting notes into text
1. Open your notebook, ebook, or PDF to the page containing the handwritten notes you want to convert.
2. Tap the share and convert button, then Convert to text. Your converted notes will be added as a new page.
Convert notes to text with the selection tool
You can also convert handwritten notes to typed text using the selection tool:
- Open the document with the handwritten notes you would like to convert.
- Tap the selection tool and select your handwritten notes with your Marker.
- Tap the handwriting conversion button.
- Place the text cursor by tapping the display with your Marker.
- Tap the Paste button to paste the converted text.
How to convert multiple pages at once
- Tap the page overview button in the toolbar.
- Long-press to select the first page you’d like to convert, then tap to add any additional pages.
- Tap Convert in the action bar at the top of the display. Your converted text will be added as a new page. Tap Cancel to close the action bar.
- Tap the new page to open it.
Once you’ve converted your notes, you can edit them with Type Folio, in the mobile and desktop apps, or by double-tapping the text to bring up the on-screen keyboard.
Editing converted notes won’t affect your handwritten notes.
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