Writer

A handwriting notebook built for tablets and used with a stylus. Write on full-width A4 pages, turn handwriting into typed text, and add voice notes that are transcribed on the device.

Tablet and stylus only Writer is designed specifically for tablets and needs an active stylus to write. It is not meant for phones, and a finger can't write on the page: the stylus writes, the finger only scrolls, taps and selects.

Writing

• One page per screen, swipe sideways to change pages. A new blank page is always ready at the end.
• Palm rejection keeps resting hands from marking the page.
• Scribble over ink or use the stylus eraser to erase.
• Circle ink and hold to select it, then move it, resize it, or fling it away to delete.
• Tap with a finger to undo, tap twice to redo.

Handwriting to text

• Select ink and convert it to typed text on the device (ML Kit, language model downloaded once).
• Styles: H1, H2, H3, Subtitle, Body and Quote.
• Select words to make them bold, italic, underlined or colored.
• Move, join and delete text blocks.

Voice notes

• Record and transcribe on the device, no account needed.
• Each voice note has its own language, with transcribe again, edit and delete on a long press.

Navigation

• Hold a finger on the page to open the table of contents, built from your headings.
• Search across ink-converted text, titles and transcripts.

Settings

• Manage languages from the gear icon on the home screen: search, download or remove handwriting models, and download and choose speech languages.

Requires Android 14 or newer.

Settings page to manage handwriting and speech languages, with separate screens for the language lists.