Samsung Notes handwriting to text with the S Pen

How to convert S Pen handwriting to text

1. Write with the S Pen. Open Samsung Notes, create a note and write[1].
2. Tap Clean up handwriting. The icon looks like a pen with a wand. Then tap the Convert to text icon[1].
3. Select the writing. Drag the arrows up or down to cover the lines you want[1].
4. Tap Convert. Samsung Notes changes your handwriting into text. Tap Copy instead to paste it somewhere else[1].

If Samsung Notes shows No text to recognize, Samsung says the writing was not legible enough[1]. To change the handwriting language, open the menu, go to Settings and choose Handwriting language[1].

Translate S Pen notes with Note Assist

On phones and tablets with One UI 6.1 or higher, Samsung's Note Assist shows the converted text in a pop-up box, where you can tap Add to, copy it, or open Note Assist to translate it[2]. Samsung lists Note Assist for select devices running Android 14 with One UI 6.1 or higher[2].

Turn a full Samsung note into Word

Convert to text works on the lines you select. When you want a lecture, a planner or a set of meeting notes as one document to edit or send, export the note and upload it.

1. Save the note as a PDF. Open the note, tap More options, then Save as file, then PDF file, and choose a folder[3].
2. Upload the PDF to LoreAI. The free tool here reads page 1. The LoreAI app reads every page of the note.
3. Download Word. Your handwriting comes back as typed text, with headings, lists and hand-drawn tables in the order you wrote them.

You can also tap the Share icon to turn the note into a PDF and send it[3], for example to your own email, then upload it from a computer. Your first document in the app is free, up to 3 pages and 3 MB.

Paper notes on a Galaxy phone

For handwriting on paper, such as a notebook, a form or a recipe card, take a photo with the Galaxy camera and upload it to the tool on this page. LoreAI reads print and cursive handwriting and returns text to copy and a Word file.

S Pen writing in Samsung Notes

Convert to text in the app[1]

A whole Samsung note

Save as PDF[3], then LoreAI for one Word file

A photo of paper notes

LoreAI, straight from the photo

Notes in another language

LoreAI app, into one of 105 languages

On an iPad instead, see iPad handwriting to text. For a stack of paper notes, see how to digitize handwritten notes.

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