# Supernote handwriting to text, with the layout kept

For Supernote handwriting to text, create a Real-Time Recognition note, write, and export the results as TXT or DOCX from the Recognition Results page[1]. To keep the layout of a template or planner, export the pages as a PDF and upload it to LoreAI, which returns a Word file with headings, lists and tables in their original order.

## How to convert handwriting on a Supernote

1. **Create a Real-Time Recognition note.** Open New Note from the sidebar and choose Real-Time Recognition[1].
2. **Set the language first.** Tap the underlined language to change it. Supernote says it cannot be changed after the note is created[1].
3. **Write.** The device recognizes your writing in the background[1].
4. **Open Recognition Results.** Tap the toolbar icon to see the text, and export it as TXT or DOCX[1].

Standard notes can be recognized and exported through the Export icon in the toolbar, in the same two formats[1]. In a Word document on the Supernote, you can also switch to handwriting mode, write and tap the recognition icon to turn it into typed text[1].

## Facts at a glance

- **Since**: Recognition in notes arrived with Chauvet 2.7.21[1]
- **When it runs**: Background recognition needs the note open and starts 30 seconds after your last touch[1]
- **Redo a page**: Re-recognize reprocesses the page you are on[1]
- **Export formats**: Note pages to PNG, PDF, TXT or DOCX[2]
- **Languages**: About 66 language variants[1]

## Keep a template's layout in Word

Supernote owners often write into templates: a weekly planner, a Cornell page, a meeting form with fixed boxes. LoreAI reads the page as a whole, so printed labels and your handwriting come back together in reading order, and a table on the page comes back as a Word table.

1. **Export the pages as a PDF.** Use the Share and Export tool in the toolbar and pick PDF[2].
2. **Upload the PDF to LoreAI.** The free tool here reads page 1. The [LoreAI app](https://www.loreai.org/app) reads every page.
3. **Download the Word file.** Edit it in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice, with the template's structure in place.

Your first document is free, up to 3 pages and 3 MB. The app also translates the notes into one of 105 languages, from the language you wrote in.

## Other e-ink notebooks

The same PDF route works for the [reMarkable](https://www.loreai.org/remarkable-handwriting-to-text) and the [Kindle Scribe](https://www.loreai.org/kindle-scribe-handwriting-to-text). For a handwritten PDF from anywhere else, see [handwritten PDF to text](https://www.loreai.org/handwritten-pdf-to-text).

## Questions people ask

### Can Supernote convert handwriting to text?

Yes. Real-Time Recognition notes and standard notes can be recognized and exported as TXT or DOCX[1].

### Can I keep the layout of my Supernote template?

Export the pages as a PDF[2] and upload it to LoreAI. The Word file keeps headings, lists and tables in their original order.

### Can I change the language of a Real-Time Recognition note?

Supernote says the language cannot be changed after the note is created, so set it first[1].

### Can I translate my Supernote notes?

Yes. Upload the PDF to the LoreAI app, choose a language and download the translated Word file.

## Sources

1. [Supernote Support: Handwriting Recognition](https://support.supernote.com/Tools-Features/handwriting-recognition), accessed November 6, 2026
2. [Supernote Support: Introduction to the Toolbar](https://support.supernote.com/en_US/Tools-Features/introduction-to-the-toolbar), accessed November 6, 2026

By Matt Mountain · Updated November 6, 2026