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About Stylus Labs Write
Write is a handwriting note-taking app built around recognising lines of handwritten text. You can insert space or blank lines and watch the paragraph reflow, erase whole lines in one pass from the margin, bookmark passages and add handwritten links to bookmarks and web sites. Non-ruled tools handle freehand drawings, and column detection keeps sketches safe while you edit text.
It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPad and iPhone, and has been released as open source. It suits people who take notes with a stylus and want to edit them like typed text.
Strengths
- Insert space and erase text with paragraph reflow
- Bookmarks and handwritten links for navigating documents
- Mixes freehand sketches with handwritten text
- Available on desktop and mobile platforms
Limitations
- Designed for pen input, less useful with mouse or keyboard
- License is not stated on the homepage
Details
- Pricing
- FreeOpen source and downloadable for all supported platforms.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Stylus Labs
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Stylus users who want to edit handwritten notes as easily as typed text
- Categories
- Note-taking
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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