Nebo seamlessly transforms your handwritten notes on the go. This means that Nebo interprets the handwriting captured by your digital pen and converts it into a digital format.
Nebo can interpret text, math equations, and shapes with precision.
A. Let us provide some differences between OCR versus ICR.
The only way you can transform printed text into computer-editable text is with ICR or OCR software solutions.
What is OCR?
OCR software scans images containing text, such as printed sheets, books, or magazines, and converts them into machine-encoded text for editing in various applications like word processors. OCR technology is commonly found in scanning devices like Adobe Acrobat online services and the Adobe Scan mobile app.
What is ICR?
ICR software, like Nebo's MyScript Handwriting recognition, goes beyond OCR by not only recognizing typewritten letters but also various fonts and handwritten text. The "intelligent" aspect of ICR enables it to decipher different styles of writing.
B. Nebo's Handwriting Recognition
Nebo employs MyScript Handwriting recognition ICR technology to precisely interpret your handwritten text, math formulas, and diagrams.
It's worth noting that Nebo excels in ICR for analysing handwritten content and does not currently provide OCR support for extracting text from images.
The MyScript engine requires the selection of a language for recognition. On a single page, only 2 languages can be recognized at the time (English plus another language from the Supported languages).
Using ICR on Nebo
Keep in mind, Nebo features 4 distinct pages (Notebook, Board, Document, Imported PDFs). Explore this article for a clearer understanding to convert text depending on the kind of page you are: Quick start
Please note that Nebo offers different types of notes (Documents, Notes, Imported PDFs). Here, you can learn how to perform ICR on these pages:
A. On a document page,
- Test: To convert your text, handwrite the text between the lines then double-tap anywhere on your text object, or tap
at the right of the screen, then select Convert all.
- Math: to convert your math equations, add a Math block (Select on the Menu the + and add a Math object) handwrite the equation inside the box then double tap anywhere inside the box, or tap
at the right of the screen, and select Convert all. Explore detailed information in this article: Math - Diagrams: to convert your Diagram, add a Diagram block (Select on the Menu the + and add a Diagram object) handwrite the diagram inside the box then double tap anywhere inside the box or tap at the right of the screen , and select convert all. Explore detailed information in this article: Diagrams
B. On a Notebook page, Note section, Board or PDF document,
- Text conversion: use the lasso tool to select the text you wish to convert, subsequently a menu will appear, allowing you to choose the conversion option.
- You can read more about this here: Handwriting on a Note page or Keyboard and text conversion on a Note page
- Shapes conversion: Explore detailed information in this article: Creating shapes on a note page
- Math conversion: Nebo processes math differently depending on the page type: Notebooks, Boards, Board sections, and PDFs compared to math objects on Document pages. To learn more about using math in these formats, please visit Using Math in Nebo
Notes:
- If you convert some text accidentally, tap
in the top right to undo the conversion. - The math recognition feature is exclusive to Document pages.
- Nebo offers ICR recognition technology. Nebo does not offer OCR recognition technology.