Yup copy it and paste it … into my writing journal project in … wait for it … Scrivener. The only thing in that workflow that isn’t a standard macOS/iPadOS/iOS feature is Scrivener.
I have “Scan Thing” on both iOS and MacOS. Does all that’s necessary, entirely on your device without any internet access needed, so entirely private. You can save out scans as individual page or multi-page PDFs. For OCR purposes, you highlight the area you want OCRed… it doesn’t have to be the whole page, it can be a very small section of text if that’s what you need.
At the moment I’m using it free, but it’s a single purchase of £8.99 for MacOS and £4.99 for iOS/iPadOs for unlimited scans. I’ll be paying out at some point in the near future.
Mark
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I love writing the first draft with my fountain pen, so much so I went out and invested in a really good writing instrument, a LAMY fountain pen, to replace my pen that no longer worked properly. I have to say in the creative process as a writer, I connect much better to the story and the pace that I am writing in, using my fountain pen than I do when attempting to type it. And trust me, I have tried it the other way. Once I have the written draft, its easy to use voice dictation to put it into either a word processor (Pages for me), or Scrivener.
Magic of the Pen
Thoughts that flow
Imagination sowed,
Emotions, images of mind.
Shapes unique, identity defined.
Perhaps a fading art, beginning of the end,
That cursive magic of the pen?
Not so for me, my trusted One,
With you in hand, my story’s not yet done.
LRO
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Use Apple Pencil all the time. Also tried the paper-like screen protector that seemed to have lots of support on YouTube. Just removed the screen protector because it was wearing out the tip of my Apple Pencil so would not recommend it. I have not found any difference between with and without as far as writing with the pencil…works fine on the glass. My wife who does graphic art, found the same thing and removed her’s as well.
Used Dragon on my Mac for years, but sadly is no longer supported on Mac. However for basic dictation, I find the voice dictation tools Apple provided in native IOS for my iPad Pro and and on my MacBook Air sufficient for my purposes. They are not Dragone Natural Speak by any stretch if you use Dragon to edit as you go, but for me I write first, edit later, the “Do, Don’t Think” process Ray Bradbury taught me years ago.
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It looks like replays are available for past webinars now, including the Mary Adkins one I mentioned here, if you’re still interested: Webinar Library | Literature and Latte
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Brilliant news, delighted to see this.