{"id":496503,"date":"2023-06-15T09:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T07:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=496503"},"modified":"2023-06-15T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T07:36:05","slug":"windows-ink-update-lets-users-write-anywhere-they-can-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/496503-windows-ink-update-lets-users-write-anywhere-they-can-type.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows Ink update lets users write anywhere they can type"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s latest Windows 11 insider preview build includes an update to Windows Ink that lets users handwrite entries directly into fields across the operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Before the update, handwriting entries only worked in specific software, such as OneNote or dedicated handwritten text recognition fields.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Windows Ink is being modernized to allow users to enable inking directly onto edit fields,&#8221; the company announced in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows-insider\/2023\/06\/14\/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-23481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition, we are improving the accuracy from the recognition technology and a scratch-out gesture for when users need to make edits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It specified that the new feature only supports English (US) but added that it plans to add broader language support.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft says the feature isn&#8217;t available to all Insiders, even in the developer channel, as it wants to monitor feedback before expanding access.<\/p>\n<p>Those with the stylus required to use the feature can see if they have access by going to <em>Settings<\/em>, <em>Bluetooth and devices<\/em>, and then <em>Pen and Windows Ink<\/em> under &#8220;<em>Shell Handwriting<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The tech giant is tracking Windows Ink bugs submitted with user feedback and listed some of the known issues with the feature, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users are unable to use handwriting to erase text in Microsoft Edge<\/li>\n<li>Issues with handwriting in Microsoft Edge&#8217;s address bar<\/li>\n<li>Windows Ink doesn&#8217;t convert handwriting to text in the main content areas of Microsoft 365 applications like Word and Excel<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft 365 application search boxes might not work correctly<\/li>\n<li>Comment fields in Microsoft 365 applications might not work correctly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/496337-model-collapse-what-happens-when-ai-trains-on-ai-generated-data.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Model collapse \u2014 what happens when AI trains on AI-generated data<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several known bugs with the new feature and Microsoft wants to address some of the issues before expanding access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":496515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,87167,87169,87171],"class_list":["post-496503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-11-insider","tag-windows-11-preview-build","tag-windows-ink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496531,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496503\/revisions\/496531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}