{"id":245332,"date":"2023-08-22T06:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=303756"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:25:29","slug":"microsoft-edge-plans-to-add-a-handwriting-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-edge-plans-to-add-a-handwriting-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Edge&#8217;s Upcoming Addition: Handwriting Feature in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Handwriting input <strong>can still align with technology<\/strong>. At the very least, that&#8217;s what Microsoft is planning, <strong>as it readies this functionality for all users through Edge<\/strong>, and it could become officially available at any moment. The reason: this feature <strong>is already being tested in the Canary version of Edge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature would enable all devices compatible with handwriting input<strong> to soon have this function active in Microsoft Edge<\/strong>. With it already available in Edge Canary, it&#8217;s just a matter of time before this functionality reaches all users, <strong>following the necessary enhancements and fixes<\/strong> from this initial release.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/51241e6e-d5ad-11e7-9cec-9df4b09c9dfd\/2526453399\/microsoft-edge-logo\" alt=\"Microsoft Edge\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Edge<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-edge.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-edge.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Handwritten Texts in Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, Microsoft Edge would soon have this function available for <strong>any user with compatible devices<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leopeva64\/status\/1692576332230672692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">This was demonstrated by Twitter user Leopeva64<\/a>, who uses the <strong>Canary version of Microsoft Edge<\/strong>. Not all tested functions always end up being implemented, but given the feasibility of this feature, <strong>it would be reasonable to expect that this one will be<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s always welcome to have support from companies to be able to <strong>transcribe digital text through our own handwriting<\/strong>. In fact, there are even phones that already have this kind of feature, such as the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, which <strong>allows for handwritten text transcription through the S Pen<\/strong> \u2013 a feature that also existed in its previous models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/microsoft-edge-1024x576-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Microsoft Edge has been the successor to the legendary Internet Explorer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The advancements of Microsoft Edge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Edge is a system that <strong>aims to distance itself as much as possible from Internet Explorer<\/strong>, an iconic but not very popular browser in terms of usability, <strong>far behind the dominant Chrome and Firefox<\/strong>. There&#8217;s a fair consensus that <strong>Microsoft Edge is much superior to its older sibling<\/strong>, but there&#8217;s still work ahead to gain more market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why <strong>Microsoft Edge and parallel systems are attempting to adapt to current trends<\/strong>, such as generative AIs. For instance, Bing&#8217;s chatbot turned out to be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/was-gpt-4-all-this-time-microsoft-confirms-chatbot-bing-uses-new-model-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">based on OpenAI&#8217;s GPT-4 model<\/a>. Now, the addition of handwritten transcription would be another feature well-received by the community, although it remains to be seen if they <strong>will decide to implement it<\/strong> and, if so, when it would arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/51241e6e-d5ad-11e7-9cec-9df4b09c9dfd\/2526453399\/microsoft-edge-logo\" alt=\"Microsoft Edge\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Edge<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-edge.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-edge.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handwriting input can still align with technology. At the very least, that&#8217;s what Microsoft is planning, as it readies this functionality for all users through Edge, and it could become officially available at any moment. The reason: this feature is already being tested in the Canary version of Edge. This feature would enable all devices &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-edge-plans-to-add-a-handwriting-feature\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft Edge&#8217;s Upcoming Addition: Handwriting Feature in the Works&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9285,"featured_media":245334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1491,1072],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-245332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-edge","tag-microsoft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318426,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245332\/revisions\/318426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245332"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=245332"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=245332"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=245332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}