# Pocket text-to-digital for Mac?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931 "2008-01-01T22:40:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931/1 "2008-01-01T22:40:18Z")

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I’m looking for a pocket-sized digitized tablet-and-stylus-type setup that would allow my to handwrite text and then later upload it to my Mac. What’s available?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931/2 "2008-01-01T22:54:42Z")

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[Apple May Be Planning a Replacement for the Newton](http://news.google.com/news?q=apple+newton&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn)

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931/3 "2008-01-01T23:23:15Z")

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That _is_ interesting news. However, it seems so speculative, I wonder if there’s already something on the market that might be suitable.

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**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931/4 "2008-01-01T23:26:41Z")

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Are you going to write alot? For speech to text I use [jott.com](http://jott.com)

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pocket-text-to-digital-for-mac/431931/5 "2008-01-01T23:30:37Z")

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I might write a lot. I don’t want to use speech. I want to write by hand.

Of course, there’s always the old notebook, but I’m looking for a toy!