Apple Inc.
Device, method, and graphical user interface for simulating and interacting with handwritten text

Abstract:

A device displays a drawing region. While displaying the drawing region, the device detects a sequence of drawing inputs on a touch-sensitive display. In response to the sequence of drawing inputs, the device draws a plurality of strokes in the drawing region. The plurality of strokes correspond to a plurality of characters. After detecting the sequence of drawing inputs, the device detects a predefined gesture that corresponds to a request to perform an operation based on the plurality of characters represented by the plurality of strokes. In response to detecting the predefined gesture, the device concurrently displays a first visual prompt indicating that a first subset of one or more characters in the plurality of characters can be used to perform the operation and a second visual prompt indicating that a second subset of one or more characters in the plurality of characters can be used to perform the operation.