Is This A First In The Nation? -- March 13, 2020

The city of San Antonio, TX, will have a drive-through testing station -- I didn't catch the date it will be up and running but I got the impression it's imminent. [Later: see comments: Denver had a drive-through testing station up and running a week ago.]

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The Apple Page

Link here.

This is really pretty amazing. I've been having a lot of fun using the Apple Pencil with the iPad. I got the iPad and the pencil for Sophia and she figured it out pretty quickly.

Playing around with the pencil, I noted (no pun intended) that one could "write" on the Apple Notes application. When I saw that, I said to myself I wish one could write on other Apple apps with text input using the Apple Pencil.

And there it is, from the link above:

iOS 14 may include a new PencilKit feature that will allow you to handwrite text in any text input field using Apple Pencil, with the handwritten content then converted into standard text before it's sent. So, for example, you might be able to tap into a Messages text field with the ‌Apple Pencil‌, hand write a message to someone, have it automatically converted to a more easily readable typewritten text, and then send it.

According to information obtained by MacRumors, the PencilKit feature appears to work with any text input field available in iOS, making it compatible with Messages, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Mail, and more. A floating interface will pop up whenever a text field is tapped with the pencil, allowing for the written input. [A floating interface now allows one to use the Apple Pencil to write in Notes.]

Apple does not have a feature at this time that converts handwritten content into typed content, but the Notes app does have functionality that recognizes handwritten words and allows them to be searched.

It looks like third-party apps will also be able to access a PencilKit tool that will support some kind of new handwriting functionality, but the extent of it is unclear.