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Handwriting Recognition and Search Languages in Goodnotes

On Apple devices, Goodnotes supports the languages below for handwriting recognition and Handwriting Search.

This language list only applies to handwriting recognition and search on Apple devices. The settings option is “Default Language for New Documents”.

This list applies to Apple devices. Handwriting features on Android, Windows, and Web are covered separately below.

Supported languages on Apple devices

  • Chinese, Traditional and Simplified
  • Dutch
  • English, US and UK
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese, Portugal and Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Thai
  • Turkish

Change the default document language

  1. Open the Goodnotes menu.
  2. Select Settings > Document Language > Default Language for New Documents.
  3. Select your preferred language.

If your language is not listed

Request support for another language through the Feedback Forum.

Handwriting features on Android, Windows, and Web

See Convert handwriting to text on Goodnotes for Android, Windows, and Web.