<s>
Inkwell	B-Application
,	O
or	O
simply	O
Ink	B-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
technology	O
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
v10.2	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
Jaguar	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
,	O
Inkwell	B-Application
can	O
translate	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
German	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
made	O
its	O
debut	O
as	O
"	O
Rosetta	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
integral	O
feature	O
of	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
OS	I-Device
,	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
short-lived	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
personal	O
digital	O
assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkwell	B-Application
's	O
inclusion	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
led	O
many	O
to	O
believe	O
Apple	O
would	O
be	O
using	O
this	O
technology	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
PDA	O
or	O
other	O
portable	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
the	O
touchscreen	O
iOS	O
devices	O
–	O
iPhone/iPod/iPad	O
–	O
has	O
offered	O
Inkwell	B-Application
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
in	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
14	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
has	O
been	O
introduced	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
Scribble	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkwell	B-Application
,	O
when	O
activated	O
,	O
appears	O
as	O
semi-transparent	O
yellow	O
lined	O
paper	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
sees	O
their	O
writing	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
user	O
stops	O
writing	O
,	O
their	O
writing	O
is	O
interpreted	O
by	O
Inkwell	B-Application
and	O
pasted	O
into	O
the	O
current	O
application	O
(	O
wherever	O
the	O
active	O
text	O
cursor	O
is	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
had	O
simply	O
typed	O
the	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
force	O
Inkwell	B-Application
to	O
not	O
interpret	O
their	O
writing	O
,	O
instead	O
using	O
it	O
to	O
paste	O
a	O
hand-drawn	O
sketch	O
into	O
the	O
active	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inkwell	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Larry	O
Yaeger	O
,	O
Brandyn	O
Webb	O
,	O
and	O
Richard	O
Lyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
macOS	B-Device
10.14	I-Device
Mojave	I-Device
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
Inkwell	B-Application
will	O
remain	O
32-bit	O
thus	O
rendering	O
it	O
incompatible	O
with	O
macOS	B-Device
10.15	I-Device
Catalina	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
macOS	B-Device
Catalina	I-Device
on	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
