You can sketch or jot a handwritten note with Apple Pencil (see to start a new one.
Tap (next to the pen) transforms your handwriting to typed text as you write with Apple Pencil. To learn more about writing on boards with Apple Pencil, see Create original images with Image Playground.
When you draw in the Freeform app , your handwriting is recognized as words. You can search text you handwrite in the same way you search typed text. You can also select it, copy and paste it as text, straighten it, or translate it. When you write something like a phone number or an address, you can tap it to open related apps like Phone or Maps.
After you draw or write on your Freeform board with the drawing tools, tap Position items on a Freeform board on iPadWrite and draw in documents with Markup on iPad