iPad pencil for gospel library

I'm curious....

Does anyone with an iPad Pro use the Apple Pencil to be able to write notes in the gospel library app?

Gospel Library doesn't currently have a way to store handwritten notes. iOS 11, coming later this year, will make working with handwriting on iOS a little easier, but there would still be some work to be done in Gospel Library (and the back-end sync service) if it were to eventually support handwriting.

I am not as interested in sorting handwritten notes. I just want to use the Apple Pencil to do basic highlighting. Is that possible?

chrishaleua wrote:I am not as interested in sorting handwritten notes. I just want to use the Apple Pencil to do basic highlighting. Is that possible?

Highlighting is possible with the Apple Pencil, but only in apps that support it (like Apple's iBooks). Unfortunately, Gospel Library doesn't support it. You could send it in as a feature request using the Send Feedback button in Gospel Library settings.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like you can select text and create highlights with the Apple Pencil by long-pressing to select a word, then dragging the selection handles – the same as using your finger. But there's nothing special beyond that.

This would be a great feature at some point Not really looking for needing OCR for any notes, but for making notes like you do on paper scriptures this would be nice. Ready to beta test if it ever makes it into the feature list.

Thanks for all that you all do. Gospel Library is a great app.

Just curious if this has any more traction?

I would like to use the iPad pencil to take notes or record thoughts wile studying “Come Follow Me”. Any chance that would be possible?

You can use your Apple Pencil with Come, Follow Me. Go into Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families. You will note that there is a PDF download for that. You can download the PDF and load it into a PDF editor. You can then use your pencil to make annotations, highlights, etc.

I also would like to write with my Apple Pencil, or insert text above or between the Gospel Library text, not on a downloaded pdf document. I know that might be seen as an attempt to change the Gospel text. I think marvelous advances have been made and wonder if these innovations might be in the works?

iPadOS 14 has a new "Scribble" feature that allows you to hand-write with the Apple Pencil in any text field. This will work out-of-the-box in the Gospel Library note editor.

Just checking to see if there is any way yet to mark the scriptures with Apple pencil. Thanks, Wendy

McKnightWe wrote:Just checking to see if there is any way yet to mark the scriptures with Apple pencil. Thanks, Wendy

This would be so helpful, I really hope this gets integrated soon!!

markredd.smith wrote:

McKnightWe wrote:Just checking to see if there is any way yet to mark the scriptures with Apple pencil. Thanks, Wendy

This would be so helpful, I really hope this gets integrated soon!!

You can long-press a word in a chapter and drag to select a sentence, verse, etc. with the Apple Pencil. If you have iPadOS 14 or newer, you can use the Scribble feature in any field that supports text entry, like the note editor in Gospel Library (https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/en ... 2a7/ipados).

What else are you hoping to be able to do?

I would love it if I can write my notes write on the page with my iPad pencil. I want to be able to link words with a line or have my definitions right there. I don’t want to have to click to see what my note is. It’ll be nice to just annotate the page directly. Even if it didn’t save, at least I could screen shot.
Direct annotations would also be helpful to use in Sunday school lessons . You could right notes as you you taught.

I agree!! Any updates? I’d love to be able to write in my gospel library scriptures with my iPad pencil as I would any paper copy write notes, highlight, circle, draw arrows, etc.

jarcolebrown wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:07 am I agree!! Any updates? I’d love to be able to write in my gospel library scriptures with my iPad pencil as I would any paper copy write notes, highlight, circle, draw arrows, etc.

Yes! Exactly this^^^ It’d be so great to be able to use my apple pencil to mark up my gospel library scriptures, making notes in the margins, underlining & highlighting freehand and the like.