The invention relates to a method implemented by a computing device (100) for processing math and text in handwriting, comprising: identifying symbols by performing handwriting recognition on a plurality of strokes (SK); classifying, as a first classification, first symbols as either a text symbol candidate or a math symbol candidate with a confidence score reaching a first threshold; classifying, as a second classification, second symbols other than first symbols as either a text symbol candidate or a math symbol candidate with a respective confidence score by applying predefined spatial syntactic rules (RL2); updating or confirming, as a third classification, a result of the second classification by establishing semantic connections between symbols and comparing the semantic connections with the result of the second classification; and recognising each symbol as either text or math based on a result of said third classification.