Re: Note taking ap or application

[Carter Campbell <lists -at- soph-text -dot- com>]

Hi John;

I've used a tablet to write notes on for a while and the tool that I 
have ended up using (for about nine years now) is OneNote. It offers 
the ability to convert my writing to text and some (though not a lot) of 
my diagrams. In the past, I have tried what would become Nebo and it 
was flaky. EverNote was also a no-go because of its dependence on the 
cloud *and* couldn't translate my writing to text, it only kept it as a 
picture.

I have since tried Nebo on the iPad Pro, and it works quite well. I 
haven't tried it on my Surface yet. The iPad version will convert 
hand-drawn flow charts into digital images, I haven't played with it 
that much.

My main reason for using OneNote is that almost all of my clients are 
Microsoft houses and I know that I can transfer my notes between my 
machine and their machines (because I am only supposed to use their 
machines for work). One thing I would recommend, don't use the OneNote 
from Office 365, it has a lot of functionality removed. I would use 
OneNote from Office 2016 or (not as desirable) Office 2019.

One other thing to note, capacitive touchscreens don't generally have 
the resolution to write or easily draw with. Having said that, you can 
get some snazzy styluses (Logitech has one, I think) that minimize that.

Take care.

Carter