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Subject:Re: Note taking ap or application From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 May 2020 12:36:12 -0700
Further to this: Microsoft has been light years ahead of the
handwriting recognition game for a long time. I'm still upset that I can't
use my iPad entirely in handwriting mode. I used to use my Windows Tablet
PC in slate mode.
The ink panel is awesome. When I needed to type a URL, I just pop open the
ink panel, handwrite the URL, and boom--instant text!
-Tony
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:33 PM Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Hey John,
>
> I assume you have a stylus? Microsoft OneNote is free and has had great
> tablet support for the past decade and a half. You can write by hand and
> search can find text without needing to be converted to text.
>
> One other aspect I enjoyed: After recording audio at the same time as
> taking notes, during playback, just tap a note scribble to jump to that
> point in the audio where you wrote that note.
>
> I'm sure other apps have entered the fray, but that's basic, and readily
> available.
>
>
> A friend showed me this paper-like tablet which also looks pretty
> interesting. But I don't want more tools either.
>https://remarkable.com/
>
> -Tony
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:25 AM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon, everyone...hope you are playing it safe.
>>
>> Looking for a recommendation...
>>
>> I have a Dell touch screen tablet running Windows 10.
>>
>> I'd like to find an application that will allow me to draw and write on
>> the
>> screen, then perform character recognition on the text and save the images
>> I draw to some kind of png, gif, or jpeg.
>>
>> While price is no object, obviously, price will be a consideration.
>> What'cha guys using?
>>
>> --
>> John Posada
>>
>
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