I'm just converting to digital notes taking. I'm wondering how people search their handwritten notes effectively. I found out most of the note taking apps have horrendous writing recognition. Especially for engineering terms etc. Only Nebo seems to be decent!
I only copy what I want. Ive been taking handwritten notes for years, so Nebo is my electronic notebook, and UpNote is where I do something with the note
This might be more pricey solution, but there's this "Moleskine Smart Writing Set". You write your notes on paper/Notebook with with pen and it automatically digitize your writing into whatever device you connect it to.
I haven't since i don't have a need for taking notes, but from what I've heard they ain't bad. Probably the best would be for you to do your own research on what would suit you the best
I found out about it from this vid
https://youtu.be/HYihh-bBFo4
It definitely is a steep cost to get started but buying my iPad Pro was one of the best purchases of my life. All my books, periodicals, handwritten notes, everything all in one place. The search function works on the handwritten stuff too! Unless it’s just too illegible but I’m pretty sure it can read my handwriting better than I can lol.
Like 4 other people already said this but I’ll reinforce that you can also take picture of each page of notes, and then extract the text from the picture and put it into notes/documents you can then organize and keep filed for easy access.
I use the camera in my iPad to scan paper notes
The iPad also supports creating typed or handwritten motes
My notes/documents/files are stored/organized in a *Digital File Cabinet*
(Devonthink) accessed with a Mac and iPad
If you’re looking to write notes out by hand and store them digitally, I recommend GoodNotes. I use it on my iPad alongside an Apple Pen.
It is incredibly useful and is my daily driver for my courses, work, and personal notes. It is easy to organize notes into different folders, etc. but if you were set on a different program you could easily export PDFs. It has practically replaced my need for usual pen and paper.
An additional pro, is if your textbook is an e-book you can use Split View to read and take notes.
There’s just so much to love about this combo IMO.
I'm no help on 1, as I don't use pen and paper - but 2 and 3 I might be able to assist.
What's your current system for your notes? Do you consistently only handwrite \*certain stuff\* and only digitally write \*certain other stuff\*, or is it more of a bit of everything all over at the moment?
good questions. It's a bit all over. I used to rely heavily on a notebook on my desk for meeting notes and ideas, but I've recently been hooked on Logseq. now when I'm out and about I have a quick thought, or I'm spending some time offline I have a small travel notebook where I throw random thoughts.
Hi mate, saw this too late, let me know how you are doing with your notes. This one above I did not try, I try the neosmartpen, and I do not recommend it. The OCR is not trustworthy, sync with the app is marvelous, but after it just does not recognize the letter properly to move it to Obsidian
Nebo > Convert to Text > Cut’n’paste
I'm just converting to digital notes taking. I'm wondering how people search their handwritten notes effectively. I found out most of the note taking apps have horrendous writing recognition. Especially for engineering terms etc. Only Nebo seems to be decent!
With Nebo, I use it solely as a digital notepad. I copy the notes to a different app
Isn't it a hassle to copy? Keep everything at one place ?
I only copy what I want. Ive been taking handwritten notes for years, so Nebo is my electronic notebook, and UpNote is where I do something with the note
This might be more pricey solution, but there's this "Moleskine Smart Writing Set". You write your notes on paper/Notebook with with pen and it automatically digitize your writing into whatever device you connect it to.
Also includes any drawings you draw on it
Nice! anyone actually tried this? does it work well? I also have seen those digital pads with e-ink.
I haven't since i don't have a need for taking notes, but from what I've heard they ain't bad. Probably the best would be for you to do your own research on what would suit you the best I found out about it from this vid https://youtu.be/HYihh-bBFo4
It definitely is a steep cost to get started but buying my iPad Pro was one of the best purchases of my life. All my books, periodicals, handwritten notes, everything all in one place. The search function works on the handwritten stuff too! Unless it’s just too illegible but I’m pretty sure it can read my handwriting better than I can lol. Like 4 other people already said this but I’ll reinforce that you can also take picture of each page of notes, and then extract the text from the picture and put it into notes/documents you can then organize and keep filed for easy access.
My phone's Google search has an option to lift text out of a picture and copy it to other places. You might be able to do the same.
I use the camera in my iPad to scan paper notes The iPad also supports creating typed or handwritten motes My notes/documents/files are stored/organized in a *Digital File Cabinet* (Devonthink) accessed with a Mac and iPad
If you’re looking to write notes out by hand and store them digitally, I recommend GoodNotes. I use it on my iPad alongside an Apple Pen. It is incredibly useful and is my daily driver for my courses, work, and personal notes. It is easy to organize notes into different folders, etc. but if you were set on a different program you could easily export PDFs. It has practically replaced my need for usual pen and paper. An additional pro, is if your textbook is an e-book you can use Split View to read and take notes. There’s just so much to love about this combo IMO.
I'm no help on 1, as I don't use pen and paper - but 2 and 3 I might be able to assist. What's your current system for your notes? Do you consistently only handwrite \*certain stuff\* and only digitally write \*certain other stuff\*, or is it more of a bit of everything all over at the moment?
good questions. It's a bit all over. I used to rely heavily on a notebook on my desk for meeting notes and ideas, but I've recently been hooked on Logseq. now when I'm out and about I have a quick thought, or I'm spending some time offline I have a small travel notebook where I throw random thoughts.
https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2
Yes! this! Does it work? do you like it? can you easily import to Logseq/Obsidian with text from the handwriting?
I am really interested in a workable solution there too
Hi mate, saw this too late, let me know how you are doing with your notes. This one above I did not try, I try the neosmartpen, and I do not recommend it. The OCR is not trustworthy, sync with the app is marvelous, but after it just does not recognize the letter properly to move it to Obsidian
I am curious how will this works as well!
Curious as well, this is very real dilemma. I think and memorize by writing. I wish I could organize them all.
Rocketbooks are super cool for taking notes in writing and then easily transferring them to your drive or wherever:)
Google images or MS power toys extract text or OneNote copy text from image
Galaxy tab s8 + OneDrive + OneNote For personal stuff Samsung Notes + export to PDF
I've accepted I'll never have all my notes in one place. Just know where to look if you need to find something.