Joseph Videtto asks:
Hi,
I’d like to buy a reasonably priced product that allows me to take handwritten notes to paper that are also captured to the computer at the same time. This is especially useful in a school, where children’s work products have to be saved in the classroom, but it would be nice to easily share them over computer with parents.
It’s all part of my ‘get the parents more involved (if they’re willing)’ campaign.
So… what should I buy?
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Tagged: buying tips, lightscribe, note taking, notes, windows tips
System: Windows
Tagged: buying tips, lightscribe, note taking, notes, windows tips
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Michael Teague
December 27, 2012I think you are looking for something like this.
http://digital-pen-review.toptenreviews.com/
ha14
December 27, 2012livescrib
http://www.livescribe.com
Irisnote
http://www.irislink.com/c2-2193-189/IRISnotes-2–Digital-Pen-family.aspx
Livescribe Echo Smartpen
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2010/09/pr_livescribe_echo_smartpen/
Once your notes have been transferred to the Livescribe desktop software, you can choose to export them as PDFs, audio, or as a .pencast file, a hybrid format that combines both audio and video.
Yiz Borol
December 27, 2012Really your best bet atm is the Livescribe echo pen, it’s not exactly cheap but if you have a good printer (to print the pages) it’s a great idea.
The real trouble with trying to merge the physical and virtual is that no one has figured out how to do it well yet. the livescribe is kinda uncomfortable to hold and it requires special paper to work at all, but with it’s cons it does a really good job, makeuseof did a review of it a couple months ago so you can get the full details there.
Lisa Santika Onggrid
December 27, 2012In addition to LiveScribe told before, your other option is Evernote with a scanner or decent camera. Evernote will allow the scanned pages to be OCR’d.
Not a single product has done perfect function in this area, despite the needs. As a student I also want to be able to do such, however we’re short on options for now.
nice suggestion
December 27, 2012I was also thinking suggesting in terms of a scanner with OCR solution.
Very good and a cost effective solution.
December 28, 2012Paul Girardin
December 27, 2012There are a couple of choices from Evernote:
If you have an iPad: Penultimate is an handwriting app for iPad.
You get the natural experience of writing on paper, with the power of Evernote and the flexibility of a tablet. Lose the paper, keep the handwriting.
Find it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8
You can also use EverNote Smart Notebooks from Moleskine ® Store: http://www.moleskineus.com/evernote-smart-notebooks.html
It works with the Evernote app (iPhone, iPad or Android) found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote (for Android) and here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8 (for iPad & iPhone)
Now, when you fire up the Evernote app on your phone, one of the features to adding a new note is to take a picture.
Here are two articles on its uses:
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/10/20/evernote-moleskine-review/
http://readwrite.com/2012/08/24/evernote-moleskine-merge-paper-pixels-in-smart-notebook
If you have another phone system, take a look here:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/evernote/db21927d-f292-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/1700/
For more info on Evernote and associated apps ( Skitch, Penultimate, Web Clipper, Evernote Hello, Evernote Food, Evernote Clearly, Evernote Peek), see here: http://evernote.com/evernote
Hope this helps
Sashritha Peiris
December 28, 2012You could write you notes on paper and then scan it into your computer and then use a OCR program to convert the images into text
Ashwin Divakaran
December 29, 2012You Can Use Evernote