I just got my first android tab(TFP). Everything is so far so good. Frankly was really worried since there are tons of people whining about Wifi, bleeding and even short charger cable(lol mine wasnt short at all)
Either way, biggest and maybe only disappointment i have with my tablet is that there is nothing on Android Market that is comparable to "Notability" from IOS.
If you have an Ipad, you know what i am talking about.... I looked around for a while and cant find anything as good. I was wondering if anyone can make an recommendation on a note taking app that is similar to Notability.
I've never used the app, but have you taken a look at Evernote? Or am I completely off base?
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bit off base, Notability is focused on handwriting with fingers or stylus. With Evernote, you have to type notes or have to draw it.
Wouldn't it just be as fast to type than to write anyway?
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Hey!
I am using Epistle and once I got familiar with the interface I don't feel like switching.
As for hand writing - there are some keyboards that come in handy. I am using SlideIT and while not hand writing it's ridiculously fast to type this way.
I have been wondering the same thing. My co-worker has an ipad2 and I think notability is freaking awesome. I was trying to find an equivalent for my Xoom and can't. Why cant someone make an equivalent? Notability is awesome and only costs 99cents in the app store.
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I just got my first android tab(TFP). Everything is so far so good. Frankly was really worried since there are tons of people whining about Wifi, bleeding and even short charger cable(lol mine wasnt short at all)
Either way, biggest and maybe only disappointment i have with my tablet is that there is nothing on Android Market that is comparable to "Notability" from IOS.
If you have an Ipad, you know what i am talking about.... I looked around for a while and cant find anything as good. I was wondering if anyone can make an recommendation on a note taking app that is similar to Notability.
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I don't have an iPad but I do have a tf300 and would love to have Notability or Penultimate on Android. The only apps I found that are similar to Notability or Penultimate are:
- Papyrus Beta (seems to be the only one with Palm rejection)
- Writepad Stylus
- LectureNotes
- Handrite Note Pro (another user recommended "Genial Writing" as a better app)
I'm not sure about that claim, but that's what I found so far.
There are some more related android apps but some of them have mixed reviews, and do not seem very reliable.
At this point I have not found an app that comes close to Notability, and it seems that Notability won't be available for android (at least not soon).
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Well it’s leaving us all out in the dark. There’s nothing that comes close in the android market…
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Emergency Medic says:
March 11, 2012 at 1:38 am
Seriously, I know people who’ve bought iPads just to be able to use this app! Think about it – I understand the need for an android version but I’m going to be selfish and plead with the Devs to keep the focus on iOS
Fred Mitchell on March 3, 2012 at 6:40 pm said:
Thanks everyone for your interest in Notability. I am with Ginger Labs, the developer of Notability. Carolyn did a nice job reviewing the app, thanks Carolyn!
For now, we are focused on iOS devices, the first being iPad, and we’re considering an iPhone version and possibly a version for the computer. We’re getting more requests for an Android version every week, and will consider it, but probably after the other versions are complete.
I think the new pensuite for the Samsung Galaxy Note has some features which are similar to the ones of notability.... Maybe a port of it could come even for tablets, once we'll have the ics version..
I am the author of LectureNotes, so my opinion is probably somewhat biased. In any case, I want to point out that to develop apps for iPad is significantly easier than to develop apps for Android: There is only one hardware manufacturer, one system version, and two screen resolutions (the latter only since very recently), etc. The world of Android is much more colorful and challenging: There are multiple hardware variants, various system versions, a multitude of screen resolutions, etc., not to talk about devices that do not behave in accordance with the documentation. As a consequence, the time and money you need to invest in app development is not comparable, and this is of course true for all handwriting apps in Android, not just for LectureNotes. Please consider this when comparing apps.
BTW: In difference to what is stated above, LectureNotes does have a palm rejection, either hardware based (for devices with active pens), software emulated (some devices), or a heuristic (all other devices) (also WritePad Stylus has a palm rejection.) But if you want to do serious note taking with your device, I definitely recommend a tablet with an active pen, irrespective of what Android app you use.
Its now 2013. Has ANYONE found a comparable app yet? Has any development improved? I use and love Evernote. Just wish I could freely type, draw and write notes like Notability.
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Its now 2013. Has ANYONE found a comparable app yet? Has any development improved? I use and love Evernote. Just wish I could freely type, draw and write notes like Notability.
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Found this old thread and I'm wondering the same thing! Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm getting a tablet later this year specifically for pdf reading and editing, and would love to get a nexus 7 rather than an ipad mini, but unfortunately notability is tipping the scales towards the ipad.
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Found this old thread and I'm wondering the same thing! Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm getting a tablet later this year specifically for pdf reading and editing, and would love to get a nexus 7 rather than an ipad mini, but unfortunately notability is tipping the scales towards the ipad.
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Well cant say I found it. I've found some close apps. Like Handwrite, evernote which I've mainly been using and handy memo. Not sure how close these are to Notability though.
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Well cant say I found it. I've found some close apps. Like Handwrite, evernote which I've mainly been using and handy memo. Not sure how close these are to Notability though.
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I have found fiinote, 7 notes, free note, and lecture notes to be the best for serious hand writing I do on__l a galaxy note I feel like fii note needs major UI improvements but it is great for genetics lecture notes, because I hike my notes in my own handwriting. + the free draw has snap to grid this and the drawing us. handwriting are on 2 separate layers SO Easy to edit an switch between quickly I use the 7 notes keyboard as my input method for all things as it allows for single word edit, after writing out along string, has scrolling for a few screens before you need to confirm it and start another string. Some only allow 1 screen worth of writing, also even though it needs to be confirmed It does Still add each word you write in real time
What I want + have Yet to find is a Notability function-adding a power point the base layer so I can take notes on that in Or go. Anyone know of one? if I do PDF program I am basically adding comments in a clunky way, so I need a note taking/handwriting app I can add-ppt or pdf to and handwrite on it. My classmate can do this with notability
Note anytime
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Note anytime is amazing I loved notability but for a great deal on my Android tablet and honestly hated all the apps for notes on this thing until now. Evernote only lets you add an attachment, office suite made you pay for the edit version, lecture notes is just writing, Polaris was good but no writing. I liked Kingsoft but you had to use the Samsung keyboard to write to text and it would add it to a pdf. Note anytime is above all the best.You have to just download it and go through the east tutorial!:good:
Note anytime and lecture notes
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Note anytime is amazing I loved notability but for a great deal on my Android tablet and honestly hated all the apps for notes on this thing until now. Evernote only lets you add an attachment, office suite made you pay for the edit version, lecture notes is just writing, Polaris was good but no writing. I liked Kingsoft but you had to use the Samsung keyboard to write to text and it would add it to a pdf. Note anytime is above all the best.You have to just download it and go through the east tutorial!:good:
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Hi --- checking note anytime, seems amazing, but I could not find a way to export a multi-page note to PDF. It's me or it's not implemented? (without that, it's basically not useful).
EDIT: see the matter here: (cannot post link, so you have to type it ): getsatisfaction.com/noteanytime/topics/save_as_pdf_from_the_android_version
Lecture notes works quite well, but the handwriting is very shaky and horrible compared to Notability.
LectureNotes for Android
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I have been wondering the same thing. My co-worker has an ipad2 and I think notability is freaking awesome. I was trying to find an equivalent for my Xoom and can't. Why cant someone make an equivalent? Notability is awesome and only costs 99cents in the app store.
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LectureNotes is promising. Noteability is awesome. LectureNotes is probably more powerful as it has a lot of customisation features. Perhaps too much in my opinion as a Noteability user.
But writing on a Samsung Note is really far better than using a squishy stylus on the iPad. I've been using S notes, the built in Samsung app, but it is too staid, slow and sluggish. Am coming to grips with LecturenNotes as I work with a lot of large sized PDFs. So far LN has been promising. Have got around to importing my first file and starting to annotate it. LN looks to deliver a lot. Let me see. The developer is extremely responsive. If that continues, I am sure my life will be a whiz with LN.
Would love Noteabiity on Android to cut through a lot of the learning curve on LN.
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LectureNotes is promising. Noteability is awesome. LectureNotes is probably more powerful as it has a lot of customisation features. Perhaps too much in my opinion as a Noteability user.
But writing on a Samsung Note is really far better than using a squishy stylus on the iPad. I've been using S notes, the built in Samsung app, but it is too staid, slow and sluggish. Am coming to grips with LecturenNotes as I work with a lot of large sized PDFs. So far LN has been promising. Have got around to importing my first file and starting to annotate it. LN looks to deliver a lot. Let me see. The developer is extremely responsive. If that continues, I am sure my life will be a whiz with LN.
Would love Noteabiity on Android to cut through a lot of the learning curve on LN.
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Hey All,
I have used these forums as my main resource for android for a while now, and this is my first time having to post a question because everything is usually so well documented.
I bought a nook color a while ago, and have love it. I take college classes at night, and obviously would love to use it during said classes. Getting books, and PDF's for it are easy enough, but i am looking for an app to take notes with. I am not a huge fan of using a touchscreen keyboard to take notes which i have done in the past. Does anyone know of a solid handwriting recognition app that would be useful for class? or any other applications that would be useful for class in general?
Thanks You.
I don't think it may work fine for that purpose at least you have a stylus and a handwriting app cause its kinda annoying to take fast notes in this keyboard wether you use portrait or landscape mode because of the size
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There has to be something a little more intuitive to take notes with than having to type everything... right?
So far, the best I have seen for handwriting recognition on android works like so:
Write a word
Wait
Omfg, it guessed wrong, rewrite word
Rinse, repeat until it gets one word right
Class is over
Do yourself a favor and buy a pen and paper
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You will be good as gold if bluetooth every gets working... A nice mini keyboard would solve your problem
I hear ya man... that would make my life so much easier the day BT gets up and running.
brandsdragon.com/products/product_26269.htm
Nice cheap little mini keyboard like this one would fix my problem.
I did see an handwriting recognition app that is similar to how the old palm pilots used to do hwr, but i hated using in on the palm, and still hate it on android.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/genial-writing/com.zenpie.genialwriting
This is the best app I've found so far. My biggest problem has actually been the NC's screen. There don't seem to be enough contact points or something to make for accurate enough writing.
Can't wait for the BT day either.
I mostly use my Nook Color as a supplement to my desktop at home in college. We are a big Google Apps school so we share everything over Google Docs. I use quickoffice to access my google docs from my nook and view my presentations and notes no there. I do everything except take notes on there, because its just not possible. Wait for bluetooth and then we might have progress.
Here is a decent, admittedly roundabout set up i've come up with: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10689802#post10689802
Also, I did see (but didn't buy) a stylus made for ipad and other capacitative touch screens (such as nook color screen). It was $14.99 at microcenter in the ipad accessories section. Could work well in combination with a sketchpad type app... not handwriting recognition, but just handwriting.
Thanks for all the input guys, sadly it seems that i will have to wait until we get BT working. I have been paying attention to the progress of some of the people working on enabling BT. Does anyone know if there is a particular BT initiative that has been making more progress over the others?
At the moment there is only one person that I see working on it in the bluetooth thread.
My plan (I will start using my NC for classes tomorrow) is to use an app called blackink. You can have different notebooks for class and either draw notes or type notes. You can also sync to evernote and dropbox. At the very least I will be using evernote, dropbox and a scanner to minimize the files I keep from classes. But yes, if a working BT happens note taking in class will be much easier!
Seriously, what happened to taking notes, then transcribing them later, adding details, revising? For me it helps solidify the information in my WET data storage.
I teach first year English, am a grad student, and I use this thing with taking notes, reading pdfs, etc. The best setup I've gotten really fast with is using Evernote (which syncs between my ios devices and my Macbook) with the SlideIT keyboard. Certainly faster than trying to use handwriting recognition or the few times I've played with the ipad on screen keyboard. I usually ignore errors and clean up the notes later when I'm at my macbook. Almost as fast as writing by hand, for me at least.
Nb I also really push for my students to use Evernote. The Mac version is slightly more full featured than the windows one, but both are good and the android and ios versions are great.
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I tried a targus stylus made for the ipad and it didn't work out too well at all. I tried it in magic doodle and it can't even draw a straight line or circle consistently. Something about the nc touch screen just don't make a stylus conducive for sketching or note taking, cuz apparently reviewers thought the stylus worked great on the ipad. Can't wait until a tab with integrated wacom is released.
this is an offbeat solution, but in my classes, i have a macbook air (11 inch). i use the tab only when i surf and use it to stay low profile.
I've been using my Nook Color in class for about a week now. I'll share my thoughts.
1. Note-taking is a pain, and you'll only complicate your life by trying to use handwriting recognition or drawing software. I work at our campus computer store, and people have tried for a year or more to use styluses for handwritten data entry on capacitive touch screens. The mushy point on the iPad stylus that allows it to work is much closer to Sharpie thickness than a typical pen or pencil. Unless you want to have hundreds of notes that look like they were written by a kindergarten student, you should go a different route.
2. Evernote is not as useful as I had hoped. I'm used to having the ability to record audio notes with my Droid, and that's impossible with the nook at this point because it doesn't have a microphone. I've seen audio minijack add-ons for the iPod Touch that would record audio despite the lack of native support, but it will be a while before we see that on the Nook, if ever. That said, I've also tried typing on both the default keyboard and SlideIT, the latter of which cannot hold a candle to Swype. My solution? I carry a small notepad and record the audio to Evernote using my phone.
3. eBooks are extremely frustrating at times. I had to pay ~$4 for a copy of the novel My Antonia on Amazon because the free/cheap versions often lack effective ways to navigate. You can flip through a paper book, but, in the Kindle app, trying to navigate to a certain chapter without a Table of Contents is a huge pain. I'm definitely spending less than on print books, but you can't count on finding free options.
4. The native note-taking abilities in the Kindle app are beautiful. I've noticed probably a 300% increase in how much I interact with text when I can touch the text to highlight it rather than having to get a highlighter or sticky note. Being able to see all notes and highlights is also great. Yes, that's more of a Kindle-specific thing, but it looks gorgeous on the screen, and I like that the display is true to the size of a book.
5. Productivity use will remind you how far Android has to come. I've yet to find a clean, simple, and easy-to-use to-do list that can sync to Google Tasks and not look terrible on the screen. Similarly, until moments ago when I saw another post here, I was frustrated that the Calendar didn't work. There have been times in the past week that I've been close to soliciting a developer to create an app that fills the gaps I see.
6. I'm an English major, so a lot of my professors are against having technology in the classroom. I've found that they've all been accepting of ereaders because they assume people won't be using them for Facebook/Twitter/whatever. That's a pretty awesome side, but I'd prefer to use my MBP and MS Office to record my lectures along with markers in the text for going to specific parts of the recording.
I look forward to the day that Bluetooth works on the Nook or when someone creates an iPad/XOOM-style keyboard dock. I know a girl who takes her iPad to class, docks it, and loves the whole experience. I want that, but for half the price and without the walled garden. Still, though, I think the Nook experience would improve dramatically if some skilled developers were given enough motivation/compensation for their efforts.
again, no ipad. macbook air 11. trust me on this u just open and type.
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5. Productivity use will remind you how far Android has to come. I've yet to find a clean, simple, and easy-to-use to-do list that can sync to Google Tasks and not look terrible on the screen. Similarly, until moments ago when I saw another post here, I was frustrated that the Calendar didn't work. There have been times in the past week that I've been close to soliciting a developer to create an app that fills the gaps I see.
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Jorte looks good and works great for me. Give it a try if you haven't already.
Not too useful for school right now, mostly using it as a document viewer in class. Beats a smartphone for simple note-taking in a pinch. Laptops are much popular in my current school than my old one in the US, so the 'less disruptive' tablet issue doesn't apply.
hi all
i just saw clips of the much talked about galaxy note 10.1 with a s pen.
well my flyer can do the same tricks except the part where i think htc forgot to put some pen compatible handwriting recognition apps in it. one engineer may have been booted due to this, but i dont know.
what interests me is the S Note app that samsung specially made for the note. i humbly request the devs and the gurus to see if it can be ported to the flier. would really want to use it as my flier currently runs on the other notes app from the lenovo tablet but i cant export entire notes from it.
would be willing to donate to the worthy cause.
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saneem
i doubt it.
the app seems highly integrated into the multiframe based desktop. and functions part of that is required for the app and its binaries to work. so this is probably not going to be ported as standalone.
the Photoshop touch app does work, so i tested right now while playing with the rom.
crayon physics work too (childrens game)
Thank you very much for the infor...
I am using the flyer for my daily diary and work related stuff and since it can fit right into my Coat pocket, the IPAD owners dont really feel comfortable around me. the Best thing is the pen, but the lenovo app ported has its limitations in exporting the text and so i sometimes feel discouraged.
I remember WM2003, the notes app and the word app in my IPAQ both converted to handwriting to text and that allowed me to do substantial documents in my hand. Wish the IPAQs lasted.
i am still offering to contribute to any person who can build such an app...
Appreciate your replies...
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Thank you very much for the infor...
I am using the flyer for my daily diary and work related stuff and since it can fit right into my Coat pocket, the IPAD owners dont really feel comfortable around me. the Best thing is the pen, but the lenovo app ported has its limitations in exporting the text and so i sometimes feel discouraged.
I remember WM2003, the notes app and the word app in my IPAQ both converted to handwriting to text and that allowed me to do substantial documents in my hand. Wish the IPAQs lasted.
i am still offering to contribute to any person who can build such an app...
Appreciate your replies...
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I was wondering about S-note myself. I have the Galaxy Note 10.1 and I'm actually leary of using it because it probably can't be ported off the Note. Samsung doesn't have a good track record of keeping their devices updated and I'm afraid to put my notes in it and be trapped to one device or even one platform.
I'm looking for something more universal, that would work on any Android tablet, not just the Note.
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I remember WM2003, the notes app and the word app in my IPAQ both converted to handwriting to text and that allowed me to do substantial documents in my hand. Wish the IPAQs lasted.
i am still offering to contribute to any person who can build such an app...
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If you want to use handwriting recognition for Flyer/Android, there is an app called WritePad. It's ok.
I used Samsung note stuff for a while but I was never happy with how the pages were handled, and also the speed of drawing on the page was not impressive. The worst issue was that I was not able to sync between my devices because I do not use samsung account etc So I looked around and I tried bunch of apps and I settled with LectureNotes mostly because its indepth settings and it is no bull**** database approach which makes it syncable. A notebookis basically a folder with bunch of files in it in LectureNotes then I use Sycnthing to sync to other devices.
I highly recommend it to YB owners because I feel like it is a great fit and also the speed of drawing in it is much faster than my Samsun 10.1 it feels good. I also use it with real pen tip/notebook to make sketches that works great as well.
LectureNotes offer shortcuts to documents so you can just click an icon and open any document from the desktop.
Anyway I am not affiliated with the dev at all, but he has xda pages and he seems to be super responsive guy. And it is under active development. Check it out, give it a try. My biggest complaint about it is that it does not offer hand writing recognition like the Samsung app does. also no windows app. However it offers PDF exports.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
https://www.acadoid.com/
Fow the windows version there is an app called Write which has Android/Win/Mac support as far as I can tell not as feature rich as LectureNotes but seems good as a cross platform note taker. This one uses folders as well so you cna sync between devices.
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I used Samsung note stuff for a while but I was never happy with how the pages were handled, and also the speed of drawing on the page was not impressive. The worst issue was that I was not able to sync between my devices because I do not use samsung account etc So I looked around and I tried bunch of apps and I settled with LectureNotes mostly because its indepth settings and it is no bull**** database approach which makes it syncable. A notebookis basically a folder with bunch of files in it in LectureNotes then I use Sycnthing to sync to other devices.
I highly recommend it to YB owners because I feel like it is a great fit and also the speed of drawing in it is much faster than my Samsun 10.1 it feels good. I also use it with real pen tip/notebook to make sketches that works great as well.
LectureNotes offer shortcuts to documents so you can just click an icon and open any document from the desktop.
Anyway I am not affiliated with the dev at all, but he has xda pages and he seems to be super responsive guy. And it is under active development. Check it out, give it a try. My biggest complaint about it is that it does not offer hand writing recognition like the Samsung app does. also no windows app. However it offers PDF exports.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
https://www.acadoid.com/
Fow the windows version there is an app called Write which has Android/Win/Mac support as far as I can tell not as feature rich as LectureNotes but seems good as a cross platform note taker. This one uses folders as well so you cna sync between devices.
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For android I would recommend fiinote. Works pretty well.
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For android I would recommend fiinote. Works pretty well.
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Sorry man, fiinote is slow as hell when it comes to drawing. I still recommend LectureNotes.
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Sorry man, fiinote is slow as hell when it comes to drawing. I still recommend LectureNotes.
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For drawings = artrage
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Artrage is like 5 times slower than any other Android art app really. I recomend Ravioli, LayerPaint, Sketchbook, Infinite Painter if you want more natural drawing experience. I have no idea what the hell Lenovo was thinking when they thought that Artrage would be a good choice to put as a default art app on this tablet.
is there any chance to replace the hot button note taking app? I identified the default app to export wrongly and would like to replace it
I have a Win10 Yoga Book - great tool, I just wish I could take simple handwritten notes on screen, even if it means picking up a compatible Bluetooth pen, such as the recently released Wacom Bamboo Tip. Has anyone had any luck with taking notes directly on the screen?
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I have a Win10 Yoga Book - great tool, I just wish I could take simple handwritten notes on screen, even if it means picking up a compatible Bluetooth pen, such as the recently released Wacom Bamboo Tip. Has anyone had any luck with taking notes directly on the screen?
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The Bamboo Tip is not pressure sensitive (neither does it use Bluetooth - I might be wrong). If you don't need pressure sensitivity you can actually use your normal Lenovo Pen with WriteIt straight on the screen... No palm rejection though, but I use it frequently and it works quite smooth once you get used to it...
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/es/en/...t-series/thinkpad-tablet-2/downloads/ds106113
jamespmi, what is your setup? I have worked with it for several days on my Win10 Yoga Book using the Real Pen stylus and the results have been a bit less than satisfactory. Perhaps I need to tweak the memory. What works best for you?
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jamespmi, what is your setup? I have worked with it for several days on my Win10 Yoga Book using the Real Pen stylus and the results have been a bit less than satisfactory. Perhaps I need to tweak the memory. What works best for you?
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What I use to do on all PC's first: Flushing the preinstalled OS and setting it up by hand. Debloating it to the max. The difference is more than surprising.
If you don't want to go through the Driver-Headache maybe "Sandman45654"'s Guide would be helpful for you:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/windows-guide-creating-windows-10-t3718823
Does anyone know of a good alternative to the built-in Notes app? It works fine but I don't like using Samsung's apps if I there is an alternative.
I'm also going to try out some third party drawing and painting apps, so I'm open for suggestions there to.
Thanks
Nebo is by far the best.
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Nebo is by far the best.
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Thanks! In my 'quest' that one has been on most lists. I'll check it out. I think that 'Inkredible' is exactly what I was looking for, but haven't even used it yet.
Concerning your search for a good drawing app, I would suggest :
Autodesk's Sketchbook : I've been using it for a while (on my old Note Tab 2014 Ed.) and it's really good. IIRC some features must be unlocked (I probably did unlock everything a long time ago, so I'm not sure), but I love the UI : not in your face and very efficient.
Concepts : never used it but from what I've seen it looks awesome with some very cool features. Can't wait to test it on my yet to be received Tab S6 (not compatible on my old tablet)
Adobe Photoshop Sketch : I was using it a lot a long time ago (on my Galaxy Note 2) : I recall liking it a lot, I don't know why I'm not using it more.
Yeah as above stated auto sketchbook is good
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Nebo does indeed look great. Does it have 'palm rejection'? Even their site only mentions it in relation to Windows.
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Concerning your search for a good drawing app, I would suggest :
Autodesk's Sketchbook : I've been using it for a while (on my old Note Tab 2014 Ed.) and it's really good. IIRC some features must be unlocked (I probably did unlock everything a long time ago, so I'm not sure), but I love the UI : not in your face and very efficient.
Concepts : never used it but from what I've seen it looks awesome with some very cool features. Can't wait to test it on my yet to be received Tab S6 (not compatible on my old tablet)
Adobe Photoshop Sketch : I was using it a lot a long time ago (on my Galaxy Note 2) : I recall liking it a lot, I don't know why I'm not using it more.
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I used to use a crippled version of Autodesk on a 7" tablet and loved it then! I just installed it and everything is now free.
Never heard of Concepts—I'll check that one out.
Photoshop Touch (discontinued) was also one of favorites from the past. I've read about, but have yet to find, the version that was modded for tablets and Pie—official developement was stopped way before Pie. This is probably the best Adobe app for smaller screens. IIRC it does "everything" well and when it was discontinued Adobe created 3 other apps that, combined, didn't have the functionality that PS Touch has. BTW, It's available in xda labs, but, like I said, it's UI is for smaller screens, and you'll have to track down, or go to my shared pCloud folder https://bit.ly/2VXRoLt to get the version modded for Pie. I don't have link to where I got it but I've checked it out, and I haven't done anything to it. It works on Pie, but the UI, imo, makes it unusable on large screens.
Thanks everyone!
TiTiB said:
Nebo does indeed look great. Does it have 'palm rejection'? Even their site only mentions it in relation to Windows.
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Nebo has full palm rejection and is extremely accurate with its convertion. It has heaps of other usable funtions
I think this tab is freaking awesome! But.... I'm using onenote and the handwriting isn't as smooth as in for example Inkredible. Is there a handwriting app where l could write text and then move the text to OneNote? By the way, does OneNote have the handwriting-to-text-function somewhere?
Thanks guys!
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Nebo has full palm rejection and is extremely accurate with its convertion. It has heaps of other usable funtions
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You just convinced me. Thanks!
Squid is excellent if you just need it for taking notes and marking up PDF's. Not bloated with features you don't need. Has full S-pen pressure support, etc.
Also "INKredible - Handwriting Note" should be very good like i saw in a review. Im tempted to go for that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viettran.INKredible
LaCereb said:
Also "INKredible - Handwriting Note" should be very good like i saw in a review. Im tempted to go for that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viettran.INKredible
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I tried out thinking it had 'handwriting to text' feature, but it doesn't. I'm pretty sure I'll buy MyScript Nebo, but really just want 'handwriting to text' so am still looking for alternative.
Thanks
My issue with Nebo is that it does not support the pressure levels of the S-Pen, i.e., there is no difference in thickness. That is why I have returned it after a try. It is quite expensive either.
SO333 said:
My issue with Nebo is that it does not support the pressure levels of the S-Pen, i.e., there is no difference in thickness. That is why I have returned it after a try. It is quite expensive either.
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True, but I just bought it because it's the only app I could find with 'handwriting-to-text' function, which is really the only thing I want it for. $11 USD is a bit expensive, but in the big scheme of things I spend more on one lunch sometimes.
UPDATE: Works great! It even recognizes my very sloppy handwriting.
Just noticed MyScript Nebo is on sale for $2.99 USD—not sure for how long.
MyScript Nebo is excellent !
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Just noticed MyScript Nebo is on sale for $2.99 USD—not sure for how long.
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it says 3 days
Trying to find a good app for lecture note taking with my Galaxy Tab S6 (which is on its way). I seen literally hundreds of reviews, videos etc. I've made a short list of (possibly) the best available apps for android, but I'd like to have the opinion of experts on this matter. Why am I being proactive with this? Well my tablet was received damaged and a replacement on its way, but I'm really running late with my notes and workload piling up.
I don't mind paying for a good app, as long as it does the job it was intended for. I take engineering notes with lots of math formulas. Handwriting OCR is a must. My humble shortlist after doing my research is:
- Nebo
- Squid
- OneNote
- MS Word
Most of these apps were exhaustively reviewed with an iPad, so I'm not sure which one of these, or any other I missed can do the job on the Tab S6.
Any opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I can only speak to Nebo. I bought it for it's excellent 'written text to .txt' function; aslo does Word (.docx), PDF or HTML. It is in continual development, and they've added some new features just in the last few weeks. Works very well at deciphering even my scribbles that I can hardly make out.
Something to check out is FiiNote; I'm just now starting to evaluate it, (as a replacement for Joplin, not a note-taking app, but good for information consolidation).
FYI, my work-flow using Nebo and Joplin us to scribble notes in Nebo—>convert to plain text—>paste in to Joplin.
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I can only speak to Nebo. I bought it for it's excellent 'written text to .txt' function; aslo does Word (.docx), PDF or HTML. It is in continual development, and they've added some new features just in the last few weeks. Works very well at deciphering even my scribbles that I can hardly make out.
Something to check out is FiiNote; I'm just now starting to evaluate it, (as a replacement for Joplin, not a note-taking app, but good for information consolidation).
FYI, my work-flow using Nebo and Joplin us to scribble notes in Nebo—>convert to plain text—>paste in to Joplin.
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Thanks TiTiB for your input. I've purchased and tested Nebo with the Tab S6. Handwriting is indeed faster than OneNote. Math formula writing is again much better. The downside, you cannot import something from pdf, like a graph or a photo from your notes into Nebo. Export to Word works well. I try to do some formatting and inserting graphs using Word on Windows, which takes some time. Dark theme is also not available, which should save some battery. Have you noticed that any of these features can work somehow?
Other than that, Nebo is a very good app.
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Thanks TiTiB for your input. I've purchased and tested Nebo with the Tab S6. Handwriting is indeed faster than OneNote. Math formula writing is again much better. The downside, you cannot import something from pdf, like a graph or a photo from your notes into Nebo. Export to Word works well. I try to do some formatting and inserting graphs using Word on Windows, which takes some time. Dark theme is also not available, which should save some battery. Have you noticed that any of these features can work somehow?
Other than that, Nebo is a very good app.
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I have not used any Word functions (nor even Word, for that matter). I don't use Nebo fo anything other than 'scribbles-to-text' ability. I use Joplin for 'consolidation' of text and image/pdf files; tho, like I said, I have FiiNotes installed and am evaluating that app.
Noteledge maybe?
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Noteledge maybe?
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So far I've tried more than a dozen apps and none of them seem to be able to do what I'm trying to achieve!
Currently trying to test Joblin. I'll try Noteledge then and see how it goes.
I'm afraid that buying the Tab S6 for becoming more productive in note taking was a waste of money and time!
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So far I've tried more than a dozen apps and none of them seem to be able to do what I'm trying to achieve!
Currently trying to test Joblin. I'll try Noteledge then and see how it goes.
I'm afraid that buying the Tab S6 for becoming more productive in note taking was a waste of money and time!
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Can you please elaborate on why it's a waste of money and time? I'm considering buying a Tab S6 (or iPad 10.2 + Pencil), also for lecture note taking and would really appreciate your opinion.
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Can you please elaborate on why it's a waste of money and time? I'm considering buying a Tab S6 (or iPad 10.2 + Pencil), also for lecture note taking and would really appreciate your opinion.
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I extensively tested the Tab S6 for note taking only, nothing else, since I have a lot of homework piling up. I spent more than 2 weeks with that. I could name over 20 note taking apps that I have tried in the process.
The ones I worked with the most since I found more suitable than the others were OneNote, Nebo, Notion, Evernote, Joplin. Every single one of them has something missing which is covered by the other. It is not my purpose to mention pros and cons of each of those. Bottom line, I straggled trying to figure out a way to work more efficiently than taking notes either on paper or using MS Word on the laptop. In the end I realized I was much faster with the laptop!
Tab S6 appears to be an excellent machine, very fast and handy if you are on the go. It's probably the best android tablet out there at this point. However, the android apps are not as good. I've purchased paid versions of some of them above, but still I wasn't efficient enough.
Most of professional apps out there for tablets are demonstrated using either iPad Pro or Surface (YouTube videos). So I was misguided to buy the Tab S6 since I thought that it could cover all these. Big mistake! If you want to make a shopping list or a to-do list on the tablet fine, but that's about it. Besides I don't know why should anyone bother with that anyway, just use the phone.
Don't get me wrong, the Tab S6 was an excellent machine, but cannot compete with the power or multitasking of a laptop. I'm saying "was" because I gave up 2 days ago and I'm back to the old fashion way. Currently, I'm looking for a WACOM or using Notion on laptop to evaluate and see if any of those can to the job efficiently.
I almost mainly use OneNote for note-taking for work, works great for me... And I now noticed OneNote introduced dark mode which is great for oled screens. Every now and then I use Samsung NOtes for a quick random note.
But give some concrete examples of what would be missing because right now it just feels like your greatly exeggarating here. The very general 'every app was missing something' doesn't help either.
I use mainly written notes btw, bought the tabs6 as a replacement for my paper-note-taking primarily.
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I almost mainly use OneNote for note-taking for work, works great for me... And I now noticed OneNote introduced dark mode which is great for oled screens. Every now and then I use Samsung NOtes for a quick random note.
But give some concrete examples of what would be missing because right now it just feels like your greatly exeggarating here. The very general 'every app was missing something' doesn't help either.
I use mainly written notes btw, bought the tabs6 as a replacement for my paper-note-taking primarily.
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If you want details, I'll try to be brief:
-OneNote: probably the best of all I've tried, but, I had to use 3 different versions of OneNote to complete my notes, plus MS Word in the end. OneNote on android for taking handwrtitten notes, which by the way cannot recognize math formulas, and I have a lot. Fortunately auto sync on all devices, so used OneNote on W10 to insert graphs and tables. This one has a dark mode as well, but many features are missing. The fully loaded OneNote 2016, which unfortunately is being phased out, has everything, no dark mode, but that's not a problem. Then export to docx, which needs some further formatting and corrections. One problem there, math formulas are extracted as images, not formulas! But overall, OneNote was the best I used. Finally realized, I was faster typing everything on my laptop using Word!
-Nebo: very good with math formulas and all these are transferred as actual formulas when exporting to Word. Dark mode as well. Cannot import tables or graphs, so I had to do this in Word with laptop. Still faster with the laptop!
-Joplin: Excellent app, but still more complete on the Windows version rather than the android app. Didn't practice much with this, still much to learn.
-Notion: excellent app, many possibilities, like Joplin, more powerful on the Windows version rather than the android app. Still much to learn from this.
The handwriting recognition on the Tab S6 is excellent, but I have the impression that everything is done from the tablet itself, not by the different apps. So all the credit for the text recognition goes to the tablet not to the apps, which all use the same input method. I could go on and on, but I have homework to do. I'm stating my honest opinion here, nothing to do with manufacturers or anything else. Unlike many videos posted on YouTube and others, which present things in such an incredible way, giving wrong impressions at times, especially for apps.
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If you want details, I'll try to be brief:
-OneNote: probably the best of all I've tried, but, I had to use 3 different versions of OneNote to complete my notes, plus MS Word in the end. OneNote on android for taking handwrtitten notes, which by the way cannot recognize math formulas, and I have a lot. Fortunately auto sync on all devices, so used OneNote on W10 to insert graphs and tables. This one has a dark mode as well, but many features are missing. The fully loaded OneNote 2016, which unfortunately is being phased out, has everything, no dark mode, but that's not a problem. Then export to docx, which needs some further formatting and corrections. One problem there, math formulas are extracted as images, not formulas! But overall, OneNote was the best I used. Finally realized, I was faster typing everything on my laptop using Word!
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OneNote 2016 for Windows is some kind of a Swiss army knife to me... especially with Addons
Because of the downgrades in the 2019 version, I bought OneNote 2016 (Office Home & Student 2016) several months ago.
And the Onetastic-Addon :good:
Good news regarding OneNote 2016?
@euclid444: for math formulas, did you try
- Microsoft Mathematics-Add-In for OneNote (for windows)
- MyScript Calculator 2 (android)
I want to add Lecture Notes to the list.