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I am fully digital and use GoodNotes on my iPad. If I need to, I share the note to Evernote as an image or pdf, depending on what I need it for. I can transcribe the image if I need to. I love the note taking capabilities of GoodNotes and the organization of Evernote.
The only app I’ve been able to use to write on a screen has been GoodNotes. The other apps take me longer to get a word written correctly. I take better notes in GoodNotes digitally than even pen and paper because of the tools that come along with it.
I’m as fully digital as I can be, aside from all the paper people hand me, but then that’s scanned.
If I’m not recording meetings, or even if I am, I use my Apple Pencil on my iPad in Evernote, which turns my scribbles to text immediately. I’ve been doing it for a while, so I’ve pretty much mastered the various gestures involved. It took a bit of getting used to at the beginning, though.
Working in IT, writing isn’t really something I do, anyway, so going full digital suits me.
Do you find writing on a screen a bit slippery? I tried it a couple of times and the friction on the pen against the screen felt wrong. Maybe I should try it for longer.
Jon, the paper-texture screen protectors make a big difference in the digital writing experience. I use one on my ipad and write in multiple notebooks in Goodnotes.
Between that and Evernote tasks, I’ve greatly reduced my paper usage. But I still love a good Post-It Note!
I use RocketBooks. I have one pocket sized and one desktop notebook. They make scanning very easy, delivering to Evernote and elsewhere. They are also totally erasable once you have uploaded or finished with a page. You therefore never have to buy another notebook.
I did some training with a government org last year and they'd all been given Rocketbooks and most enjoyed it. I should add one to my collection of notebooks.
BIC bought Rocketbook (might have been a while ago) but discontinued the line in December. Notebooks might still be available for purchase on Amazon, but I'm not sure how long their app might be working (not that for need the app, but the possibility to "route" scanned pages to particular notebooks or services by marking an icon on the page might have been useful for some users and use cases.
Seems that Rocketbook has new owners, so maybe there's still hope...
"Global Printing & Packaging (GPP), headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has acquired Rocketbook, ushering in a bold new chapter for the brand."
Seems that Rocketbook has new owners, so maybe there's still hope...
"Global Printing & Packaging (GPP), headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has acquired Rocketbook, ushering in a bold new chapter for the brand."
My thoughts are very close to yours...taking the raw notes on paper has advantages, and then it's so easy to use Evernote to scan the paper notes and then transcribe to text. The accuracy is amazing.
I do have one question: When you transcribed the image to text, the checkboxes came through as checkboxes in your note.
When I do the transcription, the text is perfect, but there are no checkboxes.
I am wondering what the variable is that is allowing your checkboxes to survive the transcription. Is it a setting I am missing?
For a long time I used to use the Evernote Moleskine notebooks and captured my notes with the camera into Evernote. Now I am fully digital. If I “need” to write I use my Kindle Scribe and email my notes to Evernote.
I’m totally digital. I use Otter more and more to record meetings, then paste the transcription into ChatGPT (Pro) to organize it however I need. That usually gets copied into Evernote. It allows me to stay fully present in meetings without worrying about missing details.
I also use a “Daily Reminders” list in the iPhone Reminders app that I review multiple times a day. It’s faster than Evernote for quick tasks because I can just tell Siri to add something.
If I need to keep paper, I scan it into Evernote. Evernote is truly my offloaded brain.
I am fully digital and use GoodNotes on my iPad. If I need to, I share the note to Evernote as an image or pdf, depending on what I need it for. I can transcribe the image if I need to. I love the note taking capabilities of GoodNotes and the organization of Evernote.
How do you find writing on screens? Never got on with it myself.
The only app I’ve been able to use to write on a screen has been GoodNotes. The other apps take me longer to get a word written correctly. I take better notes in GoodNotes digitally than even pen and paper because of the tools that come along with it.
I just want to say how much I love your illustrations. Today's Shakespearean elephant is the best ever!!
Thanks Kate. They are great fun to create and way more popular than the articles :)
I’m as fully digital as I can be, aside from all the paper people hand me, but then that’s scanned.
If I’m not recording meetings, or even if I am, I use my Apple Pencil on my iPad in Evernote, which turns my scribbles to text immediately. I’ve been doing it for a while, so I’ve pretty much mastered the various gestures involved. It took a bit of getting used to at the beginning, though.
Working in IT, writing isn’t really something I do, anyway, so going full digital suits me.
Do you find writing on a screen a bit slippery? I tried it a couple of times and the friction on the pen against the screen felt wrong. Maybe I should try it for longer.
At first, yes. It was almost not for me. But, I persevered and now it's almost second nature.
Jon, the paper-texture screen protectors make a big difference in the digital writing experience. I use one on my ipad and write in multiple notebooks in Goodnotes.
Between that and Evernote tasks, I’ve greatly reduced my paper usage. But I still love a good Post-It Note!
I use RocketBooks. I have one pocket sized and one desktop notebook. They make scanning very easy, delivering to Evernote and elsewhere. They are also totally erasable once you have uploaded or finished with a page. You therefore never have to buy another notebook.
I did some training with a government org last year and they'd all been given Rocketbooks and most enjoyed it. I should add one to my collection of notebooks.
BIC bought Rocketbook (might have been a while ago) but discontinued the line in December. Notebooks might still be available for purchase on Amazon, but I'm not sure how long their app might be working (not that for need the app, but the possibility to "route" scanned pages to particular notebooks or services by marking an icon on the page might have been useful for some users and use cases.
That’s a shame. They seemed popular. Maybe an idea to stock up!
Seems that Rocketbook has new owners, so maybe there's still hope...
"Global Printing & Packaging (GPP), headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has acquired Rocketbook, ushering in a bold new chapter for the brand."
https://www.reddit.com/r/rocketbook/s/OiWH1At2gA
Ah. Good news. It'll be interesting what they come up with.
Quite fancy a nice reusable leather filofax type thing!
Seems that Rocketbook has new owners, so maybe there's still hope...
"Global Printing & Packaging (GPP), headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has acquired Rocketbook, ushering in a bold new chapter for the brand."
https://www.reddit.com/r/rocketbook/s/OiWH1At2gA
Jon,
My thoughts are very close to yours...taking the raw notes on paper has advantages, and then it's so easy to use Evernote to scan the paper notes and then transcribe to text. The accuracy is amazing.
I do have one question: When you transcribed the image to text, the checkboxes came through as checkboxes in your note.
When I do the transcription, the text is perfect, but there are no checkboxes.
I am wondering what the variable is that is allowing your checkboxes to survive the transcription. Is it a setting I am missing?
I didn't do anything special. Maybe its because my checkboxes are giant?
For a long time I used to use the Evernote Moleskine notebooks and captured my notes with the camera into Evernote. Now I am fully digital. If I “need” to write I use my Kindle Scribe and email my notes to Evernote.
I remember those. I had a couple and I found one on Vinted last year but it seemed to of gained in price lol. Maybe an investment for the future!
The stickers with them were great.
How do you find writing on the the Kindle?
The writing is quite natural. Nice also to be able to take notes on PDF files.
I’m totally digital. I use Otter more and more to record meetings, then paste the transcription into ChatGPT (Pro) to organize it however I need. That usually gets copied into Evernote. It allows me to stay fully present in meetings without worrying about missing details.
I also use a “Daily Reminders” list in the iPhone Reminders app that I review multiple times a day. It’s faster than Evernote for quick tasks because I can just tell Siri to add something.
If I need to keep paper, I scan it into Evernote. Evernote is truly my offloaded brain.