We’re around one week into Evernote launching the new Ai Powered search so I thought I’d share how I’ve been using it over the last week and what changes I’ve been making to my note taking and organisation. If you missed it, make sure you check out the podcast interview
I'm having a few issues with the ai search. But maybe I'm using it incorrectly or not knowing how to optimise it.
So I scanned two reciepts from my weekly shop. I tagged and put in the title weekly shop. I asked ai search "how much was my weekly shop" it came back as not having the information in the notes. I modified the note to say " this week I spent X pounds at y shop, and b pounds at c shop" it still wasn't able to answer my question.
Am I asking too much from the ai search? Or using it incorrectly?
Interesting. I've seen things similar to this. It possibly doesn't understand where the total is on the scan of the receipt. Does it say total? If it does try something like how much was my total weekly shop?
Do you have many weekly shop note titles? Does is know which one to look at?
Just tried "How much did I spend on car tyres last year" and it showed me the correct note with the receipt but it couldn't tell me the total amount from the scan.
Interesting to play around with it to find what works and what doesn't and then send them some feedback.
I get where you're coming from but if you use Ai search and your own made-up codes and acronyms then the Ai won't know this so notes would need to be more explanatory, not writing essays though.
I also think Evernote is evolving, it's not just a note-taking app any more. For me this is positive and what I wanted 10 years ago.
I never really used Evernote as a note taking app , well I don't think! For me it was always about capturing and retrieving information in a natural organic way. I think it's continuing in this vein.
I'm having a few issues with the ai search. But maybe I'm using it incorrectly or not knowing how to optimise it.
So I scanned two reciepts from my weekly shop. I tagged and put in the title weekly shop. I asked ai search "how much was my weekly shop" it came back as not having the information in the notes. I modified the note to say " this week I spent X pounds at y shop, and b pounds at c shop" it still wasn't able to answer my question.
Am I asking too much from the ai search? Or using it incorrectly?
Interesting. I've seen things similar to this. It possibly doesn't understand where the total is on the scan of the receipt. Does it say total? If it does try something like how much was my total weekly shop?
Do you have many weekly shop note titles? Does is know which one to look at?
Just tried "How much did I spend on car tyres last year" and it showed me the correct note with the receipt but it couldn't tell me the total amount from the scan.
Interesting to play around with it to find what works and what doesn't and then send them some feedback.
It’s silly to have to adapt one’s notes to AI.
Deliberately writing verbose notes instead of short-form goes against the thesis of a note-taking app!
Evernote might as well release an “AI Lengthener” (the counterpart to the AI Summarizer) so we can produce essays for AI Search.
I get where you're coming from but if you use Ai search and your own made-up codes and acronyms then the Ai won't know this so notes would need to be more explanatory, not writing essays though.
I also think Evernote is evolving, it's not just a note-taking app any more. For me this is positive and what I wanted 10 years ago.
I never really used Evernote as a note taking app , well I don't think! For me it was always about capturing and retrieving information in a natural organic way. I think it's continuing in this vein.