E ink tablet for note writing

mjheathcote

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I need to banish my A4 ring bound notebooks.
Whether at home, meetings, visiting site I'm always scribbling on my notebook. Things to do, what you've done, the usual as a Project Engineering Manager.
Remarkable 2 got me interested, until I discovered you have no search ability.
Supernote looks favourite, but import from the US.
Other alternative is a Boox Note Air 2, but getting more features defeats the object.
Anyone else dumped paper!
 
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CatmanV2

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I thought if you did the text recognition on Remarkable you could import into a searchable format?

Let us know how you get on though.

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MarkMas

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MarkMas said:
Mrs MarkMas is a huge fan of her Remarkable 2.
I don't know anything about the search issues.
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I've had a bit of a look at this, and it seems very odd that you can convert handwriting to searchable text (which works really well), but to do that you have to Export the text via email. So its VERY odd that you can't just keep the text on the tablet for searching, but you would have to email it yourself. I suppose it is something about the conversion happening on the server and there being no way to get it back to the Remarkable's filestore, maybe.
 
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MarkMas said:
I've had a bit of a look at this, and it seems very odd that you can convert handwriting to searchable text (which works really well), but to do that you have to Export the text via email. So its VERY odd that you can't just keep the text on the tablet for searching, but you would have to email it yourself. I suppose it is something about the conversion happening on the server and there being no way to get it back to the Remarkable's filestore, maybe.
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Email is a convenient way of shifting data around for some applications. I imagine that's all that's happening and the heavy lifting, is, as you say, being done in their cloud. Puts me right off for a start :(

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The Onyx e-readers are supposed to be good. I looked into one for a while to do note taking. It seems a lot struggle with the required speed and sensitivity. https://shop.boox.com/collections/all

An iPad (with apple pen) and MS OneNote is also a good solution.

I would say a key point is being able to easily sync and access notes across devices.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
Needs to feel good as well

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Yes, I hear that the 'remarkable' thing about the Remarkable is how much like writing on paper it feels. Apparently worth other limitations just for that. iPad is horribly slippery to write on.

The other thing to consider for note-taking is Graffiti on an Android device.
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Graffiti Pro for Android – Apps on Google Play

Tired of your on-screen keyboard? Try Graffitiーthe popular stroke input system.
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This was originally used on the Palm Pilot devices and is a script that you need to (quickly) learn, but then converts easily to text. I use it (sometimes) for electronic note-taking, especially where eye contact is important, so a thumb keyboard is not suitable.

Another nearly very cool note taking device was the Microwriter. My uncle had one - he was an architect and used it to take notes on site. This has been sort-of implemented for Apple smartphones.
 
CatmanV2

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I recall the Palm thing. Used to be quite slick.

I also quite fancy the Mont Blanc augmented paper or the Moleskine.

Biggest challenge I have is with the pens, given I'm rather attached to my Montblanc fountain pen (and thousands of Moleskine notepads)

Fundamentally probably stuck with the 'take a photo and run it through OCR' which is probably not ideal.

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CatmanV2 said:
I recall the Palm thing. Used to be quite slick.

I also quite fancy the Mont Blanc augmented paper or the Moleskine.

Biggest challenge I have is with the pens, given I'm rather attached to my Montblanc fountain pen (and thousands of Moleskine notepads)

Fundamentally probably stuck with the 'take a photo and run it through OCR' which is probably not ideal.

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Yep, I'm stuck with my Rymans A5 notebooks (can't afford Moleskine) and my Pilot retractable fountain pen (highly recommended).

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I use an iPad with Notability. The Remarkable is too limited in search etc. Add a Matt screen protector (Paperlike or similar) and a cheap pencil and away you go. I found Notability suited my needs, but Apple Notes has come on a long way recently.
 
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I’m stuck in the middle of the same conundrum. Love my Pilot retractable fountain pen and notebooks, but also love the power of modern note searching and organization.
Haven’t settled completely but, am using the notebook for capturing ideas and notes on the fly, and using OneNote (from any device around at the moment) for creating more lengthy notes, or for archiving the more important bits from the handwritten notes.
The act of transcription isn’t a burden, as I type quickly enough, and it gives opportunity for reflection whilst doing it.
**** I miss my Palm Pilot. Used them on the submarine for a decade, in lieu of a paper notebook because the graffiti function was so good.



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todd.the.submariner said:
I’m stuck in the middle of the same conundrum. Love my Pilot retractable fountain pen and notebooks, but also love the power of modern note searching and organization.
Haven’t settled completely but, am using the notebook for capturing ideas and notes on the fly, and using OneNote (from any device around at the moment) for creating more lengthy notes, or for archiving the more important bits from the handwritten notes.
The act of transcription isn’t a burden, as I type quickly enough, and it gives opportunity for reflection whilst doing it.
**** I miss my Palm Pilot. Used them on the submarine for a decade, in lieu of a paper notebook because the graffiti function was so good.



——-\|/——-
2004 Maserati Coupe “Siluro” the Italian Torpedo
1979 MB 450SL “Greta”
2016 BMW x435i “Der Sonnenmaschine”
2022 Ford Mach-e “Macchiato”
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I had one of the first 5 Palm Pilots in the UK, back in the day. Loved it. Then feature bloat, O/s bloat and Microsoft bloat ruined the whole sector for several years, until smartphones got good. "Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, And the Birth of the Billion-dollar Handheld Industry" by Andrea Butter is an interesting read.
 
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mjheathcote said:
Die hard HP95LX user, which I replaced with a Libretto 50CT, but still running the HP 'companion pack' software!
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Fab. My oldest pal was on the engineering team at Psion so I got all the engineering samples of the 5 5mx and Revo.

Happy days!
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Die hard HP95LX user, which I replaced with a Libretto 50CT, but still running the HP 'companion pack' software!
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Ooooh - I so nearly bought an HP 100LX, but bought the Palm P1000 instead.

Also had (and loved) a Toshiba Libretto. Probably still got it somewhere.

I'm sure I still have my Cambridge Z88.
 
mjheathcote

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MarkMas said:
Ooooh - I so nearly bought an HP 100LX, but bought the Palm P1000 instead.

Also had (and loved) a Toshiba Libretto. Probably still got it somewhere.

I'm sure I still have my Cambridge Z88.
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Still got my HP and Libretto, and nearly all my old tech, in a cardboard box! pcmcia cards, zip discs, Nokia phone cards, iomega Click! Discs, Rex 6000, remember those?!
 
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