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Anyone have experience of this ?
My traditional method of scribbling notes in meetings and then referring back to them later is buckling under the strain at work.
Done some online training on Onenote and keen to give it a try but don’t want to sit in meetings typing.
I have a company laptop but no tablet device so wondering if there’s a good value Bluetooth/usb pen that would work. Alternatively via iPhone 7 but I read the app for Onenote doesn’t do handwriting. Most of the ones on amazon talk about use as a scribe for a tablet or note taking device.
Many thavks.
Google Pixelbook.
Laptop, tablet with pen input. Runs as a Chromebook plus Android apps and [soon to be announced, hopefully] dual boot with Windows.
Yes but I have a works laptop already. Big Corp so difficult to use personal devices in conjunction with MS account.
Really want just a pen that lets me write invisibly on desk or even a pad but talks to Onenote on this existing laptop.
Am I going totally down the wrong track?
I have seen the reusable pads with a QR code - they look very good. You then upload the image to the app and it is stored for you. I believe some apps transcribe your notes into text as well.
Bit confused about the QR code bit. Do you have a link?
I had a Wacom Bamboo pen / mouse pad type combination at one point that I think might be what you're looking for. The one I had connected via USB to my laptop but I'm sure there's a bluetooth version out. Going by their website, the Intuos might be the latest incarnation.
Might be a slight issue getting the software / drivers onto a corporate laptop but worth finding out.
iPad, Apple Pencil, Notability.
I’m a big fan of my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Works really well, but I think newer hybrid options are worth looking at.
There are loads of pen enabled apps on the Windows store. Including one that is just a virtual notepad.
On a Surface you can use handwriting input as the input method on any app instead of a keyboard. Just write and it types it in for you. It's good too. My handwriting is so bad even I struggle to read it never mind other humans, but the Surface can get it.
Or are you asking about one of those pens where you write on normal paper and it digitises it as you write?
Thanks all. Definitely no budget for a surface or iPad through work and the laptop is W7!! So no w10 apps as an option.
That rocket book everlast lools just the job. Thanks!
If you use OneNote just write your notes the normal way, scan with Office Lens phone app and sync with OneNote. Zero cost solution.
Are you sure it's not your note taking style that's holding you back rather than the medium you use?
I've developed a kind of weird personal short hand that seems to work, knowing that I'll remember key topics and keep notes just on more technical or detailed stuff.
Or record the meeting? On phone or most conference call apps have an option to record the call.
Thread hijack - any decent less spendy alternative to a Surface pen
Livescribe pen and notebook synced to OneNote works well for me
I've experimented with this over the last few months and am yet to find a method that genuinely works in every situation.
Surface Pro with an official 2nd gen pen gets very decent results with most note-taking and sketching apps such as OneNote, Sketchbook etc. But it's not entirely my cup of tea as ON in particular can be a faff. The challenge for me is that pen and paper (I'm a fan of graph paper for notes/mapping/sketching) requires no mucking about ... you rock up to your meeting/event/space ... make your notes ... and move on. ON and similar apps can slow that process down. Great when it works and syncs. Not so when it doesn't.
Just my tuppence as it seems you're veering towards a different solution anyway.
as ON in particular can be a faff
Tried Bamboo Paper?
Tried Bamboo Paper?
Nice and responsive for writing, but can't really do enough with it. I do a lot mapping and therefore need more of a canvas as opposed to just a 'page' (or 'pages'). Definitely has some pro's to it, and probably does the job perfectly for some, but not for me. Ta anyway chap.
Whitelines notepad and app.
Having tried smartpens and other options, this is the best hybrid approach for me. YMMV.