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Yeah. I got confused since I own the real one. This is some "Crash of Playerunknown :Call of royale" nonsense. Install at your own risk.
Use Lecture Notes. You can import pdf's, write directly on your tablet, and export back as pdf's or pngs of pages.
It also has layers, multiple pen designs, graphics, typing capability, editing... it's way better than one note for classes.
It also has two other add ons if you want. Audio and video recording. When you play those back it automatically scrolls to that point in your notes so you can follow along what you were writing at the time.
I used it for 3 years in college for every class without a problem.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en
You should give LectureNotes a try. I think it's got all the features you want. Its UI is not that great, but it's highly customisable. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes There's a trial version available on the Playstore.
Also, MyScript Nebo looks really interesting, specially for its equation support, but I haven't tried it.
This is my time. I take notes on my tablet, a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, which has a stylus so I can still handwrite my notes. I use this app called LectureNotes and I plug this app every chance I get because I love it. It is about as simple as you can get with all the functionality. It's all the benefits of handwriting your notes, but with more editing ability and some of the benefits of digital notes! I like it because I can organize my notes into folders based on what class they are for, and easily go back and tag my notes with keywords so I can easily find what I'm looking for right before a test. It is highly customizable with many custom pens, which can be changed from size to color to opacity and shape- I have 6 of mine dedicated to being highlighters, 6 dedicated to being different color pens, and the default black ink in 3 sizes. It's very easy to import a powerpoint when my professor teaches from one, or to just import a picture or a PDF into an existing notebook. There are lots of different tools, but my favorite one is the cut tool. This lets me easily and quickly organize my notes during lecture, adding or removing space as necessary, switching the order of sections, etc., which is one of my main qualms with writing on paper. I recently bought an add-on for the app which lets me record lectures. I've been using it but have yet to see how good the recordings are.
I've used the Galaxy Note 10.1 and later the Surface 3 (Win10/OneNote) for note taking. Overall I would go with an android device and Lecture Notes again.
LectureNotes blows them all out of the water and has what you're looking for....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en&gl=US
>I wonder how much better the writing experience on the RM2 is compared to the Boox
If you learn some smali, you can use your favorite Android writing/drawing app on Boox. This flexibility makes it infinitely better.
I use a smali hacked LectureNotes (Play store link).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en It is developed by Acadoid. For taking notes in lectures the interface is much better than OneNote. You can export to OneNote though if you need your notes on a non-Android device
Hello, I believe that you might be looking for an app called LecutureNotes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
The full version may be a bit costly for an android app at $5, but it honestly is worth it. Its designed to be very compatable with android OS's from kitkat to Nougat, and it has a whole bunch of features that OneNote for android misses. All notebooks are saved locally to your internal memory ti Micro SD card, its optional where you want to save it. It does have a bit of a learning curve, but it is worth it. It has many features from choosing a pressure sensitive ink to a velocity ink, to using a lasso tool to change ink colors, to making coordinate planes using a few simple bounds to specify. There is also the option to change the paper background to ruled lines or a grid to even using your own image. It also has layers which is a big plus for extensive note taking. There is so much more with this note taking app that i havnt explained, i highly reccomend this. Ive been using it, though slowly using this and OneNote as i prefer to sync to a cloud if possible, but thats just me.
The trial version is also available if you want to test the waters before buying: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotestrial
That's what it is called, all one word, but if you're using the stock settings you'll need to turn on active pen algorithms
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
I've used this app since the original Nexus 7, its features far outshine Squid, especially if you know JavaScript
If you're a student who hates paper, do yourself a favour and get a tablet with good handwriting recognition/stylus and LectureNotes. If you have any sort of programming aptitude whatsoever, you'll love it even more.
I have trouble with paper organization. I also can't take notes via laptop. 90% of my notes are diagrams, graphs or math that takes forever to type out. The Samsung note taking app on the Note is okay, but it's a bitch to import and export PDFs. Enter LectureNotes.
I have macros for drawing symbols that I use frequently (like circuit diagram bits or graphs). I have a set of pen colours and widths that I like. I'm not stuck doing handwriting to text conversion, although it's an option. You can completely customize your notebooks and organize them in folders. Most importantly, it's really easy to import PDFs (because all my profs post their slideshows now) and insert images. Paper handout? Instead of losing it to the bottom of my purse, I take a picture, select what I need and copy it into my notes. Lab report sheet? Just import the PDF in, set it to the bottom layer and go to town on Layer 2.
I use an android tablet with the LectureNotes app for taking notes. For actually doing math, I prefer pencil and paper.
I don't use pen because I prefer erasing to crossing out. For notetaking, I can erase faster on my tablet than with pencil and paper. For solving math problems, I prefer to have physical papers I can sift through instead scrolling through my tablet.
Are you using it for lecture notes? If so, I recommend LectureNotes, I've been using it for a while now for class after using Evernote. I use it on a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro for the pen input and it's been phenomenal, there's lots of adjustments you can make to get it just right.
<strong>Lecture notes</strong> is one of the most customizable, feature-rich. The developer has been constantly working on this app for the last 3-4 years! Here's his XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=68673822#post68673822
Use Lecturenotes and Lecturerecordings. Both work together. You can write as you record. I'm not 100% sure if you can record the screen for play back however though. It's something to look into I guess.
Through the sub, I found a pretty sweet workaround that allows me to stick notes to my homescreen even though I'm using Nova Launcher.
I downloaded Lecture Notes (the paid version) and it has the ability to pin a note (widget) to the homescreen. The app goes crazy deep with what you can do (it's jam packed full of features), but for now I'm just happy that I can stick notes to my homescreen.
In some ways it is superior to the stock sticky note feature because it is SOOO customizable. You can change the background of the note... and the size of the note.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
Anyway, I hope you give it a shot. Take care.
No advice for the calendar (except I do think google calendar will sync them all) but I do have a suggestion for notes if you're using a stylus capable tablet.
LectureNotes app - I used it for my undergrad several years ago on the 12.1 Note Pro and am currently using on a chromebook duet 5. You can handwrite notes, folders & notebooks for organization, and you can import PDFs to mark up. You can also record lectures while you take notes and keep them together. Super handy, and has been well worth the money I spent on it forever ago.
Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
I use Lecture Notes for all my study and handwritten notes, along with its plugins if I've got live lectures/workshops to attend.
Is there currently a Samsung tablet with Chrome OS and the original S-PEN, based on EMR?
Many years ago, before Apple even thought about digitizers, I had a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12 Tablet for university note taking. It had a better palm rejection the today's USI stylus. The compatible Staedtler Noris EMR pen had a perfect size and it worked so well.
I used this note taking app developed by students for students, which nobody knows: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en&gl=US
It even worked perfectly with the very 1st Acer Chromebook Spin 13, which is a bit too big and heavy for note taking, though. This app profits on some kind of underlying technology for EMR recognition. Perfect.
Long story short: get a Chromebook with EMR pens/capable screen, use different PENs and Apps.
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Not sure how they are now, but I used lecture notes back when I was in uni. It allows for me to record the voice through mic, and annotate slides that are uploaded to my device. Had a galaxy note 10.1 v1.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite: costa sui 349 con penna compresa, l'app nativa S-Note è fantastica per prendere appunti ma ne esistono diverse altre (es. Microsoft Onenote, LectureNotes), ha il vantaggio di avere Android 10 quindi non sei bloccato nell'ecosistema apple e puoi salvare i tuoi files su microsd.
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Looks like LectureNotes and the companion app LectureRecordings have that capability.
I no longer have these installed so can't test this, but you may want to check these out.
Look at at the 30-second mark3 on this video demo of LectureNotes where they show how to important and annotate PDFs on a mobile device.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en_US
Yeah, I hear you. If I am really creating handwritten/drawing stuff, I use Squid (which can still feel a little heavy at times, and backs itself up, but doesn't sync to the phone unless I do a restore from online backup). If I'm writing down a note to remember something (a phrase, a quick sketch), both Keep and Samsung Notes are good interfaces, but since there's zero friction calling up Notes from a locked phone, that's where my post-it type notes end up. So for the moment, I've just resigned myself to not everything being in one place. I have a monthly recurring to-do list to review my Samsung handwritten notes and transcribe somewhere for permanent filing or delete. Everything I've "drawn" is in Squid (which can be exported as pdf and filed in Drive), and my text musings (which can include transcribed Samsung jotted down Notes) are in Simplenote. Still trying to refine my process.
Waaaay back when I used an app called Lecture Notes (I know there's a paid Android app, and I was using it on a Windows Tablet PC, I think?) for a while, but it was a little much for what I needed so I let the trial expire. If I recall, it was compared to One Note at the time. This might be an interesting all-in-one to look at, to see if it suits you: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
To maximize battery performance on a new device it's good to do several complete discharge/recharge cycles initially then at least a few times a month. Only time my battery has died prematurely is from leaving it plugged in all the time.
For note taking apps, take a look at LectureNotes and OneNote.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
I haven't used it in a few years now, but LectureNotes worked well for me in school. I believe you can set a custom page size and there's ways to export to PDF and also import PDFs.
I have a distant memory of "maybe" seeing someone compare the effectiveness of writing on a tablet vs the effectiveness of writing on paper. I don't see why there would be a difference. If there is, I imagine that it's not much.
Benefits of writing on a tablet include the ability to do things like copy and paste things, use different colors, line sizes and highlighters easily, rapidly move through lots of pages or notebooks, draw perfect shapes (if you use the right app) and use layers which allow you to layer things on top of things.
With layers, you could even import a PDF and write on top of it. If you do mind mapping, the ability to easily draw perfect rectangles and other shapes comes in handy too. You draw an approximate shape and the app turns it into a perfect shape. It can even convert your squiggly lines into perfect lines an arrows.
Here are a few features that the LectureNotes Android app provides ..
The last time I checked, paper and pen couldn't do all that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes&hl=en_US
Maybe there's a Mac equivalent of LectureNotes
I can't help with the paper, but I know a Galaxy Note type phone would come in handy since it gives you an infinite writing surface that works just like paper.
The LectureNotes app, with a rating close to 5 after over 8,000 reviews, can make the phone seem even more like a piece of paper. Maybe the new boss might give you a Galaxy Note, even an older one works, if you show how helpful it could be having a powerful portable note taking system that fits in your pocket. You can even take notes on the phone's screen when it's sleep.
An amazing app to take notes during lectures if you have a Galaxy Note device (tablets especially). You can import slides, pdfs, word documents and then write on top of them; export all your notes to PDFs, and it has some great categorization features. A must have I would say.
I use LectureNotes, but it is not self hosted however the files can be synced (I use Syncthing for it) and can be exported to pdf for syncing. I believe it imports Evernote stuff.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
Lecture Notes: the most customizable note taking app on Android. My favorite features:
I use DropSync to auto backup notes to the cloud
Lecture Notes the most feature rich note taking app. It does everything. Paid but worth every single penny. Has a learning curve, but if you invest the time it turns your Note into what it was always supposed to be.
I use a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) and the LectureNotes app for taking notes during my classes. I export them to PDF and sync them with DropSync.
The Galaxy Note's pen is pressure sensitive and the app supports disabling touch input so you can write with the pen, but don't accidently draw lines when you hand touches the display.
If you plan to use a Microsoft Surface or a Wacom tablet with Linux (this is /r/linux after all xD), i'd recommend Xournal, which is Open-Source and licensed under GPLv2.
I never owned a Surface, but I found this article:
> The pen works as a pointer and as a left-click when you press down, but because Bluetooth does not work out of the box you lose the buttons on the pen. It doesn’t seem like Ubuntu’s implementation of the pen is pressure sensitive either, though that may just be my not using the right application to measure. It’s plenty fast and quite smooth, but without the type cover the experience does suffer a bit.
That article is more than a year old, so the situation might have improved.
If you have a tablet, Lecture Notes will help. Here are some reviews. It lets you type, write and draw on a single page (in layers if you like).
On a computer, OneNote and Evernote don't make flowcharts (unless you physically draw them using the inking feature), but you can create a flowchart in another program and place a link to the flowchart in OneNote or Evernote. Or, you can place a screenshot of a flowchart in OneNote and annotate it by typing.
Onenote's linking feature makes it easy to place different information on different pages and link them together. For example, one page may contain a screenshot of a flowchart (or flowchart segment). Another page would discuss the flowchart and contain a link to the page that has the flowchart.
I use many of Evernote's features such as voice recording, drawing and typing. All that can happen on a single page. You could paste an image of a flowchart in Evernote but it's not easy to resize it as you can in some other programs. A solution for that is to create an evernote notebook that only contains images, such as flowchart images. That way any regular note page containing text can link to an image of a flowchart.
You might give the free Scrivener Windows beta a try. It helps you organize notes and ideas in a variety of ways, such as in a tree and in index cards. Again, you can place screenshots of flowcharts or links to flowchart images into a note.
Draw Express is one of the best drawing/diagramming apps I've seen on a mobile device. It lets you easily draw shapes with your finger and move them around. The trick is, the app converts your shape into a digital one so if you "kind of draw a rectangle," the app converts it into a perfect rectangle.
Additionally, you can tap a shape and type into it. That way you don't have to handwrite anything if you don't want to. Using Draw Express, you can rapidly draw a flowchart and even annotate it by typing. Another great feature is the ability to zoom and unzoom a diagram. That lets you easily manage large diagrams and flowcharts. I used Draw Express last night to work on some flow diagrams. It works on a phone but if you have a tablet, you get more room to draw things.
Note: On the Draw Express page, click the "View Demo" to see how fast someone makes a flowchart with labels using his finger. There's a Lite version you can try for free. The paid version is $7.99 but it's worth it. Since I do a lot of diagramming, I'm even considering buying a Galaxy Tablet just so I can use this app. Use it in conjunction with another app like Lecture Notes and you've got a powerful suite that can let you draw, write, type, diagram, annotate and organize faster than you probably can on a computer. As you noted, sometimes you need to do all those things and not every program has the ability to make that happen.
Here are some reviews ..
* This app is amazing - basically brings Visio to my phone, buts better in many ways.
* It took me 3 minutes to start mind mapping and drawing ideas. Excellent job. 5 star.
* Wow. Just wow. This is not only "the smart way to draw diagrams on the go", it's the best way to diagrams, period. I would buy a pc version immediately.
* Absolutely amazing. This app has literally changed my life. No more struggling with visio or random other apps to get my charts sorted. Thank you X 1000.
* Genius - rare genius..
Don't use a laptop to take notes. Various studies show it's not as effective as pen and paper long-term. If you're concerned about it, start practicing now. Reviewing, organizing, and rewriting your notes is one of the best ways to both study and ensure you've got quality material.
Tablets like Samsung's Note with Lecture Notes or the Microsoft Surface with OneNote (only on Microsoft products; Microsoft refuses to add any useful features to Android or iOS versions) work very well for notetaking. I'd assume an iPad with the iPencil would work well, but iOS really shines because it has full bluetooth stylus support (eg Adonit Jot), a feature Microsoft and Android currently lack. Any of these, paired with a bluetooth keyboard, can also serve as your laptop, and all work great for textbooks.
Suggest trying both and forming your own opinion. You'll have to wait for the upcoming Galaxy Tab S5 for bundled pen support. For note taking app, suggest looking at Lecture Notes and their audio and video recording add-ons. Having used both ecosystems, Android will be closer to a computer replacement since it has Linux on DeX desktop experience, Termux unix shell with installable packages, better foreground and background multitasking vs iOS where, for example, active SSH/telnet sessions die after 3 minutes in the background, VP codec for YouTube >1080p, freedom to install things like Kodi, console and system emulators, torrent clients, etc.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
My phone photographs a paper page and the page winds up on my computer. That's probably faster than using a physical scanner.
You might give the trial version of LectureNotes a try on your tablet or phone. With 7,888 reviews, it still has an average rating of 4.7. There's a learning curve, but as some of the reviews will show, the app could help you ditch paper. This Physics teacher said,
>"I don't use paper nor pencil anymore!"
Since there is a learning curve and the benefits might not be obvious until you learn the app, it might help to read some of those reviews at Amazon or Google Play to see that it's worth learning what the benefits are. It even has layers and the ability to let you write and draw on top of an imported PDF. The Physics teacher went on to say,
>"This app is not a simple UI, it is complex and takes a while to learn and navigate. Lecturenotes is the perfect tool to prepare my problem examples, homework and test keys. I can delete, copy, rearrange, rotate any part of the document. I don't use paper nor pencil anymore! The pages can be organized in notebooks and folders, copied, and edited anytime. There are tools to draw x-y axes, boxes, arrows, highlight text, and much more that I have not explored yet. The paper sheets can be configured in many ways .. simply the application I use most often for my academic work. Absolutely recommended if you intend to substitute your notebook with a electronic tablet. I'm even considering upgrade to a note 10.1 to use this great app."
A Kindle customer even thought the app could replace paper and said ...
>"Boy, for the price this App has a lot of functionality. It's the perfect App for note taking! In addition to hand written notes, images, text, grids, various shapes (filled and unfilled) and arrows, etc., can be inserted to spice up your notes. I can see this App as a realistic replacement for paper notebooks. There are no real CONS I can think of."
There are so many features that when I used it I never tried out all the features. If I ever get a tablet again, that'll be one of the first apps I get. My phone still has the Lite free version on it and even on a phone (that's note a Galaxy Note), LectureNotes is useful.
Not sure if it fits what you're looking for, but I was a big fan of LectureNotes back when I was in school.
The following devices all have Wacom EMR digitizers and would for example work with the Staedtler noris digital ($27)
Which one you want probably depends on whether you want a keyboard or not and how much you value screen size, resolution and quality (All except the lenovo are "retina", either 12 inch 3:2, 10 inch Amoled or 9.7 4:3 Ipad screen or garbage for the lenovo one).
Appwise, Inkredible Pro is pretty nice as is LectureNotes. Inkredible has nicer pens and design, but LectureNotes has more features.
Chem student here and I use an android tablet with an app called Lecture Notes. It took a little bit of tinkering to get it set up the way I like, but it offers a ton of flexibility. I'd also recommend a disc-style stylus such as the Adonit Jot Pro or Musemee Notier.
LectureNotes + LectureRecordings
LectureNotes is a bit daunting at first. Might want to start with the trial version. But once you get the hang of it, it is a very powerful and customizeable note taking app. There is an extensive help page and the developer is very responsive to emails.
Cursive might be worth trying since it's free, but it's not very feature pack. There is also LectureNotes, I don't know how well it works on Chrome OS, but I used it a lot back when I had an Android tablet. Touchnotes is something I tried briefly and it worked pretty well from my short experience.
If you are ok with paid apps, I'm quite happy with LectureNotes. It's quite flexible.
You could record audio separately on PC and then merge it with video before uploading. The app LectureNotes has an addon app LectureVideos that lets you record video and audio into separate files (or it can merge both into an mp4 if you manage to get a good external mic working with Android). You can then just grab the video file and the sound file from PC and merge them with something like ffmpeg.
Or if you have wired headphones with a microphone, you could try using them with a 3.5mm to usb c adapter, they are pretty cheap. Maybe someone can recommend one that definitely works (mine are still in the mail and I'm still waiting for the tablet as well). These people say not just any adapter works, so you'd have to make sure you get one that works with Samsung devices.
LectureNotes has most of the features you listed.
This is what you want: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.lecturenotes
I like the way this guy does it: new features, updates go to the top, and he erases the bottom ones.
Capacitive stylus and LectureNotes