Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet
by FroshKiller on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @09:27AM
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You can't grep paper.
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just to clear up any possible confusion; don't expect text recognition.
it's probably the most requested feature, but it's a really, really hard problem.
but please send me a message at [email protected] if anyone have any tips about solutions to this (we're talking with a couple of vendors, but we might have missed some).
FroshKiller is right, a good search feature would make this device much more useful.
Regarding that I do have a 'tip' for you. There is no need for an intermediate textual representation. If a sequence of pen strokes is what you have recorded, then a sequence of pen strokes is what you should search by.
For further tips (or an algorithm) I have to charge :)
Re:ReMarkable Paper Tablet
by FroshKiller on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:35AM
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Yeah, to be clear, I was talking about the advantages of electronic documents over paper in general, not any specific application of this device.