Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes?

Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by Jorslu on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:43PM (#27053108)

I still use my iPad Pro 9.7 inch to take notes using Notability. It's useful for just getting thoughts down, keeping my notes digital, and being able to essentially both notebook and books in one device. I absolutely love it! Personally, Notability has been my daily driver. Sometimes I'll use Nebo but now with the Apple Scribble feature, I find myself just writing into the text boxes manually. I've been using the iPad + Pencil since late 2016 and haven't looked back ever since. I also prefer the Pencil over glass. The matte screen protector felt nice but degraded the screen visibility enough to be annoying.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by tmaly on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:44PM (#27054716)

Can Notability OCR hand written text to regular typed text? It was not clear to me when I looked at the description in the app store.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by Jtsummers on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:11PM (#27055045)

I believe it is enabled through an in app purchase. I don’t recall the price.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by Jorslu on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:43AM (#27063070)

+1 - In app purchase. It was $4.99 before but I think they dropped the price to $2.99. Funny enough, the handwriting recognition is supplied by Nebo.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by tmaly on Thursday May 06, 2021 @06:14PM (#27069668)

How well does it work?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by mraza007 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:26PM (#27054481)

Are you talking about the paper like screen protector for iPad which gives paper feel

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by DarmokJalad1701 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:50PM (#27054805)

Not OP, but I do have one of these screen protectors. I bought a generic one off Amazon instead of the expensive "Paperlike". It works just as good.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by mraza007 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:47PM (#27055595)

Got it. I ordered an iPad by the way which screen protector did you use besides paper like

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by DarmokJalad1701 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:11PM (#27198722)

I got something called "Paperfeel" from Amazon which is around $12.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SKV995M

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use iPad to take handwritten notes? by Jorslu on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:48AM (#27063140)

I did not use Paperlike. I used a generic matte screen protector off of Amazon. I had used the matte screen protector for a year and then took it off and got used to the glass feel.

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