[NTLK] Newton-like note taking on Windows?

Dennis Swaney romad at mac.com
Mon Jan 9 14:07:09 EST 2017


Here are other MyScript apps:
http://myscript.com/technology/technical-demonstrations/

Nothing for macOS, though, only iOS for Apple products.



Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Sonny Hung <sonnyhung at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just did a search for Nebo and the Windows page says it's Free for the
> next 22 days. from the $8.99 normal pricing. I will try to download this
> later tonight on my Windows 10 laptop I have at home and check it out too.
>
> Here's the link I found it at:
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/nebo/9nblggh4nlb0
>
> God bless,
>
> Sonny Hung
> the Hung Family
>
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Anthony Morrow <anthonydmorrow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2017, at 3:51 AM, Jon Glass <jonglass at usa.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 1:12 AM Aaron Brigati <abrigati at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I just got a Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855 with an active stylus and I'd
> really
> > >> like to find a Newton-ish note taking program for it.
> > >>
> > >> The built-in Windows HWR is pretty good, but you can only write in a
> > >> predefined little box, there's nothing like the Newton's 'write
> > anywhere'
> > >> and editing is a royal pain.
> > >>
> > >> I found a few 'note pad' apps on the store, but they either use the
> > system
> > >> pen input box or they're just a sketchpad that doesn't convert the
> > writing
> > >> to text.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I have Nebo installed. It does HWR, and you write on the lines on the
> > > screen, with the converted text above.
> > >
> > > Nebo HTML Export
> > > this is a note. I don't know if it does HWR.
> > >
> > > I just wrote the above, as you can see from the attribution. :-)
> > >
> > > Might be worth checking out as an alternative to OneNote, though
> OneNote
> > is
> > > pretty usable.
> > > --
> > > --
> > > Jon Glass
> > > jonglass at usa.net
> > > jonglass at mac.com
> >
> > I’ll throw a vote to Nebo and OneNote as well. Nebo is great for wanting
> > to write and have it converted instantly to text. It has a lot of
> gestures
> > similar to the Newton like making a character of a word uppercase,
> > joining/splitting a word, etc. This is the closest experience I’ve found
> to
> > the Newton’s “Text” recognition mode. The maker of Nebo will often times
> > run specials on the Windows Store and make the app free.
> >
> > OneNote is good for drawing and jotting stuff down. It does HWR in the
> > background so you can do text searches against your scribbles. You can
> also
> > convert hand written notes to text. OneNote, to me, feels like a
> > combination of the Newton’s “ink Text” and “Sketches” recognition mode
> > running at the same time. Remember, there are two version of OneNote for
> > Windows: the UWP app from the Windows Store and the full desktop version
> > available through an Office365 subscription or free at <
> > https://www.onenote.com/download>. I personally use the desktop app on a
> > Surface Pro 4 and find it to be better for a large screen. Before that I
> > was using the UWP app on a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2.
> >
> > I would love to use Nebo’s HWR mode inside OneNote. It would be a pretty
> > good combination. Sadly, you can only export to HTML or MS Word from Nebo
> > and while you can copy and paste from those to OneNote, it is just too
> many
> > steps.
> >
> > Tony Morrow
> > lookanotherblog.com
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