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It's so, so, so, very awesome. I no longer carry a paper notebook for taking notes. But, you could figure out yourself if you like it in approximately 30 secon

It's so, so, so, very awesome. I no longer carry a paper notebook for taking notes. But, you could figure out yourself if you like it in approximately 30 seconds at an apple store; try it out in the notes app and a few other drawing apps. You'll know immediately if it's right for you.

gumby 11y ago
That's why I was waiting for the smaller iPad Pro: note taking! I'm glad you say it works well -- I did try the pencil in the apple store and it seemed pretty good. But do you have an app that takes notes and converts your handwriting to text? I haven't found reviews of apps that seem to do that well. That's the real point of taking them digitally instead of on paper.
- vessenes 11y ago
  There's nothing out there that's any good for me right now. I'm giving it a year. I would really like a modern app that lets me read and markup web pages, pdfs and make notes and drawings all seamlessly, and makes it searchable, etc. Onenote and Evernote are way, way worse than a paper notebook for my needs, but I can taste the chance that a working digital notebook offers. It's so close!
- goerz 11y ago
  I found GoodNotes to be absolutely perfect for my needs of a note-taking app. With the Pencil, it has completely replaced paper for me. It also does conversion from handwriting to text, although I can't say I use that feature much. It does seem to work quite well for normal writing, but for lots of greek letters and math it fails (expectedly).
  - vessenes 11y ago
    Okay, I gave GoodNotes a shot yesterday. Lots to like is my first reaction; thanks for the tip! It has that tiny bit of latency that all ios pencil apps seem to have; only Apple Notes feels 'perfect' to me right now. And, the paper texture / materials in Notes are better; the Notes pencil tool is just about perfect in my opinion. On the plus side, I liked having all the different graph papers, the notebook features seem to work well, and marking up a pdf was fine. I'll see if I reach for it next time I'm taking notes, but right now it's neck and neck with Apple Notes for me.

gumby 11y ago

That's why I was waiting for the smaller iPad Pro: note taking! I'm glad you say it works well -- I did try the pencil in the apple store and it seemed pretty good. But do you have an app that takes notes and converts your handwriting to text? I haven't found reviews of apps that seem to do that well. That's the real point of taking them digitally instead of on paper.

vessenes 11y ago
There's nothing out there that's any good for me right now. I'm giving it a year. I would really like a modern app that lets me read and markup web pages, pdfs and make notes and drawings all seamlessly, and makes it searchable, etc. Onenote and Evernote are way, way worse than a paper notebook for my needs, but I can taste the chance that a working digital notebook offers. It's so close!
goerz 11y ago
I found GoodNotes to be absolutely perfect for my needs of a note-taking app. With the Pencil, it has completely replaced paper for me. It also does conversion from handwriting to text, although I can't say I use that feature much. It does seem to work quite well for normal writing, but for lots of greek letters and math it fails (expectedly).
- vessenes 11y ago
  Okay, I gave GoodNotes a shot yesterday. Lots to like is my first reaction; thanks for the tip! It has that tiny bit of latency that all ios pencil apps seem to have; only Apple Notes feels 'perfect' to me right now. And, the paper texture / materials in Notes are better; the Notes pencil tool is just about perfect in my opinion. On the plus side, I liked having all the different graph papers, the notebook features seem to work well, and marking up a pdf was fine. I'll see if I reach for it next time I'm taking notes, but right now it's neck and neck with Apple Notes for me.