Comments on: Taking Notes iPhone-Style – A GD How-To http://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Rhodehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-67782 Jason Rhode Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:02:58 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-67782 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Taking notes, iPhone style - http://bit.ly/aowtyc #mobileonly</span></span> Taking notes, iPhone style – http://bit.ly/aowtyc #mobileonly

]]> By: jsagehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47032 jsage Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:35:21 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47032 Dan, finally got a chance to try this on the desktop client at home. I snapped a few jpegs with my Pre using Evernote. After OCR, the text is searchable but isn't appended to the note. However it does appear in the export file, along with alternate guesses from Evernote's OCR engine. So your solution above is perhaps the best route right now for large blocks of text. Dan, finally got a chance to try this on the desktop client at home. I snapped a few jpegs with my Pre using Evernote. After OCR, the text is searchable but isn’t appended to the note. However it does appear in the export file, along with alternate guesses from Evernote’s OCR engine. So your solution above is perhaps the best route right now for large blocks of text.

]]> By: Jessica Fritschehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47014 Jessica Fritsche Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:54:31 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47014 I really like this workflow. I use Evernote and Scrivener myself, so I might just have to give this a try. I have often thought about getting one of those scanner pens (something I dearly wish I'd had in college!!!) to use for things like that, but JotNot might be worth a try. I do wish I had the 3GS camera so that I could get sharper images with the autofocus, though. I have trouble getting good images of text with my iPhone 3G. I really like this workflow. I use Evernote and Scrivener myself, so I might just have to give this a try.

I have often thought about getting one of those scanner pens (something I dearly wish I’d had in college!!!) to use for things like that, but JotNot might be worth a try. I do wish I had the 3GS camera so that I could get sharper images with the autofocus, though. I have trouble getting good images of text with my iPhone 3G.

]]> By: Dan Cohenhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47012 Dan Cohen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:44:11 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47012 Weird-- it seems to work if something is a pdf but not for jpegs. I wonder if there is something I am doing wrong... Weird– it seems to work if something is a pdf but not for jpegs. I wonder if there is something I am doing wrong…

]]> By: jsagehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47011 jsage Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:55:24 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47011 Dan, after Evernote processes the image for text, it should append it to the end of the note. You can also export the note and read the text. I haven't done it in a while, and I seem to remember that Evernote also included word guesses in the text, so ... ymmv on larger text blocks. I've used in on addresses mostly. Dan, after Evernote processes the image for text, it should append it to the end of the note. You can also export the note and read the text. I haven’t done it in a while, and I seem to remember that Evernote also included word guesses in the text, so … ymmv on larger text blocks. I’ve used in on addresses mostly.

]]> By: Dan Cohenhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47007 Dan Cohen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:45:27 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47007 jsage- I know Evernote will do OCR so that any image becomes searchable (love that feature!) but if I want to be able to copy and paste text that was in an image into a new document (so I do not have to retype it) Evernote doesn't do the job. Since it is doing OCR to make images searchable I assume it could convert the image to text easily but, unless I am missing something, that functionality isn't there yet. jsage- I know Evernote will do OCR so that any image becomes searchable (love that feature!) but if I want to be able to copy and paste text that was in an image into a new document (so I do not have to retype it) Evernote doesn’t do the job. Since it is doing OCR to make images searchable I assume it could convert the image to text easily but, unless I am missing something, that functionality isn’t there yet.

]]> By: jsagehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/14/taking-notes-iphone-style-a-gd-how-to/#comment-47006 jsage Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:17:49 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=37578#comment-47006 Dan, Evernote will do the OCR for you. Snap the pic and send it to Evernote. Or snap the pic from within Evernote. But it doesn't do the cropping that JotNot does - that is pretty slick. Dan, Evernote will do the OCR for you. Snap the pic and send it to Evernote. Or snap the pic from within Evernote. But it doesn’t do the cropping that JotNot does – that is pretty slick.

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