I've been looking for an app or a way to complete a form using a picture of it. We have dry erase boards set up at work which employees fill out during production and at the end of the day we transfer the data to an excel file. I'm one of the, youngest, only tech gurus around work and I usually take a picture of each board then sit at my desk and complete the forms rather than stand at each one and hold the work laptop. Anyhow, we have a galaxy note 10.1 (wifi), iPad and several other devices. I prefer the Note! I'd like to create the board in an app then take a picture of said board which will then complete my form by transferring the numbers. I'm sure some of you may have seen the Words With Friends aspect of this...screen shot your current game board then the 'cheat' app loads it and gives you all the available words you can play. I want the same thing basically, if possible?
Any suggestions?
If I understand you correctly it sounds like you could take a picture of the board and use it as a background in SNote then just place your text in the proper places. Problem you can not (as yet) save the picture as a template so you need to add the pic for each new note.
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Sorry for the title...
Anyway, this is my last try. I've been looking very hard for a note-taking application that does what I want, which is quite a lot, I suppose. I've narrowed it down to this:
Support for text and handwritten notes
Ability to include a photograph, taken directly with the camera or from storage
Search function. If you can search handwriting, even better!
Format text
Pictures, ink and text should all be visible at the same time when looking at a note.
My top candidates are
PhatPad/PhatNotes - What I'm currently using. Ink and text are separated and when inserting a picture in text-mode places it as an icon and when inserting in ink-mode it's used as background for all pages
Evernote - Would be perfect, but you can't see your notes... Has all the features, but you need an internet connection to look at them (very ridicules). Don't know about releases prior to 3.x though?
I know this been asked before, but I just can't find any, and this is my last attempt. If people here doesn't know about one, then there really isn't one. Peace of mind is priceless, so I will sell my PDA to buy the app if I have to.
So i have been looking for a note taking app that does as much of the fallowing as possible.
~ Supports having multiple organized Note books (easy UI preff)
~ Supports In line stylus writing and drawing, as well as being able to type it.
~ Allows tot to input PDFs (homework) and write on them.
~ Wont go woonky when i put my palm on the screen when i write.
~ Have a sort of organized notebook appeal.
Optional plusses...
~ Overlay : Be able to bring up a sort of window within other apps to jot a quick note
~ Less than 20 bucks.
~ Cloud storage over multiple devices.
~ Insert pictures from camera
Firstly, i want to say i have been researching for one for a LONG time.
I have tried Ever note, Gnote, GroovyNotes(best-ish for the ui), writepad and a bunch of randoms.
I think ever note just about does it all, but the way the ui is set up is annoying and i find it to be less effective in quick navigation versus Groovy notes, but you can put picture in line with your notes. Ever notes stylus stuff i find kinda useless seeing i have to use skitch and it only just inserts a picture.
Another app that i kinda liked was antipaper, but it was just to simple, but its ability to write and type on the same page was AMAZING!!
If there is an app out there than can pull off what im looking for, or maybe 2 apps together, i would want it asap. Also developers that might see this, i would invest in a persont hat thinks they could make this work. I truly thing that if you could make microsoft word, with notebooks(like one note) and be able to write on your notes, and input pictures and PDFs, i would pay atleast 15-20$.
PS i know there are a lot of posts like this, but i had to get my request out there.
Notes:
Moto-xoom
Rooted 4.1.1
EOS3 nightly 147
Edit:
Never mind, im buying a galaxy note 10.1 as soon as i sell my xoom.
Hi all,
I am starting a series of videos that will look at every aspect of the Surface RT tablet. I do reviews on different aspects of the device, basic tutorials to learn how to use the device and app reviews on the best, most useful and free apps.
I have previously done very successful videos on the Asus Transformer Prime (150 videos) and the Nexus 7 (100 videos) but I see this as being my biggest project to date since Windows 8 is such a radical departure from previous version that I'll be posting many videos as I learn new and interesting things. Here are a few videos just to give you a flavour of my work.
I am literally scratching the surface (every pun intended) of this device and will be kicking out a couple of videos everyday for a good few weeks. I'll be updating this thread regularly. I hope you find them useful, entertaining and informative.
Thanks in advance,
vgjfelix
Cool - Couple of comments.
On the Tile Screen, if you drag one app way to the bottom, it will also shrink the size of the start screen overall, making it easier to drag long distances accross many groups. I am finding this crucial, since my start screen is getting really long - over 70 apps. Which brings me to my next comment - Hopefully MS or a 3rd party developer will come up with an option to group tiles into folders as you can do on Ipads and Android, as app management is going to be an issue with the current layout and no ability to group into folders
Regarding the charging cable - I am surprised you made no comment how tough it is sometimes to get the magnetic connection to seat properly and start charging even though it appears to be connected - I think MS failed on the design. Apparent in your video when you are using 2 hands to get it seated correctly. I had heard this can be fixed by filing the sharp edges of the connector but have not been brave enough to do it yet.
Other than that - Good job - Keep them coming . .
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Cool - Couple of comments.
On the Tile Screen, if you drag one app way to the bottom, it will also shrink the size of the start screen overall, making it easier to drag long distances accross many groups. I am finding this crucial, since my start screen is getting really long - over 70 apps. Which brings me to my next comment - Hopefully MS or a 3rd party developer will come up with an option to group tiles into folders as you can do on Ipads and Android, as app management is going to be an issue with the current layout and no ability to group into folders
Regarding the charging cable - I am surprised you made no comment how tough it is sometimes to get the magnetic connection to seat properly and start charging even though it appears to be connected - I think MS failed on the design. Apparent in your video when you are using 2 hands to get it seated correctly. I had heard this can be fixed by filing the sharp edges of the connector but have not been brave enough to do it yet.
Other than that - Good job - Keep them coming . .
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Thanks for the comment. Thanks for the app drag tip. I am learning just like everyone else at the moment so whenever someone tells me something like this I think 'this needs a video' so I'll probably do one about it.
I have noticed since doing the plug review that is it a little tricky to connect up the charger. I might bring this up in a later video.
vgjfelix
Two more videos here.
First of all I know this review is completely out of number sequence, I just wanted to put this one up as soon as I did because this topic is important to me.
Font sizes. Once again another tablet fails to deliver when it comes to giving us the freedom to set font sizes how we would like. That's what we do a lot of the time with tablets, and you can always resize fonts in books readers. So why doesn't this extend to apps and the tablet (and I'm talking about tablets in general here) eco system as a whole. Well one app in this video proves it is possible with a brilliant feature.
And the second one: here begins my App-Snack videos. First one is a simple live clock and date tile:
vgjfelix
A quick look on my experiences (so far) of how the tablet lock and unlocks
If you use the legacy (non-Metro) control panel, you can adjust the DPI to enlarge text and everything in the screen. However, this may push the display below the minimum resolution to use metro-style apps.
This video is a quick test about using the tablet in a confined space:
Today is a quick look at an odd problem with the youtube reply button on the browser.
Just in case you didn't know. You don't have to get an official HDMI cable:
This is a video about some of my first impressions tile arrangement on the start screen:
This one is a quick look at the lack of uniformity when changing settings. Why is the same option accessed by different methods.
Another quick look, this time at frustrating experiences of the App store search function (am I really doing something wrong?):
As I start to get a grip on this operating system, more and more Basics tutorial videos will start to come out. In this one I look at the offscreen swipe gestures (on the startscreen).
Another quick look, this time at my shrinking storage:
Another quick look in this one regarding High Contrast Mode:
A look at an excellent Tech news app that's arrived early on Surface RT
A guide and impressions of the app store in this one:
In this video I show you how to quickly move tiles around your startscreen,
So the Surface RT is seriously telling me that it won't support the resolution of my television so I can't watch movies on it? Very disgruntled! Help someone!
A quick basic video about lock screen passwords.
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
AW: App for serously annotating PDFs.
Unfortunately you did not mention Which apps you already tested and did not find useful .
I'm sure that the Combination of your wish list Will lead to no result .Currently Im happy With ezPDF reader but Im also teting iAnnotate .
l like the Idea of saveing the annotation In a separate file . This Would also enable annotation for protected files.
Have you tried Lecture Notes. You can divide pages to create the extra page you wish. You can add multiple layers for annotating, drawing etc. and each layer is saved as a separate file.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Whilst I love LN, I think it is nowhere near useful for any serious PDF work.
The software is brilliant in importing PDFs, and I think that is a great functionality for ripping off bits of PDF documents and including them in handwritten notes. On the other hand LN does not (and it is not supposed to) handle PDF documents in their native format. It simply transforms them into bitmap images. When you export the notebook back to PDF the result is 6-8 times larger than the original (could be less, depending on the type of document) and it has lost all the vectorial and text content. Besides, LN struggles to import anything that has more than 100-150 pages and contains lots of objects.
I do quite a lot of proof reading of PDFs of technical publications, and I find that my note is a fantastic tool for annotating draft publications, despite having a desktop PC with a very large screen in front of me. I do not need the features requested by the OP, because the tablet is my secondary instrument and I can always go back to my PC for more complicated things. So far the most comprehensive software that I found for annotating PDFs is ezPDF, followed by Adobe Reader. I also bought LN, but that helps me in different things.
What MouseTheLuckyDog is looking for is probably an Android port of Adobe Acrobat, but I doubt we will ever see one, at least in the short term.
Floating Draw
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
I don't know if this is of any use but my workflow is using Zotero within Firefox on the desktop. There is also another zotero extension that I use to sync the pdfs to dropbox, and from there onto my note via foldersync. I then read and highlight using ezpdf, then import back into zotero and this extracts all my highlighted text.
Ezpdf reader
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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Have you tried this. I am I use it for work and it gives me everything I need.
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
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Editors Note: The app in question is "floating draw".
So next time I open the doc willl I see the annotations there?
I've been looking for app with similar requirements. Only apps I found that allow you to export to PDF without converting everything to images are Adobe Reader and EzPDF. Adobe has a bit limited functionality (could use an eraser or full touch rejection mode), but I think it's still the best choice available - EzPDF does everything I need, but its small icons are extremely uncomfortable.
I use Mantano. .
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ezPDF all the way...
also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083668
Maybe iannotate pdf...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branchfire.iannotate
i use both ezpdf and mantano i like them both
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2_vEPKe7iQdFRJZVlBdW9oNlpxY3FMTmozLTRQalE&usp=sharing
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=CF614F1B1C4D877F!242&authkey=!AMcP9sEY9MoI4s8
[edit] posted a link to the correct version of the drive doc.
Started a document to list out all the drawing apps on android and list out what they can and cant do. Would like help in filling it out as I dont own all of them and havent found all the functions on those that I do own yet.
My aim is to have a comprehensive list of all the apps and functions to be able to identify what the most appropriate suite of apps for my specific work flow
was going to use google drive but it turns out it is a bit rubbish though and i cant even format the headers to be vertical. went with my office.com instead. that cant do verticle text either. can anyone suggest a tool that I can share this file with that will allow me to put it in a readable and usable format?
Pretty disheartened with this. Had a fair amount of requests to edit which meant I linked the wrong file (will fix that tonight, cant do that at work). Had a busy weekend with movies and meals, a whole day in london etc... so hadnt had a chance to fix the link.
Given how poor google docs is, i may put up a template for people to fill out and then post pictures of the excel version of the sheet as it is in a far friendlier format.
want to help but hate using drive?... fill in the blanks... thanks
App name
Max resolution
Import jpg
import png
import psd
import vector
export jpeg
export png
export psd
vector
pencil
pen
ink
watercolour
oil
airbrush
Chalk
customise brushes
tuxture brushes
new brushes
Bucket fill
gradients
Max Layers
Dulplicate
Merge
Opacity
Reorder
Resize
Colour Layer
Overlay Layer
Multiply
Mask / Clipping
Name Layer
Rect Select
Free Select
Auto Select
Transform
Anti aliased (filters)
blend / smudge tool
dodge/ burn
flip
grid overlay
drawing guides (radial, angle, grid)
presure sensitivity
Palm rejection
additional notes
hertsjoatmon said:
Pretty disheartened with this. Had a fair amount of requests to edit which meant I linked the wrong file (will fix that tonight, cant do that at work). Had a busy weekend with movies and meals, a whole day in london etc... so hadnt had a chance to fix the link.
Given how poor google docs is, i may put up a template for people to fill out and then post pictures of the excel version of the sheet as it is in a far friendlier format.
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This is a very helpful post! THanks!!!
Yeah, sorry I haven't contributed yet... real life has been really demanding. Are you still visiting the forums? Only app ive really gotten my teeth sunk into is Clover Paint... it's brilliant.
wellcome
thanx
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hertsjoatmon said:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2_vEPKe7iQdFRJZVlBdW9oNlpxY3FMTmozLTRQalE&usp=sharing
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=CF614F1B1C4D877F!242&authkey=!AMcP9sEY9MoI4s8
[edit] posted a link to the correct version of the drive doc.
Started a document to list out all the drawing apps on android and list out what they can and cant do. Would like help in filling it out as I dont own all of them and havent found all the functions on those that I do own yet.
My aim is to have a comprehensive list of all the apps and functions to be able to identify what the most appropriate suite of apps for my specific work flow
was going to use google drive but it turns out it is a bit rubbish though and i cant even format the headers to be vertical. went with my office.com instead. that cant do verticle text either. can anyone suggest a tool that I can share this file with that will allow me to put it in a readable and usable format?
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S Note is cool apps
Built-in on the GALAXY Note 8.0
If you like the idea of photo editing on your phone, you might well take to sketching on it too.
It's a good thing that Samsung includes not only an S Pen with the Note 8.0, but also a fantastic note-taking and sketching app, S Note.
S Note is, on one level, a quick way to get all your creative juices flowing on your tablet, but on another, a potential library of notes, recipes, mind-maps, journal entries and lots more.
For a quick note, simply double-tap the screen with the S Pen while holding down the button on its side. This will produce a popup window you can doodle in.
When you want to create a more complete notebook entry, open up the full S Note app. Samsung offers plenty of templates for notebooks, from handy graph paper through to easy-on-the-eye recycled paper.
You can also choose from a plethora of pens, highlighters and a host of smart options to make your S Note experience just like working in a real book.
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Yeah, sorry I haven't contributed yet... real life has been really demanding. Are you still visiting the forums? Only app ive really gotten my teeth sunk into is Clover Paint... it's brilliant.
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Not been on the forums and not been on my tablet much. Got a iPhone in December and have been playing with that lot. The honey period is over though and I have the urge to sketch again. Did a few quick things last night, but nothing I'm happy with.
My note seemed laggy to me as well, it may be because I was using a 2000 X 2000 canvas though. Stretching the limits of the processor and RAM. Will stick to 1400 x 1400 sizes in future.
Anyway, welcome back. Hope all is well.
I think this is a great idea. I just got my Note and I've been comparing some drawing programs. I've added some feedback to the Excell spreadsheet(the Drive link looked empty). Info on Artflow, Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop Touch & Infinite Painter. :laugh: