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Do you guys write with special pens or fingers? I've only tried one pen myself, and it was so thick (~1,2 cm) that I really didnt like it.
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Capacitive styluses are thick, yes. But I prefer a stylus to fingers for drawing/painting or writing. Like Tom, I use a Wacom Bamboo which is one of the best I think in terms of precision, but it's still thick.
Adonit make a stylus with a fine tip, reviews on Amazon are mixed though. And they have announced a pressure-sensitive stylus, which I find very tempting even if it doesn't work with every app. I'm waiting impatiently for it to be available. |
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I have been handwriting on the iPad a while now. I have been using the Adonit Jot stylus and love it. Te clear capacitive disk makes it very easy to see where you are writing/sketching. I noted the announcement about the new pressure sensitive stylus being worked on, but have no real need for that, I am in no way artistic and having that as a features doesn't interest me.
I use either Note Taker HD or Notability apps. Lately I have been unsung notability almost exclusively. I like the fact it automatically syncs notes to dropbox, so I can access my notes from any of my devices, mac, iPhone, iPad... I also was looking at this stylus with interest - http://cregle.com/ipen - The Cregle iPen, not capacitive, but uses a separate dongle to trace the pens location. Not sur show well it would work with a case, but almost interested enough to spend th money to find out Andy |
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Their support page isn't anything to write home about, but you can use the message form to request new features. http://www.fluidtouch.biz/noteshelf/support <><><> Now please forgive what must sound like very ignorant questions, but if I export a file as a PDF, is there a character recognition program out there that could turn it into text? And when saving as images, what format is used? |
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WritePad for iPad sounds like a fantastic app, and I'd like to give it a try, but there are a couple of questions I have first: (1) Does it convert handwriting? The video I just watched on YouTube doesn't show it doing that, but rather shows it converting handprinting to text.
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1) Yes, but not if your writing is really untidy. Otherwise its pretty good. It is supposed to adapt to your particular style though, so maybe not such an issue. 2) Yes. I wish there was a palm rest. Last edited by kyteflyer; 06-01-2012 at 04:08 PM. |
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Thanks, kyteflyer. I'll give it a try.
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I don't believe I'll be using my stylus with this app. With the other apps, it's a bit of a necessity because finger writing quickly fills the screen, but with the way this app instantly converts words as you write, the problem of running out of screen space vanished. Goodbye, writer's cramp! Fantastic app, and I think I may have a new favorite. Thanks, kyteflyer—karma coming your way! |
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Maybe I should try this app too. I rarely feel the need to convert handwriting to text, but sometimes I write on the metro or train, and in a cramped environment it's difficult to use the keyboard. In that case handwriting recognition would be very useful.
The same company has an app called phatpad that seems to be more of a notebook app, as opposed to writepad which is a word processor, if I understand correctly. Has anyone tried it? Also, I have a question about writepad: can you use the same app with several languages? I'm a little worried because there are several versions of the app, including one for French, and they all cost 8 euros. Do I need to buy the English app and the French one if I want to write in both languages? |
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Well, i just wasted 8 euros. Writepad may be good for English, but in French it's a disaster. In fact, it's even stated in the user manual: the recognition engine is optimized for US English only. Too bad they didn't put this sentence in the store description. I don't know how easy it is to get a refund on the apple store, I've never tried it, but I will try now. I could try to use the app for English, but now that I have chosen franchise as my main language I would have to pay 2.39€ more for the English pack, and I think my adventurous spirit stops here.
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