First and foremost, you need to download the app. The app is available on both App Store and Google Play Store.
We covered PDF to Word Converter app in our previous articles some time ago. It is an app that can allow you to convert any PDF documents, scanned or regular, to an editable MS Word document by using your iOS or Android phone.
For all those who are still wondering how can this particular app help with making real paper documents digital, here is all you need to know.
In the next few paragraphs, we will tell you about this very useful app, how it can help and how to use it. Let’s get down to business.
How can it help with paper documents?
For all those who are looking for a way to edit and reuse those documents in a more native environment for text editing, like Microsoft Word, there is a way to do that directly with your phone.
Once installed, open the app and look for these options, depending on the phone you are using:
Although, there is a big decrease in the number of paper documents around us due to digitalization, there are still lone islands of paper piles lying around our house or office. This is even more present in schools and universities where so many printed documents are used. The office papers are also one of the bigger contributors to overall paper consumption.
It can easily connect with Cloud storages, like Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, Onedrive, Box and it can be used to convert Gmail attachments as well.
On paper, however, we're usually slower at taking notes, which forces us to paraphrase, doodle, and shorten our notes. We spend more time thinking about what we're writing when we write notes by hand, because we have to understand and interpret the information so we can write down the most important parts quickly.
With software, however, backups are usually done for you automatically, and if not, are easy to set up. And it's much easier to physically spread out your various backup copies when they're digital, to make them even safer.
The Autofocus method works like this: You write a list of everything you need to do. Then, when you're ready to work, you read over the list once, just reading it at first without planning to work on anything. And then you read it a second time, this time looking for tasks that jump out at you.
Or, you could skip the paper and treat digital apps like a paper notebook. Many Windows tablets and notebooks—including those from the Microsoft Surface line—come with a stylus so you can write or draw on the screen. Similarly, the Samsung Galaxy Note and other large Android phones and tablets let you quickly take notes with a pen. And with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, even Apple’s getting in on this game—and you can get similar effects with 3rd party stylii for older iPads and even your iPhone.
Digital Features You Can't Get With Pen and Paper
And, last but not least, there's the Rocketbook Everlast, an infinitely reusable notebook that you can erase via microwave or a drop of water and also quickly send your notes to apps such as Evernote, OneNote, Slack, and Dropbox. Prices range from $12 to $25 per notebook, but since you can keep reusing it, it's a lower investment than other notebooks.
Moleskine’s Evernote notebook, for instance, gives you the familiar feel of a classic Moleskine, with an easy way to save your analog notes to your Evernote account. The notebook’s lines are made from tiny dots, to help your phone’s camera line up the page, and included stickers are recognized by the accompanying app to automatically tag your scanned documents. Expect to pay between 15 and $25 per notebook.
Moleskine's Paper Tablet is similar: a notebook designed to look like a tablet that lets you write or draw on paper with a special pen that can tell where it is on the page and log your sketches. A companion app then captures your scribbles in real-time. For occasionally digitizing notes, it’s worth a look.
- The pressure-sensitive LCD writing surface lets you create lines of different thickness based on how hard you push
- Erase your drawings or writings with the only touch of a button – erase option.
- Green writing display on the LCD writing pad. They made it from durable plastic materials, safe for children to use.
- Long-lasting battery backup, it lasts up two months on a single charge.
- Write over 50k words/times on this device.
- This handwriting tablet is an ultra-thin and hence making it easy in your briefcase or backpack.
- Feature lock and un-lock, so that one can accidentally delete anything from the pad.
It is a value for money product. One of the few LCD e-writing pads online that has over 4-star ratings. This tells how durable this useful gadget is.
Note : There is also a smaller version of this device that has an 11.5-inch screen: Click here to view it.
Real user feedbacks: Everything is wonderful, but how about some real-time feedback from customers who already have purchased the product?
3. QAWACHH 8.5″ LCD Writing Pad Notepad
LCD writing tablet working principle is very simple there are two elements involved in this. Electrodes & liquid crystals are inside the display.
If you’re a teacher and looking for a decent ruff pad for online teaching, then this is the most affordable & doesn’t the job perfectly type of device.
Put a dark background and you’ll be able to see what you have written.
Q. Do I need a laptop or tablet available when I start writing?
A. While some smarts pens are able to transfer data instantaneously as you write, it’s not necessary. Smart pens all have some storage to save what you’re writing, which can be transferred at a later time. While it’s important to know how large the storage capacity is, most smart pens can hold hundreds if not thousands of pages of notes.
Mid-range: For between $100 and $175, you’ll find quality smart pens that likely come with ink refills and feature greater compatibility than bargain offerings.
For those seeking to make daily life more efficient, convenient, and sensible, there are any number of smart products available. One of the latest developments in smart technology concerns writing, drawing, and everything that happens when a pen hits the paper. Enter the smart pen.
Inexpensive: There are a couple of companies that offer smart pens for under $100, though these pens will likely have limited compatibility or require the purchase of a separate digital notebook.
Conversion to text and other formats
If the pen comes with associated software, there might be a few fun perks there as well. For example, some software may include a convenient search feature that lets you search your notes for keywords or phrases to help keep what you’ve written organized. This is especially useful for those who jot notes quickly and need to later expand upon them.
At the moment, there aren’t many companies manufacturing high-quality smart pens, though that is sure to change. Still, there are a couple more products from the top names in smart pens that are worth considering. A precursor to the Pen + Ellipse, you can check out Moleskin’s Pen + Smart Writing Set, which gets you started with a smart pen and the compatible Moleskine notebook.
As an emerging technology, smart pens are relatively expensive at the moment with little fluctuation in price. In part, that’s because there aren’t that many companies currently making smart pens. Pricing may vary more in the future as competition intensifies.
Because smart pens are relatively new, the benefits of their use may not be especially obvious, and new unforeseen uses will spring forward over time. Currently, smart pens are particularly useful for anyone who regularly needs to jot notes quickly and efficiently, such as students or reporters. In certain situations, a laptop or tablet may be too cumbersome or not easily accessible, and a pen and pad are preferred. A smart pen’s compact size may be a boon when while traveling, exploring, or doing nature drawing. As smart pens store what’s written or drawn, they provide an opportunity to use a digital device without actually staring at a screen while using it.
How do I record audio in a large lecture hall or conference room?
Yes. Echo Desktop uses handwriting recognition to allow you to search through your notes with surprising accuracy. Simply type the keywords you wish to locate into the Search Bar and all the pages on which they appears will be displayed, with the keywords highlighted.
A pencast is an interactive format that allows you to link recorded audio to your notes. Pencasts allow you to hear, see and relive notes exactly as they were captured. By simply tapping on any word, you can hear what was recorded at the exact moment you wrote it.
Your Echo smartpen is compatible with all Livescribe notebooks. Livescribe dot paper is available at competitive prices in a variety of paper types, bindings, and sizes: blank, lined, or grid paper in spiral-bound notebooks, hard-bound journals, notepads, and even sticky notes. You can also print your own notepads.
Echo Desktop
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Mac Echo Desktop
- Choose Print Your Own Notepads. Windows Echo Desktop
- Select Printable Notepads.
- Choose the notepad you'd like to print.
Your smartpen will work with any Livescribe paper product, regardless of which controls appear at the bottom of your page. However, there are some controls that are not used by your Echo smartpen.
With your Livescribe™ smartpen, you can record audio with either the built-in microphone or a 3-D Recording Headset. Livescribe designed the built-in microphone for monaural recordings in smaller recording environments, such as a conference room. When recording in larger spaces, we recommend using a 3-D Recording Headset, which contains a microphone in each earbud. The dual microphones enable binaural recordings, which accurately recreate the spatial audio environment.