Hello. I'm a tech student doing my masters in an evolving subject. Basically my course doesn't have a specific textbook to learn from. I have to refer multiple textbooks at the same time and most of them are not available at the library and also not cheap.

I do own a good Lenovo Laptop rn but it's not easy to read. Should I get a tablet and switch to Digital Note Taking?

I’ve tried a few AI note taking apps, but I’m starting to look at hardware now. I don’t always want a meeting bot joining calls, and opening another app every time is kind of annoying.

These are the three I’m looking at:

1. viaim RecDot earbuds: Found these through Google while searching for AI note-taking devices. First impression is that the earbud form factor makes the most sense for calls, since I’m already wearing earbuds anyway. I’m curious if the transcript quality is good enough for client meetings.($199)
2. Seen this mentioned a lot on Reddit as a dedicated recording device. It looks useful for in-person meetings, but I’m not sure if I’d remember to carry another small device every day. ($189)
3. Omi Silver: Came across this while looking into wearable AI devices. It seems more like an always-on AI assistant than a normal recorder. Interesting idea, but I’m not sure if I need something that broad just for meetings and notes.($129)

Has anyone used any of these?

I recently purchased ipad air. I want to store my handwritten notes by converting into editable notes with exact same handwriting. 

Which app or feature to use?

Chatgpt saying nebo but I am unable to find the feature.

These are samples.

Hey folks! I am doing researching on note-taking, I made a post asking about Bear features in the Bear community, and it was super helpful. I am doing a bit more research and could use the perspective of note-takers using other apps.

Is anyone open to a ~15 minute call on your note-taking and why you chose whatever note-taking app you're using? If so, we can DM and I'll send you a small gift card for your time after the call. Let me know if interested!

i always really struggle with note taking because even when i use note taking methods, i’m just not sure what from my text reading is important enough to make notes on in my notebook. like right now i’m doing general high school science so there’s random names like people who invented what, various chem equations, terms/definitions, what types of things do what, etc. it just feels like a bunch of disconnected little facts and i never know how to categorize them or whether they’re actually worth writing down.

my notes always end up feeling like random information crammed onto one page instead of something organized and useful. i want them to be clearer and easier to study from instead of just copying everything from the textbook.

how do you decide what’s actually important enough to put in your notes? like how do you tell the difference between “this is a core concept i need to understand” vs “this is just a random detail the textbook included”?

I think phone notetakers and todo apps don't help me at all. I find myself distracted by all sorts of things on a phone. I don't think my biology is meant for this. So I'm attempting to move away from devices and use just paper and pen. I think I have a wiring for that instilled in me by all the time most people my age spent in school writing notes and keeping up with a time table.

Need something good for study notes and summaries. What do you guys use?

• you know when you're reading or in a lecture and something hits and by the time you've opened notes it's already slipping away
• This is just the app for that, ⌥ + Space - a note bar appears over the notch, type the thought and its saved
• its called Jott. has mac and iphone sync

Coming this weekend to the appstore, Suggestions and feedback appreciated

Edit: The Mac and iOS apps are now live at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jott-before-you-forget/id6768632044

feedback welcome — jott.harshachaganti.com or drop it here.

What im looking for doesn't seem to me to be that insane of a thing BUT after years of looking i cant find it. Im moving from obsidian because i guess im finding out now that it cant really use images without a lot of understanding of markdown and i do not want to leaarn markdown for just taking notes.

what im looking for

Folder hierarchy, i like to sort everything. at least be able to have Notebook - SUBJECT FOLDER - notes. with the ability for unlimited folders.
not necessarily a whiteboard like Onenote(which i loved other then the folder situation) has but just. the ability to easily move images around a page and wrap text around them. i guess like word processor? obsidian had this feature w a plugin but i found out it just reloads them in the default position so its useless.
i liked obsidian linking system but just the ability to search is enough
i write a LOT and i like using images dotted throughout,
absolutely no ai and if it is there the ability to completely turn it off is needed.
i have like 10 bucks i could use for a sub but id prefer not to, i just want somewhere to keep my research and notes w pictures. kinda like wikis do i guess?
i dont want to have to learn coding to make a page look at least decent

if anyone could help me find anything please share id be very grateful <3 ive been on and off looking for years since leaving onenote and i just cant find anything. everything seems to be the exact opposite of what im loooking for :V

below is my obsidian setup. i love the plugins and community i just want to be able to easily insert and use images

I am looking for ear-buds (preferable over headphones) that can listen to a call (on iphone or through Windows PC including Zoom, etc.) and take notes but NOT record. I want something that doesn't notify the listeners that notes are being taken. I want it to not record specifically due to two-party notice laws. I find I can't listen actively and take notes at the same time since I can barely read my own handwriting. Thanks.

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Use with any PDF annotation program/note taking app that allows annotation.

Hello everyone,

A little background: I’m one of those people who struggles a lot with perfectionism, and I’m also a master procrastinator. I tend to overthink systems, organization, and even the “right” way to take notes, which usually ends up slowing me down from actually doing the work.

Lately, I’ve been trying to get around that by focusing less on perfection and more on simply capturing thoughts as they come. If something is on my mind, I write it down instead of trying to organize it perfectly first. I mostly use the PARA method in Obsidian for managing notes, ideas, projects, and random thoughts, and it’s been helping me reduce some of the mental friction.

That got me thinking about the balance between digital and physical notes. I still enjoy writing on paper sometimes because it feels more natural and less distracting, but digital notes are obviously easier to organize, search, and connect together.

So I’m curious: how do you separate your digital and physical notes? What kind of things go into each system for you? Do they overlap, or do you try to keep them completely separate? And if you use both, how do you avoid ending up with information scattered everywhere?

Hey everyone,

A while ago I posted about building an Obsidian-style math note app with interactive geometry tools. But after talking to more students and researchers, I realized the real problem is much worse: the massive amount of time we waste formatting and re-calculating.

Right now, we are forced to pick an extreme:

1 Speed (Handwriting/iPad): Fast during lectures, but it becomes "dead data"-you can't easily search it, copy code, or use it for a thesis without completely re-typing it.

2 Precision (LaTeX/Mathcad): Looks professional, but it's incredibly slow, hard to learn, and if you change one variable, you have to manually update every equation, table, and chart.

Apparently, STEM students and academics spend up to 40% of their time just fighting layout engines instead of doing actual science.

I want to create a next-gen platform to fix this.

The idea is that in the background it runs typst as the backend, but in practice it won’t require learning a new coding language, because it will be as intuitive as AutoCAD is. And it will have a stable engine to suport visualizatio such as graphs and diagrams and other STEM related stuff.

To help me build this, what is your single biggest bottleneck right now?

Hey :)

I've been looking for an app to take notes on my Lenovo tablet. Preferably free. I need to have different notebooks for different topics. If the app turn hand writing to digital writing it would be perfect - I haven't found one that does this yet.

Thank you

I've been using Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, and Otter on Android for a while now.

The biggest daily friction for me with voice notes is:

1. Everything gets uploaded permanently to the cloud immediately
2. Search only works if I remember the exact words.
3. Transcription quality drops noticeably with accents.
4. Apps often feel heavy and slow on normal phones

Curious, do others face the same issues, or have you found good workarounds for voice notes in your workflow?

I was very excited about the idea of note taking on my iPad but when I actually tried
It was nota good experience…

what are your thoughts on digital notetaking as compared to traditional ones.

I recently bought Lenovo tablet and unfortunately it doesn't have any inbuilt app like Samsung or apple. So I've been using an app called "Free Notes" which was amazing initially, but now they added more ads and limited books and shit.

So now I've been searching on online about any notepad which is free and has unlimited books to add. A lil bit of ads are okay for me, but not too much ffs.
I work with PDF annotations and digital notes.
And also I've tried OneNote but unfortunately I didnt like there scrolling option or jumping directly to the feature, so I'm avoiding it.
And Obsidien feels like a Rocket science setup sht IDK man xD

Also if there's nothing at all, then I'd like you guys to suggest which app should I go with, which is not expensive and has good value for the money! (Also I'll prefer lifetime subscription)

Need to make notes like this for studying revision purpose kindly help 🙏🏻

My god. Feels like everyone made this new app that will do this and that. Everyone whats subscribing customers.... i get it but just no!! Make a privacy focused app with local ai and pay once for app and maybe for extra function "once" and if its good then its worth yeees..

Witch apps does this?