Brandon007 0 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I love handwriting my research notes. It helps me get the information in my head. However, I am beginning to realize it is impossible to search through all those notes. Someone suggested I take pictures of my handwritten notes and make a pdf. Then, I should import it into evernote so it could become searchable. This sounds good but I cannot get it work. Is this even possible? Please help! Link to comment
Evernote Expert agsteele 2,347 Posted August 16, 2022 Evernote Expert Share Posted August 16, 2022 Yes. This should work... But as I recall only in an image file unless you are paying for your account. It isn't instant. You upload the image in a note and the recognition process takes place in a period of time depending on server load etc. 1 Link to comment
Brandon007 0 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 I pay for my account. So perhaps I should upload the pdf and then give it some time? Link to comment
Evernote Expert agsteele 2,347 Posted August 16, 2022 Evernote Expert Share Posted August 16, 2022 Take a look at this too https://evernote.com/blog/how-evernotes-image-recognition-works/ PDFs are different to images. 2 Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 6,219 Posted August 16, 2022 Level 5 Share Posted August 16, 2022 If you want searchable handwriting, pdf is a bad choice. EN will only make these picture formats searchable with handwriting: JPG, PNG, GIF If you use the scanner build into the mobile app, it will grab PNG - this will be made searchable. In PDFs only typed text is made searchable. https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/208314518 1 Link to comment
Brandon007 0 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 This is unfortunate news but helpful. Thank you both! Link to comment
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