cbscott

On 12/29/2020 at 4:15 PM, MJG said:

I am a longtime Evernote user, and it is my core and single point where all knowledge is capture and stored. 

I take handwritten notes on my iPad in meetings, seminars, etc.  I capture and store them in ink and do NOT often convert handwriting to text.  All I want to do is to be able to capture both handwritten and typed text inputs into a single note in Evernote.  I have tried ALL the big note taking apps (Noteshelf, Notability, Nebo, Apple Notes, etc.).  The handwriting experience is superior, but getting things into Evernote is a tedious, multi step process, and it does NOT allow me to combine/mix/alternate between typed and scribed. 

Here is my use case:  I can import a typed agenda into an EN note.  I now want to go in and add handwritten notes of various length under each agenda item. So, essentially, create space between typed lines of text, and nest my handwritten notes on that agenda item under the appropriate typed text.  

I know that this is precisely what Evernote allows you to do by inserting a sketch, but to be frank, the Evernote handwriting feature is poor.  It doesn't feel like a pen or pencil, the resulting handwriting is sketchy and even worse than my own poor penmanship.  I need another way to do this and still end up with an Evernote note entry. 

Once that's done, I may come back to that same note and add additional typed notes, document attachments, etc.  So solutions like Penultimate and Noteshelf, which segregate the notes into synced notebooks and don't allow editing in Evernote won't do.

So far, the best "integration" I have found is with Apple Notes.  It's handwriting capture feels natural and looks great.  It lets me insert handwritten space between lines of typed text.  (Albeit, often leaving a lot of white space before and after the handwriting, but I can live with that.)  I can then send a copy of the Apple Note to Evernote, but Evernote takes all the handwritten sections as separate images and moves them to the bottom of the note, leaving the originally typed text at the top of the note.  (My handwritten notes are no longer connected to the written text item they are associated with.)

Does anyone have a better solution or app to accomplish what I am trying to accomplish?

I don’t understand why Evernote just doesn’t integrate penultimate into its flagship Evernote app?   I use penultimate as I (studies prove this) find that I remember more when I hand write my notes.