Does anyone have a method for deeply reading and interacting with a text? Or any tips to share?

I'm considering trying the following.

1. A lay-flat unlined A5 sketch book with elastic band to attach it to the book while on the shelf.
2. A reading board to hold both the book and the sketchbook while reading.
3. Annotating the text with a bi-directional footnote numbering scheme. Adding my own notes in the sketchbook.
4. Notes, including diagrams of the arguments (perhaps using the Toulmin method). Also include my own response to the arguments.

Hoping someone else does something like this and has some tips to share from experience.

I bought myself one of those really nice Oxford writing pads for 6th form, but idk whether I could bring my computer? It's only a Lenovo Chromebook, but it's still quicker than writing, but then again, if I'm writing physical notes, then I can draw quick diagrams, arrows, and shorten words. I did that a lot in history.

What are you guys thinking? And if ur in college now, any tips?

Can someone recommend applications to use for turning audio recordings into notes that are free.

Always found my retention of info improves significantly when I hand write it. Certainly not more efficient in the short term but it helps my longer term productivity. Anyone else avoiding that switch to fully online notes?

Hello! I am looking for some recommendations for apps on Android that support handwriting correction/cleanup, similarly to how the Notes app on iOS cleans up one's handwriting slightly. I use an OPPO Pad Mini with Oppo Pencil 3 for reference, so something proprietary like Samsung Notes would be out of the question. I don't mind a membership fee if it comes to that, just something that works well. I'm looking forward to hear what recommendations you guys have 😁

I have a Lenovo laptop and I'm looking for a budget tablet I can use thats not part of the apple ecosystem. I use Google docs and sheets for everything and need something that will be best for reading/studying papers and my textbooks. I also want to use a pen to take written notes on the tablet so any apps/program reccs would be greatly appreciated.

My budget is around $200

The last time I was in school was 20+ years ago during my graduate studies. I am now older and technology has changed dramatically since the last time I set foot in a classroom. My career is computer-based so I've lost the ability to take notes by hand (the main mode of note taking when I was last in school).

Professionally and personally I use Obsidian and Apple Notes heavily; basically run my job and life out of both. I have both a MacBook Air and iPad Air. I have the Apple Pencil but rarely use it because my handwriting isn't good and I am so much faster typing.

I am returning to school this year to take some science courses, starting with biology and anatomy and physiology.

For those in school or recently school, especially those taking science sources with labs, how do you take notes? Which apps, devices, and habits have you found most effective when taking notes, including during lectures and labs?

hello! I (18F) am attending uni in literally 2 days. I’m really nervous about taking notes during lectures because throughout high school I used to be really good with notes but I know college is different and mire fast paced. Does anyone have some good FREE apps or softwares for windows that would make note taking easier? It’s really important to me that there’s no ai features because I dont like ai with a burning passion. I would also love some suggestions on anything that might record lectures or do voice to text stuff. I have an arm disability that makes it difficult for me to write for too long so this would be super helpful. Thank you so much in advance!

I apologize for potentially beating a dead horse with the question but here it is anyway. I am starting my masters in clinical mental health counseling next week and am debating getting an iPad for note taking and annotating.

I am aware it is not needed/completely necessary but my question is if it will be beneficial or helpful at all. I took notes pen and paper all through undergrad which worked fine for the most part. I am huge on writing my notes versus typing them which is why I wouldn't want to use my laptop for notes.

The pros to me are that I can have all my notes centralized, I can search my notes easily, i don't have 20 notebooks to study from/store at the end of my program, I can use software to assemble study guides based on my notes much easier, and the biggest one is being able to annotate research papers directly on the pdf versus having to print them out or have a separate doc for my notes on them.

The cons are mainly the price as it is an extra $700 spent for the full setup that isn't strictly necessary. I also am aware that I do already have a laptop so there is some overlap in tech. Finally with digital notes I'm a tad bit paranoid about there being a glitch or somehow losing my notes versus the security of a traditional notebook.

If anyone can comment on their experience with using an iPad for notes or just any perspective on the issue I'd really appreciate it!

I built RecallNote because I kept forgetting what I studied after a few days.

Instead of taking endless notes, I wanted a simple app that helps review important information before exams.

Features:

Organize notes by subject

Track review progress

Memory retention score based on review history

Works offline

No account required

I'm still improving it and would love feedback from students.

What features would make a study review app more useful for you?

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Thanks for checking it out. Any feedback is welcome, and I hope RecallNote helps students retain what they learn and prepare for exams more effectively.

Had a 70-minute project debrief last week where we kept bouncing between dates, owners, and side issues. Normally I type through most of those calls. This time I only wrote down five quick bullets and relied on the recording for the rest.

Pros:

1. I paid more attention and actually asked follow-up questions.

2. When someone asked the next day what we’d agreed to, I could check the exact wording.

Cons:

1. The transcript was useful for finding one detail, but way too long to treat as the actual note.

2. Names and internal terms still needed fixing.

3. I still had to turn the useful parts into something I could scan later.

So I don’t think the recording replaced my notes. It just gave me permission to write less.

What do you guys still write down during the meeting?

Hi eevryone. Looking for an iPhone app that can transcribe 30-45 minute recordings in mixed Hindi-English as well as pure English conversations.

Currently using Voice Memos but the transcript quality is terrible for bilingual conversations. Tried Otter — English-only. A couple of other apps also didn’t handle the Hindi-English mix well.

Don’t need live/real-time transcription. Just need to record a meeting, and get a readable transcript afterwards so I can pull out the key points. Thanks

can someone help me? my class slides are a zip folder and it won’t let me put it in my notes app. i tried to convert zip to pdf on a free website but it said it was too big and wouldn’t be supported. i’m not familiar with zip or converting anything. i just need my lecture slides put into my notes app on my ipad lol so if anyone has any suggestions im open to them!

so im an inbound freshman (whopeeeee!!) and all my school life I’ve always gone the traditional books and occasional google search route for studying and notes, with AI only to make practice tests for more theoretical subjects like history (I unironically learned history better doing this method). But now as I traverse to college, engineering to be exact, I’ve have multiple testimonials of how it’s going to be very difficult, (no lies said I’ve seen it through my eyes with family), and that I should do transcripts of the lectures to notes with AI or take digital notes etc. But is this right? I don’t want to get stuck behind because of my slow note taking or fail because I didn’t have the proper information but I also don’t want to become the type of person who relies on this only and doesn’t use traditional notebooks. What should I do here? Another thing that comes to mind is a software that allows you to turn presentations and what not into study material with AI, which even the people orientating have said to use but again this feels weird to me, like I won’t be able to truly learn this way.

I know of Goodnotes, Notability, Nebo, freeform, apple notes.

Am i missing any? I cant get the handwriting recognition on onenote to work.