Re: Using Zoomer as Note-taker

Dave Fetrow <starnet!apple!biostat.washington.edu!fetrow>

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From: Dave Fetrow <starnet!apple!biostat.washington.edu!fetrow>
Message-id: <199311170144.RAA01294@orac.biostat.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Using Zoomer as Note-taker
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 17:44:19 PST
In-reply-to: <9311162100.AA02205@robsho.YP.attc>; from "Robert Shock" at Nov 16, 93 3:02 pm
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> 
> Folks--
> 
> I am curious if anyone has used a Zoomer to:
> 
> 1. take notes during a college or high school class.
>    Typical notes may consist of drawings and text.
> 
> 2. Upload the resulting text to a PC
> 
> 3. Load the file into a Word Processor
> 
> 4. Print out the notes. 
> 
> I don't currently own a Zoomer or any other PDA but,
> being a major gadget junkie, find myself salivating
> over them on a regular basis. I can't really justify
> the $600+ entry fee unless I can either recoup my
> purchase by writing and selling programs or use the
> PDA in a classroom to simplify note gathering and
> other misc tasks.
> 
> -- Bob S. (robsho@auto-trol.com)

 The handwriting recognition is bad enough you'd have to upload the
images rather than the text. If this is OK, it's probably doable (but
you'll probably need a cable that's only now shipping, some software
that isn't quite in place and...maybe...Geoworks 2.0 on the PC...but
that comes with the $99 SDK [which also requires 1 fairly hefty and
one fairly dinky PC and TurboPascal]).

 I've taken notes with it in classes. It's merely useable. Barely.

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