Note taking made easy

FRIDAY, JANUARY 04, 2019
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The latest version of MyScript Nebo is merely a tap away

IF YOU’RE looking for a way to turn your iPad Pro or new iPad 10-inch into a notebook on which you can use the Apple Pencil to write, draw and jot down notes, you’ll find it in MyScript Nebo. 
The app is simple to use and super efficient, warranting its recognition with Best App 2017 CES Mobile Apps Showdown and App Store Best of 2016.
I tested it on iPad Pro 10.5 and the app was fast and very responsive. 
Once you’ve registered for a free MyScript account, you can format your handwritten text as titles, paragraphs, and bullet lists with just a few taps and strokes and easily edit with intuitive gestures. You can also add interactive diagrams, editable equations, freeform sketches, and annotate pictures. Ready to share? Instantly convert them to digital documents.

Note taking made easy

The app supports 59 handwriting recognition languages though unfortunately Thai is not yet one of them. 
I found during the test that the app supported my English handwriting accurately when I wrote normally rather than printing. It recognised and showed words in real time as I wrote, making it ideal for those who are all fingers and thumbs on a keyboard.
After you have finished writing a sentence, you can quickly convert it into text by double-tapping it. You can also double-tap to edit the text.
The app supports drawing gestures for editing. For example, you can crossover a word to erase it. You can draw a line downwards to divide a connected word or you can draw a line downwards between two words to break a sentence. On the reverse, you can draw a line between two words to connect them or you can draw a line upwards at the end of the line to join two lines into one.
You can structure your notes using titles, paragraphs, and bullet lists then render notes into text, which will preserve the layout, colours and styles.

Note taking made easy


For example, you can draw two lines under words and turn them into a title or subtitle. You can also highlight your words by drawing a rectangle around them. Starting a list is as simple as jotting down a bullet point.
The app lets you select colours of your text and drawings from eight pre-set hues and you can customise more colours with a colour circle and two colour bars and save them for use.
Three taps of Pen, Add and Search are provided at the top of the screen.
The Pen tap provides you access to the pen with six sizes of pen tips to select, a rubber and colour options. The Search option lets you search and find handwritten ink and text in your note and in your diagrams.
The Add tap lets you add rich content to your notes. This tap provides you option to add photos from the gallery of the iPad or take a photo with the camera to add to the current note. 
Or you can draw interactive diagrams with elements that you can edit, delete or move around. You can also write editable equations, get calculated results. You may draw freeform sketches and annotate pictures with the app.
After you have done with your notes, you can export them as text, PDF, HTML, or Word (.docx) files. You can also copy and paste fully editable diagrams to PowerPoint.
You can organise your notes in pages, notebooks and folders and sync your notes to iCloud, Google Drive or Dropbox.
Nebo is now in Version 1.9.5, which is compatible with iOS 12.
MyScript Nebo is highly recommended as it allows you to find another use for your iPad. It’s cheap too, retailing for just Bt279.


>> Seller: MyScript
>> Size: 136.9 MB
>> Category: Productivity
>> Requires: iOS 10.0 or later, iPad, Apple Pencil
>> Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
>> Age Rating: Rated 4+
>> Copyright: MyScript
>> Price: Bt279