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Would this idea work as an ink-blogging tool?

29 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Software Info, Tablet Concepts

OK, I’m not a programmer, but it makes sense to me that this would somehow work.

What if someone created an ink blogging program that (excuse me if I misuse terms) would parse the ink into individual pictures for each word.

Follow me here:

1. The same way the ink post plug-in for Windows Live Writer works, it would pop up a Journal-like window that you can write however much you want.
2. At the bottom of the ink window, it would have two buttons:
   1. one that auto-created the individual images,
   2. and one that quality controlled it first with a window where you could fix the recognition and word spacing.

Tracy’s "Already at uni" Software Box

26 September 2007 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Software Info

As a follow up to Robert’s post, I thought I’d share as well, though I’ve been back to school since late August. I also just had to use the word “uni” since I think it’s funny, as a person who never heard someone call it a uni until Robert and William jumped in. And, for clarification, I’m still an undergrad engineering student and proud of it.

In summary, my software box hasn’t changed much lately since I’ve found something that works well for me and so why change, right? I will try to list all the small things that make my computer sing in chorus to make it at least a little interesting.

What’s in Robert’s ‘back to uni’ software box?

20 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Software Info

I know a lot of our readers are already well into the new term and I hope you’re all getting on fine. However in my corner of the globe (if globes have corners? :o)), the new semester doesn’t begin until October 1st so right now I’m sitting slap-bang in the middle of my yearly ritual of Tablet PC re-formating, and deciding on what changes, if any, I’m going to be making to my software setup. Therefore I thought it may be of value to some of you if I shared a few of the major software decisions I’ve made for the upcoming term and why. Read on to find out what’s going to be in Robert’s ‘back to uni’ software box.

Office Ultimate 2007: $60

12 September 2007 Posted By: Andrew
Posted in: OneNote, Software Info

Update II:Now it looks like 8pm. Is everyone else seeing this being pushed back as well, or is my computer just flipping out?

Update: Looks like they pushed back the start of the event by a couple of hours to 7pm Mountain Time.

This has already been picked up by a couple of sites, including GottaBeMobile (I saw it there first, so they get the credit), but it’s worth mentioning again just because it’s such a great deal. Starting just about….now, you can pick up a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate for $60 (yes, that’s sixty dollars, not six-hundred). You get the big four: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus OneNote, Access, and Publisher, and then some other programs you may not find as useful: Accounting Express, Infopath and Groove.

Review: Snapter Ice v2.0

11 September 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Scanning, Software Info

We told you at the end of July that Atiz’s Snapter camera ’scanning’ application, re-branded as Snapter ICE V2.0, was being re-launched with the promise that the operational problems inherent in v1.0 had been greatly fixed and some new and improved functionality had been put in place. Well I thought it was about time I took a look at this new version just to see how it measures up against the old one. What I’m looking to find out is whether Atiz have fully ironed out those pesky operational problems and whether the application can now rightly claim a position of permanence in the Tablet PC student’s toolbox? Join me after the jump and we’ll get to work.

Snapter turns sub zero

29 July 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: News, Scanning, Software Info

You’ll remember back in April that we introduced you to Snapter, a software based scanning solution that utilises a digital camera as its primary means of input? Well Sarasin at Atiz has dropped me an email announcing that the software has been incarnated into a new version and renamed Snapter Ice 2.0. It seems our collective voice, and the testing efforts of power users such as Hugh Sung and Karla, have made Atiz sit up and listen. The biggest issues with the previous version i.e. poor recognition results and the inability to reposition the ‘border nodes’ in Book mode have apparently been bashed out and a valuable whiteboard recognition mode has been added (sweet!). The software also sports a new interface and is fully Vista compatible.

Bedtime in a backpack

7 June 2007 Posted By: William
Posted in: Software Info

Do you sometimes forget to put your laptop on standby, to later discover that you have wasted all of your battery life and conceqently only have 30 minutes left for that important exam review lecture?

I found myself in that situation just the other day. It’s partly due to the fact that I have closed-lid-suspend turned off as my desk works in layers of mess and also due to the fact that I sometimes forget to power down at all.

Mindmaps with MindManager Pro 7

4 June 2007 Posted By: William
Posted in: MindManager, Software Info

Normally, day-to-day wise, I’m not a mindmap kind of guy. However, come exam time, they’re one of the only things that work for me. I was pretty excited to hear that the new version of Mindmanager was on its way. Mindmanager 6 was the most complete software I have ever used. It is extremely hard to come up with a feature that they had missed without resulting to the impractical like, it doesn’t make coffee. So, without further ado, lets look at the new Mindmap Pro 7 from the ground up.

Math 3.0: It Compliments Your Handheld Graphing Calculator

15 May 2007 Posted By: Frank
Posted in: News, Software Info

A recent topic in the forums had me looking around for math specific software, and up popped Math 3.0 from Microsoft. If you’ve used Microsoft Student 2006, then you’ll be familiar with this program. The additions make Math 3.0 a very useful learning tool for high school math all the way up to early sophomore level math. The usefulness becomes more of a convenience for upper level math courses. Graphing differential equations is not possible. That’s a subject covered as early as in some high schools, so it won’t replace high end handheld graphing calculators.  The user interface and output graphics in Math 3.0 still make this program a valuable addition for the dull graphing features in most handhelds.   

Snapter - an easy way to turn your papers digital?

25 April 2007 Posted By: Robert
Posted in: Scanning, Software Info

James over at jkOntheRun highlights a new piece of software that looks ideal for student use (especially those operating paperlessly). Atiz, the company behind the Bookdrive DIY (highlighted by alcuin in our forums a couple of days ago), have released Snapter - an application that allows you to ’scan’ a document into an elecronic format using nothing more than a digital camera.

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