MyScript Smart Note

Pros

• Impeccable handwriting recognition
• Rich customization options for text and annotation
• Streamlined and user-friendly interface

Cons

• Limited workbooks in the free version
• Lack of auto-save and recovery functionality
• Error correction can be challenging

A go-to app for the handwritten note takers, MyScript Smart Note makes digitizing your thoughts effortless.

An App Tailored for Traditional Writers

MyScript Smart Note offers a refreshing setting for those who fancy the classic way of note-taking, with a pen or stylus. Its standout feature is the seamless handwriting recognition, transforming your written notes into interactive text. Users are given the freedom to alter the color, font, size, and language of their text. To further enrich your notes, the app facilitates image insertion, drawing, and even background adjustments.

Once you kickstart MyScript Smart Note, you are gently guided through a facile tutorial before getting hands-on. Starting a new note is as straightforward as tapping the plus icon – there’s no cumbersome maneuvering required. The app neatly displays writing, drawing, erasing, lasso text selection, and settings options at the top of your screen. A long press is all it takes to activate these. It's important to note that the free version limits users to ten workbooks and imposes a certain text restriction on these.

The app's gestures feature is an advantageous addition, with shortcuts like scraping over a word to delete or drawing a vertical line to make space. However, this feature is not explicitly highlighted and might require repeated visits to the tutorial. Currently, the app allows exporting to other note-taking platforms, social media, or email. Supplementing this with options to save as Google Doc or Microsoft Word document could be beneficial. The app's downside here is the lack of an automatic save and recovery feature, leading to potential loss of work if the app crashes.

User-friendly Interface, Challenge in Error Correction

The handwriting recognition in MyScript Smart Note deserves admiration for its accuracy, even when met with sloppy handwriting. The automatic conversion into text is rapid, ensuring your notes are digitized shortly after you put "pen to paper".

Starting off is a breeze and the commands are easily understandable, but it can get cumbersome when errors in the handwriting recognition arise. Inserting words amidst existing text or removing lines and spaces can get tricky. On occasion, erasing the entire text and starting afresh may feel like a less frustrating process. To avoid rewriting entire chunks of gibberish, it would be wise to write in short sentences, rectifying errors concurrently. Overall, MyScript Smart Note is better suited for taking brief notes instead of lengthy pieces of text.

Impressively Precise Handwriting Recognition

MyScript Smart Note caters impressively well to users who find writing with a pen quicker than typing, ensuring efficient digital transcription of notes. The initial worry that the handwriting recognition might be inadequate or come packed with an intricate interface and extraneous options is soon put to rest. MyScript Smart Note delivers remarkably accurate handwriting recognition, even when put to the test with intentionally disordered writing.

The app brims with potential. Due to its superior precision in deciphering handwriting and its user-friendly interface, MyScript Smart Note could easily be among the most valuable apps on a device, post some advancements.

Pros

• Impeccable handwriting recognition
• Rich customization options for text and annotation
• Streamlined and user-friendly interface

Cons

• Limited workbooks in the free version
• Lack of auto-save and recovery functionality
• Error correction can be challenging