Warning: I am quite unfamiliar with Android, Android Multitasking, and mobile OS in general. So my questions may be trivial and already be feasible right in the OS?
My current PC workflow is like this:
* Scan a paper book with my book scanner.
* Convert to PDF.
* Read on my PC.
* Takes notes in Zotero and/or in Notepad and copy/paste into Zotero.
In the past the lack of robust support for scanned PDFs (screen resolution, color screens were horrible for reading books, e-ink stunk for image based PDFs, memory, storage, speed) has turned me off from even exploring using a tablet, especially when they were more expensive. But prices have dropped and resolution, memory, storage, performance, and software has ballooned.
Yet there remains major hurdles for me: I need the scanned PDFs as most of my books have significant amounts of Hebrew and Greek and sometimes other languages that I need to be accurately transcribed. Second is I use the PC because it allows easy note taking as I type ~ 100 words a minute.
To move to a tablet I would like something like this:
* Read my scanned PDF; and either:
* (a) the PDF program has a built in "record audio note" feature, or
* (b) the OS/PDF reader is robust enough to allow EASY in-app multitasking (e.g. push somewhere specific on the screen to enable recording w/o flipping out of the book); also
* (c) MAJOR bonus points if whatever program is recording can be configured to a folder that can be changed (e.g. next week when I start my next book I can change the folder) and stores the notes chronologically.
* Transcription of the audio note into text.
A tablet is a horrible way to WRITE a note; but if I could take audio notes and do audio-to-text without much hop jumping I would be excited about the possibility of studying in places OTHER than my PC. In theory this all should be really simple, and would be on the PC: While reading hit record on an audio app, "Page 3 blah blah blah" and the next time I see something worth noting, "Page 21, blah blah blah" and then use an audio-to-text program and done. I just don't do this because I can type it quite quickly.
So, is there software on Tablets for this? I am not familiar with how good multitasking is or if there is software for this (I see there is a lot of programs doing the reverse where you can write a note and it will sync you to the place in your audio recording). But after looking at the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX 7 reviews (thanks, Ars, for the good reviews) I am convinced these are pretty nifty devices and we are getting one for my mom's birthday.
Why buy one if you can buy two for twice the price, amiright?
My current PC workflow is like this:
* Scan a paper book with my book scanner.
* Convert to PDF.
* Read on my PC.
* Takes notes in Zotero and/or in Notepad and copy/paste into Zotero.
In the past the lack of robust support for scanned PDFs (screen resolution, color screens were horrible for reading books, e-ink stunk for image based PDFs, memory, storage, speed) has turned me off from even exploring using a tablet, especially when they were more expensive. But prices have dropped and resolution, memory, storage, performance, and software has ballooned.
Yet there remains major hurdles for me: I need the scanned PDFs as most of my books have significant amounts of Hebrew and Greek and sometimes other languages that I need to be accurately transcribed. Second is I use the PC because it allows easy note taking as I type ~ 100 words a minute.
To move to a tablet I would like something like this:
* Read my scanned PDF; and either:
* (a) the PDF program has a built in "record audio note" feature, or
* (b) the OS/PDF reader is robust enough to allow EASY in-app multitasking (e.g. push somewhere specific on the screen to enable recording w/o flipping out of the book); also
* (c) MAJOR bonus points if whatever program is recording can be configured to a folder that can be changed (e.g. next week when I start my next book I can change the folder) and stores the notes chronologically.
* Transcription of the audio note into text.
A tablet is a horrible way to WRITE a note; but if I could take audio notes and do audio-to-text without much hop jumping I would be excited about the possibility of studying in places OTHER than my PC. In theory this all should be really simple, and would be on the PC: While reading hit record on an audio app, "Page 3 blah blah blah" and the next time I see something worth noting, "Page 21, blah blah blah" and then use an audio-to-text program and done. I just don't do this because I can type it quite quickly.
So, is there software on Tablets for this? I am not familiar with how good multitasking is or if there is software for this (I see there is a lot of programs doing the reverse where you can write a note and it will sync you to the place in your audio recording). But after looking at the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX 7 reviews (thanks, Ars, for the good reviews) I am convinced these are pretty nifty devices and we are getting one for my mom's birthday.
Why buy one if you can buy two for twice the price, amiright?
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