Re: Accessible note taking apps
David Griffith
All through my PhD I pretty much used Windows Notepad exclusively and, of course, for writing my actual Thesis Microsoft Word. Word/Excel was used for tables etc. So my main research tool was notepad. People may have different needs but as I am completely blind formatting was rarely an issue for me.
With Notepad I used the following procedure. In Notepad Press F5 to automatically insert the date and time. Then basically type in any notes I needed.
In the rare event I had loads of notes I would use *** as a virtual bookmarker and simply use find to find the bookmark.
For Important websites I used the following procedure. Again in Notepad press F5 to automatically store the date of website retrieval for reference purposes. In your browser Alt D to jump to the address bar and then simply control C to copy the address – alt tab to notepad and paste in the link. Again for accurate referencing purposes in your thesis. Back to the browser I would then F6 back down to the web page and press select A and copy all the text of the web page to the notepad file as well as a failsafe in case the webpage goes offline etc. In extremely rare circumstance if there were loads of headings / tables and navigation was essential I simply save the web page for offline html reading. As I say people’s needs may differ but I think the reading of content / analysis and then writing is probably more important than the tools used. David G.
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From: Sean
Sent: 23 August 2020 11:41 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Accessible note taking apps
These applications can be good for writing plaintext and code. On 23/08/2020 13:31, zahra wrote: hello.whats your idea about notepad plus plus?On 8/23/20, Sean <s.tolstoyevski@...> wrote:Hi,I research a lot of articles and I need to save this information regularly.Some things I can forget over time.I tried OneNote, Notes... and couldn't use it.I am using windows 10.Do you have any advice on this matter?Features I expected:* to be able to search through the notes I have taken* export as html or txtStay healthy.Sean* Email: seantolstoyevski@...<mailto:seantolstoyevski@...>* GitHub: SeanTolstoyevski <https://github.com/SeanTolstoyevski/>👨🦯 I’m programmer. I coding often Python, sometimes Go and rarely C++. -- Sean👨🦯 I’m programmer. I coding often Python, sometimes Go and rarely C++.
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