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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Harry, I've used handwriting on tablets, and I am very definitely not impressed. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It's cumbersome, inaccurate and wastes a lot of screen real estate compared with typed notes. When using anything digital, I prefer typing. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Please note, I also find voice to text very much the same as handwriting on a tablet -- slow, cumbersome and inadequate, and terribly inefficient in use of time and screen real estate. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 04:55:21 PM EDT, Harry Forsdick <forsdick@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv5372501508"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_default">I think both are right:</div><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_default"><ul><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em;">Writing something down leaves a more lasting impression in your memory</li><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em;">Using a digital program to record ideas uses less paper.</li></ul><div>The question becomes why is it so difficult to adopt to handwriting on a digital tablet to record our notes? If we could do this, we'd have the best of both worlds: less paper, better memory - analog or digital -- with the ability to search either.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>-- Harry</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="yiv5372501508gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br clear="none"></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br clear="none"></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left;"><br clear="none"></div><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="font-size:10pt;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Harry Forsdick</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lexingtonphotoscan.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Lexington Photo Scanning</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">harry@forsdick.com</a><br clear="none"></font><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.forsdick.com/" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);">www.forsdick.com</a><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="5"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="font-size:10pt;"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">46 Burlington St.<br clear="none">Lexington, MA 02420</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="callto:17817996002" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</a><br clear="none"><font color="#0b5394"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick">meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick</a> (video)</font><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://forsdick.weebly.com/home/my-websites" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Click</a> to see my other websites<br clear="none"></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv5372501508gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 4:44 PM Paul Lewis <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jeplewis@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jeplewis@gmail.com">jeplewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:new serif;font-size:small;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_default">ChatGPT agrees with John.</div><div style="font-family:new serif;font-size:small;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_default">-P-</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv5372501508gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 3:46 PM Drew King (<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>) <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us">dking65@kingconsulting.us</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div>I agree.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Although, less paper is used each day. Not just for handwriting but in all aspects. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">If I could, I'd brick up my Mailbox so the postman couldn't deliver any more paper.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Digital will replace paper 100% at some point.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I used to use notepads to take notes every day, and I exchanged it for the evernote app. I can retrieve information on my tablet, on my phone, and on my computer. It's much more convenient and searchable than a bunch of notepads of paper.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div><div>-- <br clear="none">Drew King<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote"><div>On April 11, 2023 2:34:22 PM EDT, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a> wrote:</div><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv5372501508gmail_quote">
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