AudioNote vs Byword
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Excellent tool, but watch for glitch I use this tool constantly, daily. I highly recommend it to anyone who would prefer to focus on a conversation or professional meeting without taking verbatim typed notes. Do be aware of your state's laws around recording meetings and whether you need to inform others that you are recording. The glitch is that sometimes I will open a new audionote and press "record" and then turn my attention elsewhere only to return to the audionote and see that, although the "record" button had gone from red to white-ish, there was nothing recorded. That has been frustrating. I now watch to be sure that the recording time begins to count up before turning my attention elsewhere, but I do forget sometimes.
Dr. Kim Sherman
About AudioNote
Record audio and notes that are synchronised with our most popular note-taking app! A notepad's features are combined in AudioNote. A useful tool that can help you save time and improve the quality of your notes, AudioNote combines the features of a voice recorder and notepad. It's the ideal app for businesses or students. AudioNote automatically indexes your meetings, lectures, interviews, or study sessions by syncing notes and audio. Need to go over the deliverables discussion from your upcoming project? Trying to recall what the professor said on a crucial topic? There's no need to waste time listening to the complete audio to find out with AudioNote. Each note serves as a direct link to the moment it was recorded, bringing you right to the content you're looking for. Did not record any meeting notes? No issue; just add them afterwards. AudioNote is a fully featured note-taking program that also improves the value of your notes. During playback, see how your words, drawings, and images highlight to help you recall the scene from which they were shot. You may use AudioNote anywhere, including conferences, meetings, interviews, lectures, and study sessions, thanks to the ease of the iPad or iPhone. Use it even to record notes to yourself as you make notes on fresh ideas. Join the tens of thousands of educators, corporate executives, and other professionals who have already realized how valuable AudioNote is.
Most popular feedback for Byword
Byword is comparable to iA Writer and WriteRoom in that they are all lightweight, distraction-free writing apps. However, iA Writer has more features than the others. Byword's strength is its ability to export and publish directly to Blogger, Evernote, Medium, Tumbler, and WordPress. For budget-minded writers who compose reasonably short pieces for the web, it's a fine option. That said, we would like Byword to add a library tool and templates, plus improve its saving options.
Jill Duffy
About Byword
Writing is made simpler on the iPhone and iPad with Byword. # Important aspects of Byword - Created to facilitate writing Markdown - Sync all of your Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices with text documents. - Turn off all documents so you can access them at any time - Use the text search to filter documents (Find & Replace inside documents coming soon - An alternative dark theme for added comfort in dim lighting - The most comprehensive Markdown support, with cross-references, tables, and footnotes - Export Markdown files as PDF and HTML files - Post content to Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, Medium, and Evernote # Suitable for iOS 13 - Support for dark mode to match iOS preferences; - Use iOS Spotlight to directly search documents; - Split screen and multitasking on the iPad; - Direct access to the most recent documents from the program icon and shortcuts for creating new ones. #Blog posting From Byword, you can publish to Medium, WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and Evernote. It's easy to publish your tale with Byword: 1. Type in Word 2. Click Tools and choose Publish 3. Verify the metadata 4. Release # More attributes - Continued lists - Snippet expansion in TextExpander - Live updating word and character counters - Comprehensive VoiceOver support for users with vision impairments - Spelling and grammar checks, as well as dictionary searches - Shortcuts on the keyboard for formatting and switching between displays You can use Byword in the following ways: - To avoid utilizing cumbersome online interfaces and losing your work when posting to your blog. - For class, meeting, and research notes - To focus on writing that crucial email without getting sidetracked - To record thoughts and notes and make them accessible across all devices Rich text caution Only plain text formats are compatible with Byword for iOS. Txt, text, md, mmd, rmd, markdown, markdn, mdown, mkdn, markd, and fountain file extensions are all supported.
AudioNote reviews
I was also looking for a way to better visualize text as a set of notes while still using markdown and .txt, then I came up with the idea "Sticky notes + Markdown + Tabs, All in one .txt file"[1]. It's nothing fancy, just a prototype using electron and vanilla javascript. news.ycombinator.com | 1 Mar 2022 "Needs a few things to be perfect I love this app but I can’t zoom in and the highlighter only works when you type not when using the apple pen. Those are the only problems I have with this app. Please fix that." "NBillu , 02/16/2019, Appstore " "Near Perfect I can almost give AudioNote 2 a 5-star rating, and for the life of me, I do not understand how anyone could rate it 1 or 2 stars. I think that reveals more about user incompetence than it does about this excellent app. All in all, it’s nearly perfect. In fact, I hesitate to list what I think are its shortcomings, because it performs so well. But there are 3 aspects where I see room for improvement. 1. Better iPad integration with Apples Files app. I keep my current AudioNote work on my MacBook desktop, and I’d like to be able to open it on iPad and immediately edit. Instead, I have to download the whole audio file first. 2. Like nearly everyone else, AudioNote now requires a subscription to use advanced features. But I think the fee is unreasonably high. (And it would have been a good move to offer us early adopters of the original product a discount or some similar incentive. Nonetheless, the fee is too high.) 3. BIGGIE: Less complicated playback speed controls." "jginfl , 04/06/2018, Appstore"
- news.ycombinator.com | 1 Mar 2022
Needs a few things to be perfect I love this app but I can’t zoom in and the highlighter only works when you type not when using the apple pen. Those are the only problems I have with this app. Please fix that.
- NBillu , 02/16/2019, Appstore
Near Perfect I can almost give AudioNote 2 a 5-star rating, and for the life of me, I do not understand how anyone could rate it 1 or 2 stars. I think that reveals more about user incompetence than it does about this excellent app. All in all, it’s nearly perfect. In fact, I hesitate to list what I think are its shortcomings, because it performs so well. But there are 3 aspects where I see room for improvement. 1. Better iPad integration with Apples Files app. I keep my current AudioNote work on my MacBook desktop, and I’d like to be able to open it on iPad and immediately edit. Instead, I have to download the whole audio file first. 2. Like nearly everyone else, AudioNote now requires a subscription to use advanced features. But I think the fee is unreasonably high. (And it would have been a good move to offer us early adopters of the original product a discount or some similar incentive. Nonetheless, the fee is too high.) 3. BIGGIE: Less complicated playback speed controls.
- jginfl , 04/06/2018, Appstore
Byword reviews
I feel iOS version is better than Mac version. Would love to see a safety mechanism from deleting files or folders by accident. As of right now, all you have to do is swipe a file or folder to expose the delete button. One touch and file is gone. I accidentally deleted a file once from grazing the button by accident. There needs to be a pop up menu or something to prevent that. Thanks for listening
- OneCornerstone
Been using the Desktop version for several months now. Really enjoyed writing Rich text based documents on my computer with this app. When I finally bit the bullet and purchased the iOS Version, I unfortunately discovered after the purchase that the iOS version does not support Rich text. That detail was at the very bottom of the description and to be fair I made an assumption that the iOS version of the app would work the same as the desktop version. I can’t understand why rich text is not supported, and if I had known (I guess it’s my bad for not reading every single bit of description all the way to the very bottom) that I would be unable to sync those types of documents across devices, I would’ve gone with a different platform.
- clarkeleland
Byword is my go-to distraction free writing app on the Mac and I used it on iOS for a while— but unfortunately the slow Dropbox syncing led me to explore other solutions for iOS. It seems like updates this year might have fixed this so hopefully it’s better now. I had Byword configured for a Dropbox folder that I use for journal entries and it has a couple hundred markdown files in it plus two sub folders with some text, markdown and a couple of old rtf (rich text) files in them. When I opened up Byword it would hang on ‘Downloading items’ or ‘Syncing Items’ for minutes and it made me nervous to open recent files and create possible conflicts in my Dropbox. That was a big blocker when I just wanted to open the app and start writing. I recently reinstalled the app and also removed the rtf files from this Dropbox folder (just in case) and things seem to be better— fingers crossed.
- bikemike
Pros & cons
AudioNote
| Pros |
|---|
| Take notes with recorded audio using the best note taking app in the App Store!AudioNote combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes |
| It’s the perfect app for students or business.By synchronizing notes and audio, AudioNote automatically indexes your meetings, lectures, interviews, or study sessions |
| Need to review the discussion about deliverables on your next project? Trying to remember what the professor had to say about a key point? With AudioNote there is no need to waste time searching through the entire recording to find out |
| Each note acts as a link directly to the point at which it was recorded, taking you instantly to what you want to hear |
| Didn't take any notes during the meeting? No problem, you can add them later.A fully functional note application, AudioNote also increases the value of your notes |
| Watch as your text, drawings, and photos highlight during playback, helping you to remember the context in which they were taken.With the convenience of the iPad or iPhone, you can use AudioNote anywhere: meetings, interviews, conferences, lectures, study sessions |
| Even use it to record memos to yourself as you jot down new ideas |
| Join the thousands of students, teachers, business executives, and other professionals who have already discovered what an indispensable tool AudioNote can be |
| Download it today!**************************************************AudioNote Features:- Synchronized note and audio recording- Seek directly to audio by tapping notes- Highlighted notes during playback- Insert text, drawing, photo, & highlighter notes- Audio amplifier for recordings made in larger conference rooms- Import and take notes directly on PDF documents (iPad only)- Share with iCloud, Dropbox, over WiFi, or through iTunes- Desktop support: view your .audionote files on Mac or PC |
Byword
| Pros |
|---|
| Distraction-free writing app with support for Markdown language |
| Lets you publish directly to popular websites |
| Inexpensive, one-time cost |
| Cons |
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| Not useful for long-form writing |
| No library or tools for reference materials |
| Lacks templates |
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