Programs for taking handwritten notes

Programs to edit pdf and write notes.

Although in these times of instant messaging writing by hand seems to be an art in disuse, these handwritten note taking software are great for underlining pdf documents or creating outlines or mind maps. Or, if you have a graphic tablet or have a good hand with the mouse, you could even use them to take handwritten notes.

The great advantage of these programs is that are available in the FlatHub repository so they can be installed and uninstalled without the need to make any changes to the system.

Programs for taking handwritten notes

Scribe

Es an app for handwritten notes very easy to use with basic features for creating handwritten notes and marking up pdf documents. The interface is not too elaborate, but on the other hand it is very easy to learn how to use it.

If you used these types of programs and your fine motor skills are better than the author of this article, you can add handwritten notes. Scrivano does not include a text tool that allows you to enter text using the keyboard.

It is an ideal program for making text-based presentations since it has a dark mode, the possibility of seeing it full screen and a simulated laser pointer that allows you to point out a part of the text in a non-permanent way.

In the case of documents created by the program, We have four types of funds; plain, striped, grid or dotted line. Fortunately for short-sighted people like me, it is possible to change the default colors, since with them the background is not too noticeable. Another possibility is to modify the space between the background elements.

If you are unable to draw a straight line with the mouse, don't worry. The Snap Grid tool makes your lines snap to the background grid. With this you can easily create tables, charts and diagrams. Another useful function is that of Stickers that allows us to reuse elements in other documents.

To make annotations in pdf we just have to import them, select the color of the tools with which we want to work and that's it.

Flatpak package

Linwood Butterfly

I complained about the Scrivano interface because I had written that part of the article before trying Linwood Butterfly. The one of this program undoubtedly needs a great improvement. I am a supporter of minimalism, but I think they got out of hand.

In this case we have a cross-platform application, In addition to the desktop versions, we have one for mobile devices and another for the web version. In all cases the data is saved locally, although it is possible to export it to view it on other devices.

We can use two types of funds; Light and dark. Each of them has four types of patterns; Plain, striped, grid and music. In both modes it is possible to modify the background color and the color and spacing of the pattern.

Using the area tool you can restrict the workspace that we can use, while with the layers tool we can make additions that are easy to remove without touching the rest of the work.

In this application we have a tool to add texts from the keyboard, as well as a pencil, a highlighter and a shape creator. It is also possible to customize the color palette.

It does not allow to edit pdf.

Flatpak package

Xournal ++

Es The most complete of all and both Isaac and I have previously recommended it in Linux Adictos. This also makes her the one that takes the longest to learn its operation, although it's not that bad.

The first big difference between this application and the other two that we discussed is that in addition to drawing using the mouse or a graphics tablet and entering texts using the keyboard, we can add audio to our notes.

If we want to enter mathematical formulas we have a built-in LaTeX editor. 

To personalize the documents we can define the color and type of backgrounds. The funds we can use are:

  • Smooth.
  • Lined.
  • Lined with vertical margin.
  • Graphic.
  • Points.
  • Isometric points.
  • Isometric graphics.
  • Music notation.
  • Graphic with margin.
  • Image.
  • pdf document.

Xournal++ has several drawing and highlighting tools. We can use the shape drawing tool or draw them freehand and the program will transform the drawing into a tool.

For pdf annotation we have different formats of pencils and highlighters with custom colors and add text anywhere in the document using the keyboard.

The program includes different add-ons that extend its functions.

Flatpak package


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  1.   richo said

    Thank you very much, these recommendations are greatly appreciated, I only knew Xournal++