Boogie Board Sync 9.7 eWriter

Posted by Dr Andus
Jul 3, 2014 at 01:44 PM

Hugh wrote:
>Do you happen to know whether the files it produces can be turned into
>printed text on the Mac or PC?

The way I’m getting around this problem is by using Dragon to transcribe (by dictating) selected notes that turn out to be important.

Another emerging use of BB Sync for me is to do free writing away from my PC, desk and office, as a way of overcoming mental fatigue and writer’s block. Hopefully this is not just the novelty effect. But switching to handwriting once in awhile seems to be a refreshing change. Then I just use Dragon to transcribe it.

Another strength: I like the way the saving of files is handled. On the BB Sync there is a “save” and an “erase” button, but nothing is deleted, files just end up saved in different folders. The desktop software then can download the saved files into a destination folder of your choice, however these leave the files on the device untouched. So there are multiple safeguards in order not to lose stuff. One needs to open the device drive directly to manually delete files from both the “save” and “erase” folders.

And a final thought: BB Sync in combination with a Zettelkasten software that can display images (CT, for instance) could be used as a way of capturing notes using “index cards.” Each BB Sync note can be thought of as an individual index card, which can then be converted from PDF to PNG and dropped into the relevant software, where it can be tagged. Handwriting recognition of course would make this even better, so let’s hope that’s on the way.