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Hands-on: Handwriting recognition app brings sticky notes into the 21st century (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Sticky notes are perfect as they are, if you want to have that information on a computer, write it on the computer.... Pointless ewaste.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

solutions in search of a problem

[–] usrtrv 6 points 2 weeks ago

This isn't ewaste. This is reusable paper and erasable pens. The OCR comes from an app on your phone.

Sure the whole concept is a bit suspect and wasteful. But there's nothing here that's ewaste.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I almost want to create an open source project for this.

I'm thinking a single README.md that walks you through each step of:

  1. Write the note on sticky with pencil
  2. Take picture with phone camera
  3. Store/send picture however you want
  4. Use eraser to clear sticky
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The article reads like a paid sponsorship ad written by someone who sees it as the bullshit it is. Sticky notes are already in the 21st century and work as needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

but, but, but... you can't connect them to an app 😢

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I know right? TIL that applications, image scanning, OCR, taking pictures, erasable pens, stickier adhesive, and plasticized paper are 21st century inventions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean, handwriting note taking has been around for a long time. Doonesbury has a famous cartoon making fun of the Apple Newton's handwriting recognition ("egg freckles?") dating back to (checks) 1993.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

erasable pens

Did they forget that pencils exist?

ETA: dry erase and chalk mediums would also like a word