The following Free or Low-Cost Assistive Technology programs, software, websites, and apps focus on different forms of Notetaking Support.
Notetaking
AudioNote 2
Features:
- Synchronize your notes with the audio recording of your lecture
- Take hand-written
- Import lecture slides as the background to your notes
- More Information: AudioNote Website
Cost: Free and in-app purchases
Compatibility: Windows; Mac; iOS; Android
Evernote
Features:
- A one-stop place to collect notes, files, web clippings, and images with the ability to access them on virtually any device
- Collect and find your information easily
- Great tool for researching, planning events and everyday organizational use
- Collaborate with others on projects using the sharing features
- More Information: Evernote Website
Cost: Free or Premium
Compatibility: Windows; Mac; iOS; Android
iAnnotate
Features:
- Annotate PDF, Word Doc, PowerPoint, and image files with this app
- Use the typewriter, pen, highlighter, stamp, note, underline, photo, voice and other tools to annotate your document
- Import PDFs or compress and export for secured sharing with others
- More Information: iAnnotate Website
Cost: $9.99
Compatibility: iOS
Microsoft OneNote
Features:
- Take all your notes in OneNote by typing, writing with a touchscreen, importing pictures, video, web links, and other resources
- Ability to record your lecture with this program
- Divide up your classes and work by notebook, section, and pages
- Using OneDrive online, share your OneNote document for others to work on and interact with
- Search your notes for the ability to easily find what you need
- More Information: OneNote Website
Cost: Free with an Office account
Compatibility: Windows; Mac; iOS; Android
Notability
Features:
- Write, type, or annotate using highlighters your notes using the all in one notetaking app
- Ability to take pictures and audio record with the sound being linked to your notes
- Use Google Drive, Dropbox and Box to import, export and share documents such as PowerPoints and take notes directly on them
- Organize all your notes in one place
- More Information: Notability Website
Cost: Free App With Annual Subscription Option of $11.99/year
Compatibility: Mac; iOS
Note Board
Features:
- A web application that creates a note-taking board to gather notes
- Ability to upload PDFs, Docs, images, and website links (varies between demo and premium version)
- Create multiple note-taking boards
- Collaborate with others by sharing your note-taking board
- Customizable background and note style
- More information: Note Board Website
Cost: Free for Demo and $3/month for Premium
Compatibility: Online Resource with Chrome extension
Notebook – Notes, To-do, Journal
Features:
- Create personalized notebooks with customizable style settings
- Insert audio recordings up to 30 minutes and supplemental images within your notes
- Allows for drawing, tagging notebooks for easy navigation, adding to-do list items, and setting reminders
- More information: Notebook Website
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS; Android; Mac; Windows; Online Resource
Noted.
Features:
- Note taking application with a time-stamped audio recording feature synced with typed notes
- Draw, record, type, or dictate notes
- Export, import, and adjust notes, documents, and recordings within the app
- More information: Noted Website
Cost: $24.99/year
Compatibility: iOS: Mac, iPhone, iPad, apple watch
Penultimate
Features:
- Write, sketch, draw or doodle notes and information on your iPad
- Lifelike paper in-app imitate writing on real paper
- Sync with your Evernote account for access anywhere, anytime using your computer or mobile devices
- Search your notes using the search feature in your Evernote Account
- More Information: Penultimate Website
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad
Simplenote
Features:
- Distraction free note taking platform
- Works across devices
- Create searchable notes and to do lists
- More information: Simplenote Website
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Browser
SoundNote
Features:
- Type or write out your notes while the audio recording is synced to each word or pen stroke
- Tap on the word and then the play button to playback what was being said at that moment in the audio recording
- Share your audio recording and notes via email, Dropbox, or transfer directly to your computer
- More Information: SoundNote Website
Cost: $4.99
Compatibility: iOS: iPad
YiNote by TurboNote
Features:
- Take notes while watching videos
- Generate a PDF of notes
- Includes timestamps of notes
- By clicking on the timestamps generated with the notes, this will take you to the exact place in the video the note was taken
- Ability to watch videos with multiple people at the same time with the same notes
- More information: YiNote Chrome Extension
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome, Firefox, and Edge extension
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