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Pear Note integrates audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes. By recording all activity, Pear Note keeps track of what's going on while taking notes as well as what the user has to say about it. This makes Pear Note incredibly useful for important meetings, class settings, or speeches.
Recording Notes
Pear Note records audio, video, and what the user does, including typing notes and changing slides, on a timeline. Since keystrokes and slide changes are kept on this timeline, users can easily find what was being said during typing or a
Recording Notes
Pear Note records audio, video, and what the user does, including typing notes and changing slides, on a timeline. Since keystrokes and slide changes are kept on this timeline, users can easily find what was being said during typing or a
What's New
Version 2.1.1:
- Fixed bug that prevents File->Open from working on Mac OS X 10.7
- Fixed bug that prevented underline from syncing properly to iPad version
- Fixed bug that could result in a broken web player when sharing
- Improved search handling of documents created on the iPad
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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| Downloads:10,040 |
| Version Downloads:507 |
| Type:Business : Word Processing |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:24 Oct 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $39.99 |
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Pear Note integrates audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes. By recording all activity, Pear Note keeps track of what's going on while taking notes as well as what the user has to say about it. This makes Pear Note incredibly useful for important meetings, class settings, or speeches.
Recording Notes
Pear Note records audio, video, and what the user does, including typing notes and changing slides, on a timeline. Since keystrokes and slide changes are kept on this timeline, users can easily find what was being said during typing or a particular slide. They can play back an entire recording to recreate a meeting, or jump straight to the point in the audio they care most about.
Searching Instead of Organizing
With Pear Note, there's no need to manually organize notes to find them. Users simply bring up search and start typing, and the note they're looking for will pop right up. There's no need to manually sort notes into folders or categories. Pear Note finds notes transparently so they don't have to go looking.
Recording Notes
Pear Note records audio, video, and what the user does, including typing notes and changing slides, on a timeline. Since keystrokes and slide changes are kept on this timeline, users can easily find what was being said during typing or a particular slide. They can play back an entire recording to recreate a meeting, or jump straight to the point in the audio they care most about.
Searching Instead of Organizing
With Pear Note, there's no need to manually organize notes to find them. Users simply bring up search and start typing, and the note they're looking for will pop right up. There's no need to manually sort notes into folders or categories. Pear Note finds notes transparently so they don't have to go looking.
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cbruno.linux reviewed on 16 Jun 2011
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Grhsvo reviewed on 18 Feb 2011
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Pear Note should definitely work with 10.6.6 (it's what I'm using right now). If you'd send an email to support@usefulfruit.com I can try to figure out what's going wrong.
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Prlab reviewed on 22 Dec 2010
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hced reviewed on 03 Sep 2010
The novely lies in the fact that you can _navigate_ your meeting conversations, just by clicking on the notes/words that you've taken during the sessions.
It's down to business at the very moment you open the application. Just hit Alt/Option + Shift + R (for recording) and you're on.
I feel more relaxed (albeit perhaps a bit too relaxed, because of my confidence that I won't miss anything) during meetings using this tool. I can jot down a few words of relevance - without putting too much effort in correct spelling - and afterwards I'm able to keep future reference on every detail. Feels almost like cheating.
It's useful for working teams to review both sporadic conversations and iterative planning sessions, and it proves to be a great strategic tool, since you're able to step back and analyse a sales conversation, job interview, etc. and in the end, let you take more informed actions based on things that might have slipped your mind during the actual meeting. (You get the idea.)
The price tag for this app is definitely worth it and it pays for itself the first time using it. In fact, I'd pay again and again for this app, should I have to. It's one of those useful pearls you only ever so rarely find. A real productivity hack.
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Filtering out keyboard sounds is possible, but not if you are using your Mac's internal mic, at least not if you're using a laptop Mac.
If this is imortant to you, I'd recommend buying a decent external mic. For example, one of Blue's mics, say, their Eyeball model 1.0 or 2.0? (http://www.bluemic.com/consumeraudio/webcams.html). It's actually a webcam, i.e. a mic with an integrated camera for recording both HD audio and video (could be nice so that you can point it in the direction of your client, for instance.
There are of course other cheaper alternatives, but make sure they're compatible with Mac. One thing to look out for - which had me buy a mic a couple of years ago, which didn't work for Mac - was that my Mac (at that time; this may have changed) didn't support non-powered mics - i.e. mics without battery power. Again, this caveat may have changed since then (check with Apple or the manufacturer to be sure).
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Technically, of course, you're no filtering out sounds when using an external mic, but the fact that your external mic can be positioned at a distance from your laptop makes it not capture the keyboard sounds as loudly as it would when using your internal mic. (Pretty basic stuff, but I thought I'd put it out there to protect myself from technical nitpickers. :=P)
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The text editor enables notes, lists, tables, and links. The text is spotlight searchable. (It would be superb if you could search for text in spotlight and immediately jump from that to the corresponding AV, or if Pear Note could use speech recognition to take notes for you, but those are not features at this point).
The program allows you to import audio and video and to add imports to existing Pear Note recordings.
The downsides?
* If you use this software often and fail to use its export functions to later decouple text from AV (text is separately exportable as RTF or text and video is exportable as QuickTime or AAC), you'll collect lengthy AV files on your hard drive, potentially taking up significant amounts of space. This is not a problem with the program--it's simply a function of the concept.
* If you record with your Mac's internal microphone rather than with an external microphone, your recording will inevitably pick up the sound of your typing, which somewhat limits the value of any AV export.
* The price is a bit steep for an app if you only use this occasionally so you'll want to try the program out thoroughly first to see if it makes a useful addition to your workflow.
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uid_zero reviewed on 12 Nov 2008
You can also import slides and the program will synchronize the slides to your text and the recording.
This program really changes notetaking because it gives you the ability to easily fill in gaps in your notes and clarify the confusing or mistyped parts. If you're using your MacBook to take notes in meetings or class, this program is really useful.
The program is available from www.usefulfruit.com, where you can also
find a screencast demonstration and a free trial.