Goodnotes adds an AI that can read and explain even the worst handwriting
AI has gotten really good at holding a conversation with people, but a series of new AI features from digital note-taking app Goodnotes pull off an even more impressive stunt by reading handwriting well enough to talk about it and even answer questions about it. what happened. scribbled. Goodnotes, which says it has 24 million monthly active users, debuted handwriting editing capabilities, along with a math-specific AI helper and the Ask Goodnotes assistant that serves as a kind of secretary for your notes.
The handwriting editing tools impressively link human writing to digital understanding. They are based on the patented Goodnotes Smart Ink technology, which removes your handwriting and attempts to convert it into typed text. But now the app lets you edit what you’ve written by hand, the way you would type something in a document. That includes aligning notes, copying and pasting some of the writing, and reflowing the text to make it more logical as you go through it.
That’s in addition to the spell check and Word Complete tools already available for handwriting. Goodnotes presents these AI handwriting editing capabilities as a way to combine the flexibility of pen-and-paper note-taking with the editing ease of digital tools. You can see how it works below.
AI Secretary
Ask Goodnotes, as the name implies, allows you to ask questions about what’s in your notes, get summaries, explain concepts you’ve written down, and even help you create quizzes to test your knowledge. So if you’re a student or attending a work presentation, the AI can give you hastily scribbled notes and explain what you wrote about days later, including exploring concepts you were too vague about to remember what you meant. It can then help you study for a test on the subject or prepare to talk about it with others.
It works with more than just handwritten notes, so you can supplement what you’ve written with printed text, images and PDFs. The AI’s responses are personalized and link to your notes to ensure you understand the context of what is being said and what you have previously written.
The Math Assist feature focuses on helping with math equations written by hand in your notebook. Math Assist recognizes handwritten math problems and can perform calculations to provide the answer. It can also show the steps for solving the problem, from arithmetic to calculus. If you don’t want the full answer, the AI can also limit itself to hints, allowing you to solve the equations yourself. Goodnotes is available for free on Apple devices with up to three notebooks. All features are available for $10 per year or a $30 lifetime fee.
“We are constantly inspired by the vast amount of ideas and knowledge that our users capture in their Goodnotes notebooks. Our goal with Ask Goodnotes is to give users new ways to interact with their notes, documents and PDFs, and unlock new possibilities for productivity, creativity and learning,” said Steven Chan, Founder and CEO of Goodnotes “With our new handwriting editing and math features, we focused on how our proprietary machine learning models can be used behind the scenes to power everyday creation. notes and document annotations seamless and intuitive.”