Audio note?

[exciter]

I am just curious how people use the audio note and is it used widely?
Do I simply jack in a simple micrphone and talk to it to take a note?
Do people here find it easier to take an audio note than typing?
For what other purposes the audio note can be used?
Thanx in advance

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I am just curious how people use the audio note and is it used widely?
Do I simply jack in a simple micrphone and talk to it to take a note?
Do people here find it easier to take an audio note than typing?
For what other purposes the audio note can be used?
Thanx in advance

I've used the audio note a couple of times, though always just with the
internal microphone in my tablet PC which was sort of mediocre. I used it
to record a meeting so I could record what was said. Easier than trying
to take notes of everything everybody says.

I could envision using it in an interview situation, like a reporter does,
or if you're doing something that requires both hands and you need to
dictate your notes; like a doctor might while performing an exam.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr/computers/onenotefaq.htm

 

[James Gockel]

I've used it in class, where the teacher talks too quickly, and you just
write a half of a word, but you know the teacher said it.
When you're done with the class, and you want to write up your notes to
study for tomorrows quiz on today's lecture. Well! You're in luck, you play
back the recorded audio, and where you had written a half word, the teacher
fills in the rest all over again!
I've found it very usefull in those situations. And I think main intention
for the recording.

-James

 

[Irina Yatsenko (MS)]

OneNote ties the recording to the editings on the page, so if you are
recording and typing simultaniously you can later click on the audio icon
beside the note and the recording would start at the point when you were
making the note (at least pretty close to that moment).

 

[mbwpgh]

I use a hand held tape recorder to record ideas and intend to transfer them
into One Note and have toyed with the idea of recording notes from books and
then transferring to One Note. The audio feature seems to be good time saver
tool. Using the tape recorder in this fashion, to me anyway, is easier than
carrying a pad and pencil (faster also) or booting a laptop. I do not have a
tablet PC.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I use a hand held tape recorder to record ideas and intend to transfer
them
into One Note and have toyed with the idea of recording notes from books
and
then transferring to One Note. The audio feature seems to be good time
saver
tool. Using the tape recorder in this fashion, to me anyway, is easier
than
carrying a pad and pencil (faster also) or booting a laptop. I do not
have a
tablet PC.

You might be able to transfer them electronically -- use a audio cable
from the headphone jack of the tape recorder to the mic jack on the
computer.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ:
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr/computers/onenotefaq.htm

 

[James Gockel]

The good thing about the tablet, is most of them have microphones on them.
You can keep your tablet in sleep, or standby... when your thought hits you,
click on the little icon in the system tray and start recording. A little
more complicated than hitting the button on a tape recorder, but just as
good.

-James