Reading #23: InkSeine: In Situ Search for Active Note Taking (2007)

by Ken Hinckley, Shengdong Zhao, Raman Sarin, Patrick Baudisch, Ed Cutrell, Michael Shilman, and Desney Tan

Comments: George

This paper presents a note-taking application that helps the user create references by incorporating searching and gathering content. While taking notes, the user can perform searches by circling some previously written text. The actions are performed by pen gestures. They can add reference icons to a sketch, which appear as normal desktop icons and can link to files or URLs. 5 users tested the system.

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For sketching to replace the mouse and keyboard, many unique applications such as this need to be invented and developed. Sketching introduces some interface navigation problems, which can be frustrating to the user, especially during sensitive applications like note taking. We need many novel solutions such as this.