Note SearchNote Search

Hanna FilipssonHanna Filipsson

Nathan FongNathan Fong

Brian WatanabeBrian Watanabe

Taryn WiseTaryn Wise

Our Project…Our Project…

Our goal is to make it easy for Our goal is to make it easy for students to do a specific search on students to do a specific search on their notes. To give them a lot of their notes. To give them a lot of options (like circled, date range, etc.) options (like circled, date range, etc.) on how to further specify their on how to further specify their search, while keeping an easy to use, search, while keeping an easy to use, pen friendly UI.pen friendly UI.

RequirementsRequirements

• Windows XPWindows XP• Microsoft Tablet PC Recognizer PackMicrosoft Tablet PC Recognizer Pack

• To open files:To open files:• Windows JournalWindows Journal• Any program that open .jnt filesAny program that open .jnt files

Target userTarget user

Anybody who takes notesAnybody who takes notes– Also wants to use their notesAlso wants to use their notes

StudentsStudents– Quick lookup of keywordsQuick lookup of keywords– Find what they marked as important Find what they marked as important

(headers, circled, underlined etc)(headers, circled, underlined etc)

– Find peopleFind people (Phone numbers, email, url etc)(Phone numbers, email, url etc)

Who am I?Who am I?

I am a first year student at UWI am a first year student at UW I take the CSE 101 Computers classI take the CSE 101 Computers class I take notes on my TabletI take notes on my Tablet I plan to read the notes laterI plan to read the notes later

– Study for examsStudy for exams– Review for an assignmentReview for an assignment– What was said during class?What was said during class?

My notesMy notes

I have three classesI have three classes Each have class 3 times a weekEach have class 3 times a week Take about 3 pages each classTake about 3 pages each class One quarter is 10 weeksOne quarter is 10 weeks ……about 270 pages!about 270 pages!

TOO MUCH TO READ THROUGH!TOO MUCH TO READ THROUGH!

My problemMy problem

Lots of potentially useful notesLots of potentially useful notes Too much to make use of itToo much to make use of it

Searching my notesSearching my notes

A great needA great need No existing software allows for No existing software allows for

search of handwritten notessearch of handwritten notes We can do it!We can do it!

– NoteSearchNoteSearch

NoteSearch – Possibility 1NoteSearch – Possibility 1

I’m fairly new to NoteSearchI’m fairly new to NoteSearch I have a bunch of notesI have a bunch of notes A review sheet for a test next weekA review sheet for a test next week

NoteSearch – Possibility 1NoteSearch – Possibility 1

I’m fairly new to NoteSearchI’m fairly new to NoteSearch I have a bunch of notesI have a bunch of notes A review sheet for a test next weekA review sheet for a test next week

NoteSearch – Possibility 1NoteSearch – Possibility 1

I have a bunch of notesI have a bunch of notes A review sheet for a test next weekA review sheet for a test next week I’m fairly new to NoteSearchI’m fairly new to NoteSearch

Do a keyword search for Do a keyword search for “application”“application”

NoteSearch – Possibility 2NoteSearch – Possibility 2

Final exam is coming upFinal exam is coming up I have a bunch of notesI have a bunch of notes I use NoteSearch and like itI use NoteSearch and like it Important topicsImportant topics

– I need to read about “TCP”, but only when I need to read about “TCP”, but only when marked importantmarked important

Within the last quarterWithin the last quarter

Do a date and type search for “TCP”Do a date and type search for “TCP”

NoteSearch – Possibility 3NoteSearch – Possibility 3

Working on a group projectWorking on a group project Time of meeting changed, need to call Time of meeting changed, need to call

classmateclassmate I wrote down her phone number I wrote down her phone number

somewhere…somewhere… I know she lives in the area, so probably I know she lives in the area, so probably

same area code as me, “206”same area code as me, “206”

Do a type search for “206”Do a type search for “206”

NoteSearchNoteSearch

I CAN use my notes laterI CAN use my notes later– Study for examsStudy for exams– Review for an assignmentReview for an assignment– What was said during class?What was said during class?– Find scribbles I quickly wrote downFind scribbles I quickly wrote down

such as phone numberssuch as phone numbers

Our vision for the futureOur vision for the future

Combine the different search Combine the different search alternatives that we already have to alternatives that we already have to make a more specific search.make a more specific search.

For example: a name and phone For example: a name and phone number search (type search number search (type search combined with a keyword search)combined with a keyword search)

More for the future…More for the future…

Improve the accuracy of the type searchImprove the accuracy of the type search More types for the type searchMore types for the type search A more user specific UI?A more user specific UI? Improved performanceImproved performance

NoteSearchNoteSearch

Group BGroup B