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  1. When I select a handwritten word with the lasso tool and try to convert it to text, the option "Auto Detect" is set as default.

    This leads to a wrong conversion of the selected text. Forcing me to change from "Auto Detect" to my preferred language every time I want to conver text.

    For Example: I try to convert the german word "Abstrakte" but the auto detect converts it to "Abstrakle". If I change the language from "Auto Detect" to "German", it converts it to the correct word "Abstrakte".

    Thus it would be great, if the language I selected is…

    1 vote

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  2. Pls: The New Folder Icons are WAY too big, cartoonish, and colours look GARISH!!

    Please make more colour options available, to make them look at least less CHAOTIC! ( Colour wheel / Colour picker)
    Changing the size of the Folders when in Gallery mode, would be VERY HELPFUL, indeed.. Or Better: Change the folder SYMBOLS in general..
    ( Presets or possibiltity of self-made symbols would be cool) But definetely let us decrease the size.. ( Maybe with a simple slider, +/- sign at the bottom or simply by PINCHING our fingers)

    10 votes

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  3. I don't like the "rub to erase" spec that erases text even when I want to fill it in, so I downgraded, but even after the downgrade I am fed up with popups urging me to update to Goodnotes 6.

    1 vote

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  4. I can’t use the scribble option in swedish. If I want to write “Hej” it only writes “He” and so on. If adding a new language is not an option please let the scribble be non-restricted

    23 votes

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  5. It would be great to not have to change font and typing size for every text box and instead have a preset option like the pens and colors.

    6 votes

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  6. It would be great to be able to depend on only typing sometimes and have the text align along the entire paper and lines of selected paper template as an additional feature to the existing text box

    1 vote

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  7. It would be wonderful to record audio of what you're listening to in your earbuds. For example while you're listening to an online lecture in a crowded space.

    6 votes

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  8. Goodnotes 6: speed up use of Lasso tool conversion to text (probably more commonly used than maths conversion ) by allowing the user to set a global default for Lasso conversion to either a) text only or b) text and Maths.

    I would expect most users to set a default of “text” and thereby speed up lasso tool conversion. Those who require both can set default to text+maths

    5 votes

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  9. A thing I'm missing is a faster way for shapes, like some other apps added a feature if you draw a (not so good) circle and you touch the screen with your non-writing hand while your Apple Pencil is not yet lifted, the software automatically detects a figure and makes the circle perfect. It's a faster way than the way it's now. (Like in Procreate)

    3 votes

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  10. Add a timer to flashcards.
    For example, I can create a timer so that I have 10 seconds to answer the flashcard before the answer is displayed.

    4 votes

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  11. I am currently trying goodnotes 6. I was excited about the math feature, however, when writing equations they seem to be consistently converted incorrectly. I understand that there is a process to improve handwriting recognition, and it can be especially difficult when it comes to complex equations, but I was disappointed to see that I could not edit the latex to correct the mistakes. This would be a simple implementation and could allow goodnotes to collect data in order to improve the conversion.

    20 votes

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    1. A history of all notes opened. This should have a duration limit. Say if someone spends 10 minutes reading or revising a note it should go into history. Or let each history entry be deletable.
    2. Calendar view of which notes were opened on what dates and what time.
    3. Ability to schedule entire notes or pages of notes into a spaced repetition system.
    4. Ability to rate how well you know the notes.
    5. Noteful introduced tape feature to hide parts of notes similar to cloze feature of Anki. They have Layers as well. Goodnotes should introduce these features
    30 votes

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  12. In Goodnotes 6 there are these beautiful folder icons. But they all feel a bit empty. What if it would show the notebooks inside the folder. This could also make it more clear how many notebooks were in that folder.
    For reference: Planny’s categories

    2 votes

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  13. Am we get a check box that is blank at first [] and on next press is [] showing in progress and then normal [X] on second press showing done

    4 votes

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  14. add the option that changes the color of notes, as sometimes I write something in a specific color but then I need to change it and rewrite the whole thing again so having an option that would change the color of the paragraph that I wrote and not waste my time would be extremely helpful.

    4 votes

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  15. Make android app available for Lenovo Tablets as well

    7 votes

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  16. I know it’s a new feature, but I’d love to see a wishlist or save option for the shop. Also maybe a shop on the website or off of the app also. Ultimately some way to see and be able to compare certain items before you buy them based on what you are looking for

    3 votes

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  17. It would be extremely useful to be able to do things such as paste an image and annotate it when making flash cards. There are many instances where this would be useful, and would also serve as a quality of life improvement for many students like myself, and across a wide range of subjects.

    2 votes

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  18. I currently study chemistry at university and use GoodNotes for all of my note-taking, as well as the flash cards feature for general revision. It would be incredibly useful to be able to use rich text formatting so I can accurately enter chemical equations and chemical formulae, rather than having to come up with new forms of notation that I have to remember when revising.

    19 votes

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  19. Correct my bad hand-writing as I write (much like my bad lines and circles are corrected in-place into straight lines and Giotto's perfect circles).

    This feature could be switchable, so I can toggle it ON when I lecture and toggle it OFF when I write my personal annotations.

    7 votes

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