InkLightInkLightMatthew Branthwaite, Cheyne Mathey-Owens, Van Phan, Matthew Branthwaite, Cheyne Mathey-Owens, Van Phan,

& Nolan O'Brien& Nolan O'Brien

Tablet PC’s are cool, right?Tablet PC’s are cool, right?

Great for taking notes... But not great for Great for taking notes... But not great for reading notes.reading notes.There is no good note search application.There is no good note search application.Therefore, users might take a lot of notes, but Therefore, users might take a lot of notes, but

never look at most of them again, because no never look at most of them again, because no one wants to read through 50 pages of notes.one wants to read through 50 pages of notes.

How often do people even refer back to their How often do people even refer back to their notes?notes?

What if?What if?

There was a good note search There was a good note search application?application?Allowing you to:Allowing you to:

Quickly and easily find specific information in your Quickly and easily find specific information in your notesnotes

Rank search resultsRank search resultsExtract and group relevant information.Extract and group relevant information.

Who would use it?Who would use it?

Anybody who uses a Tablet PC for note Anybody who uses a Tablet PC for note taking could find this application useful:taking could find this application useful:ProfessionalsProfessionalsStudentsStudentsResearchersResearchers

Notetakers!Notetakers!

One-click & writeOne-click & write

Based loosely on the ease-of-use of Mac Based loosely on the ease-of-use of Mac OS Spotlight.OS Spotlight.One click, write, view resultsOne click, write, view results

Maybe return results dynamically, as the word is Maybe return results dynamically, as the word is written?written?

Keep it simple: Avoid lists and checkboxes, which Keep it simple: Avoid lists and checkboxes, which are hard to use in a pen environmentare hard to use in a pen environment

Information ExtractionInformation Extraction Along with ranked relevant notes, a search will extract Along with ranked relevant notes, a search will extract

relevant information relevant information You want to look up the definition for “dog food”, which you You want to look up the definition for “dog food”, which you

wrote in your CSE 481b notes.wrote in your CSE 481b notes. A quick search for “dog food” extracts:A quick search for “dog food” extracts:

dog food: to use your own softwaredog food: to use your own software

You need Mike Jones’ contact info, which you wrote sometime You need Mike Jones’ contact info, which you wrote sometime last week.last week.

A search for “Mike Jones” extracts:A search for “Mike Jones” extracts:Mike Jones:Mike Jones:Phone: 123-456-7890Phone: 123-456-7890E-mail: mikejones@who.comE-mail: mikejones@who.com

Team BreakdownTeam Breakdown

PM and UIPM and UINolan O’BrienNolan O’Brien

Indexing and SearchIndexing and SearchMatthew Branthwaite & Van PhanMatthew Branthwaite & Van Phan

Information Extraction and SearchInformation Extraction and SearchCheyne Mathey-OwensCheyne Mathey-Owens

RiskRisk

The biggest risks with this project are:The biggest risks with this project are: PersonnelPersonnel

Unanticipated injury, illness, vacationUnanticipated injury, illness, vacation Group FrictionGroup Friction Love TrianglesLove Triangles

ExternalExternal We rely heavily on the built in handwriting recognition We rely heavily on the built in handwriting recognition

softwaresoftware

DevelopmentDevelopment Creating relations between different pieces of text is not Creating relations between different pieces of text is not

easy.easy.