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# How to incorporate handwritten notes into Emacs Orgmode
Bala Ramadurai (his/him, <mailto:bala@balaramadurai.net>)

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Research suggests that note taking is most effective when done by hand. Yes, handwritten  notes. Certainly, typewritten or typed out notes  are more efficient, however notes written by hand are retained by the human brain  much longer.

Integrating handwritten notes into a computer leaned productivity workflow is tricky. Also, in terms of hardware, if all you have is a smartphone, then we need to deal with the situation  a bit differently.

This talk will introduce to you a simple system to integrate handwritten notes into your org-mode (Emacs) based productivity workflow.

-   Gist of the problem of dealing with handwritten notes
-   Advantages of handwritten notes
-   Emacs org mode workflow
    -   Option 1: Hardware for handwriting not available
    -   Option 2: Hardware for handwriting available



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