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# Transcript
[[!template text="""Can you recognize this building?""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Some of you may have recognized this.""" start="00:00:08.080" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This building is called""" start="00:00:09.800" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the John Hancock building.""" start="00:00:11.440" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is in Chicago.""" start="00:00:14.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I recently bought this building.""" start="00:00:17.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Isn't it nice?""" start="00:00:19.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Heavens no!""" start="00:00:21.320" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I am in my home in Pune in India.""" start="00:00:23.240" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I am Bala Ramadurai,""" start="00:00:27.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""an author, professor, and an innovation coach.""" start="00:00:29.160" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hello and welcome to my talk on""" start="00:00:33.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""“How to incorporate handwritten notes""" start="00:00:36.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""into Emacs Org Mode”""" start="00:00:39.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, why did I show you this building?""" start="00:00:42.280" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The name is of interest for this talk.""" start="00:00:45.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In the US, someone's signature is""" start="00:00:49.400" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""also referred to as their Hancock.""" start="00:00:52.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Your handwriting is pretty much part of your identity.""" start="00:00:55.200" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It is as fundamental as that.""" start="00:00:59.680" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Of course, there is a movie by that name too, Hancock.""" start="00:01:03.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I could have started with a clip from that movie,""" start="00:01:07.600" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but in spite of Will Smith and Charlize Theron,""" start="00:01:12.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""both my favorite movie stars in the movie, I hated it.""" start="00:01:15.880" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Clip from Hancock (2008)]""" start="00:01:24.160" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I digress.""" start="00:01:35.160" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Handwriting has been a fascinating topic for me.""" start="00:01:40.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""However, note-taking has always been on my computer,""" start="00:01:44.200" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in particular, in the Emacs Org Mode system.""" start="00:01:49.720" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It is so easy to note down anything,""" start="00:01:54.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""add a schedule, add a deadline,""" start="00:01:57.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""search anything you want, link anything you want,""" start="00:01:59.840" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""export it to any format, track what you've been doing,""" start="00:02:04.280" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""clock your tasks, and on and on and on.""" start="00:02:07.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's such a squeaky-clean system to""" start="00:02:12.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""track everything and link it to""" start="00:02:15.520" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""anything from the digital world.""" start="00:02:17.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Sharing the original notes is still a pain in the rear,""" start="00:02:20.800" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but for personal stuff, it's awesome.""" start="00:02:24.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But then what about handwriting?""" start="00:02:29.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Research seems to suggest that handwritten notes""" start="00:02:32.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""can enhance clarity of thought, retention,""" start="00:02:35.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""sometimes even getting rid of your worries.""" start="00:02:40.200" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Fried, C. B. (2008). In-class laptop use and
its effects on student learning]""" start="00:02:50.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""[Speaker displays articles on Note-taking]""" start="00:03:06.400" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My experience seems to agree with that too.""" start="00:03:13.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As a professor, my fear has always been""" start="00:03:17.840" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this quote, “Lecturing is that mysterious process""" start="00:03:21.200" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""by means of which the contents of the notebook""" start="00:03:25.200" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of the professor are transferred""" start="00:03:29.240" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""through the instrument of the fountain pen""" start="00:03:31.880" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to the notebook of the student""" start="00:03:34.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without passing through the mind of either.”""" start="00:03:37.280" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hmmm... So, question — How do we combine""" start="00:03:40.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""the efficient Org Mode system""" start="00:03:45.680" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the effective handwritten note-taking system?""" start="00:03:48.160" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Merge the systems together. Absolutely.""" start="00:03:53.720" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""How do you do that?""" start="00:03:56.800" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Step 1: Write the notes by hand""" start="00:03:59.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""on a notebook. Pen, pencil.""" start="00:04:03.680" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Keep some convention for yourselves""" start="00:04:06.080" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for tracking tasks like a star or an asterisk.""" start="00:04:09.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Step 2: Scan them using""" start="00:04:13.040" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""your favourite mobile app.""" start="00:04:16.400" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I recommend Adobe Scan or Dropbox.""" start="00:04:18.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Step 3: store the document as a JPG file""" start="00:04:23.440" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""into a folder called Inbox.""" start="00:04:30.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Make sure this syncs into a cloud storage folder""" start="00:04:32.680" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and your Org Mode system""" start="00:04:37.760" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""has access to this folder.""" start="00:04:39.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(Optional) Step 4: convert the notes into text""" start="00:04:41.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""using Google Keep or just type""" start="00:04:45.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the damn thing one more time.""" start="00:04:49.320" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then you can process that""" start="00:04:51.520" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in your Org Mode system""" start="00:04:54.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as you always do in whatever""" start="00:04:56.240" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is there in your inbox.""" start="00:04:59.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But, three steps or four before I get access""" start="00:05:02.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""to my notes and into my Org Mode?""" start="00:05:06.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What a precious waste of time.""" start="00:05:09.400" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'd rather be tinkering with my""" start="00:05:11.640" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""config file in that time, correct?""" start="00:05:14.120" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Boy...""" start="00:05:18.800" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Get or buy or gift or convince your partner,""" start="00:05:19.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""parent, or anybody else to gift yourself""" start="00:05:24.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a touch-enabled large device.""" start="00:05:29.720" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then use an app like OneNote to write notes""" start="00:05:31.960" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on the device and link the handwritten note""" start="00:05:37.880" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""directly into Org Mode by copying the link.""" start="00:05:41.440" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can use a shortcut like Ctrl-1""" start="00:05:46.240" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to mark the todos, but that means it remains""" start="00:05:54.080" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""only on OneNote ecosystem, the todos.""" start="00:05:59.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can use the same app to also convert""" start="00:06:05.160" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the handwritten note into text""" start="00:06:14.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just by the click of a button.""" start="00:06:18.320" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As a bonus, you can even include screenshots""" start="00:06:23.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from your online meetings.""" start="00:06:27.360" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""I like both my options.""" start="00:06:30.920" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Option 1: use a regular notebook,""" start="00:06:33.440" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""scan and process them into my inbox.""" start="00:06:36.440" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Option 2: write the notes in a digital device""" start="00:06:40.840" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and convert them into text.""" start="00:06:44.560" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Or, third option, I appeal to thee,""" start="00:06:46.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""oh great community, can you please build a package""" start="00:06:52.480" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""inside Org Mode that recognises handwriting""" start="00:06:57.000" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to export it into our Org Mode, Emacs Org Mode.""" start="00:07:00.960" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Thank you so much for your attention. Bye.""" start="00:07:10.040" video="mainVideo-handwritten" id="subtitle"]]
Captioner: jai
Questions or comments? Please e-mail [bala@balaramadurai.net](mailto:bala@balaramadurai.net?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202022%20handwritten%3A%20How%20to%20incorporate%20handwritten%20notes%20into%20Emacs%20Orgmode)
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