Microsoft Garage's notebook application "Journal", which combines paper and digital, is the first anniversary of its birth
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Microsoft Garage's notebook application "Journal", which combines paper and digital, is the first anniversary of its birth
- By huaweicomputers
- 02/05/2022
New version released with folder function support
The United States Microsoft announced on February 17 (local time) that the idea note application “Journal” of “Microsoft Garage” has celebrated its first anniversary since its release. To commemorate this, a new version has been released that supports the folder function.
"Journal" is a digital notebook application developed by Microsoft's in-house project "Garage" that embodies free ideas as products. Famous achievements of "Microsoft Garage" include "Mouse Without Borders", a keyboard / mouse sharing software, "Dictate", an Office add-in for voice input, and "Presentation Translator", which translates and translates presentations of "PowerPoint".
The feature of "Journal" is that it reproduces "paper notebook" while skillfully combining the convenience of digital. The canvas is not an infinite scroll that is common in digital notebooks, but is managed in the same "page" units as paper notebooks, and when combined with the "Surface Slim Pen 2" that supports tactile signals, it is a real notebook and pen. You can get a writing taste like this.
AI recognizes the characters (ink) handwritten on the page as text data. Therefore, it is easy to find out later. Furthermore, if you write an underline or a star in the text, it will be marked as a headline or a favorite place, and a draft "card" will be created automatically. The workmanship is such that I can't help but say, "I wish I had such a notebook when I was a student."
AI turns the ink handwritten on the "page" into text data. With "Surface Slim Pen 2", the writing taste is like paper and pen. If you write an underline or a star on the text, it will be marked as a headline or a favorite place, and an excerpt "card" will be created automatically. Easy to searchThe latest version supports folders, which is one of the most requested features by users. It is now possible to organize multiple journals together. You can move folders from the [...] menu at the top right of the journal. You can also drag and drop with the mouse or pen.
In addition, AI processing has been optimized. It is said that the performance has been improved by up to 28% in most operations. Especially for low power consumption devices, the responsiveness is improved and it operates lightly.
"Journal" is now available as a free download from the "Microsoft Store". Available on x64 / ARM64 "Windows 10 version 1909" and later.
