Viznotes – Visual Summaries for videos

This project presents a method of visually summarizing TED-like videos called Viznotes. The Viznotes interface provides a structured yet organic summarization of the contents of the video. Derived from the concepts of sketchnoting, this interface provides segments of video represented as a sketch like image with summary of the segments and keywords arranged in a pre-defined template, with certain elements showing chronology and relations. Viznote also provides an interface for navigation of the videos. Further it also enables the user to customize and make a more personal visual summary. Tools like sketching, sketch components, screen image representation etc. help users to leverage additional functionality in note taking

Scenes from a Demonstration: Merging the Benefits of Paper Notebooks with the Power of Computers in Dynomite

Dynomite is a portable electronic notebook that merges the benifits of paper note-taking with the organizational capabilities of computers. Dynomite incorporates four complementary features which combine to form an easy to use system for the capture and retrieval of handwritten and audio notes. First, Dynomite has a paper-like user interface. Second, Dynomite uses ink properties and keywords for content indexing of notes. Third, Dynomite's properties and keywords allows retrieval of specific ink and notes. The user is shown a view, or a subset of the notebook content, that dynamically changes as new information is added. Finally, Dynomite continuously records audio, but only permanently stores highlighted portions so that it is possible to augment handwritten notes with audio on devices with limited storage. Keywords Electronic notebook, note-taking, audio, handwriting, keyword indexing, ink properties, retrieval, paper-like interfaces, pen computing. INTRODUCTION Dynomite is a por..