As an English teacher still figuring out how to bestride the narrow world between all-technology and all-paper, I’m constantly and simultaneously bombarded by papers that I want to keep and the feeling of never wanting to hold on to another physical piece of paper again. Two pieces of hardware, when combined properly with my Evernote account, have been key: the Hovercam that was purchased for me last year and the copier that also scans and emails. Additionally, Outlook is the email program of choice for the district in which I work, so there’s a third way to use Evernote.
This is all without even touching on the app, which I’ll get to eventually as well.
The Hovercam T3
This desktop camera\projector\scanner hooks up to your computer to project whatever document you have under its lens. Additionally, though, it does something called AutoCapturing, which allows me to take a new scan every x-number of seconds. Placing a paper on top of another allows me to create a quick record of papers I’ve graded in one file, which then can be saved to Evernote and accessed\shared anywhere.
The Copier
The copier allows me to set my Evernote email (steps for finding this below) in the copier’s memory and email from the copier to Evernote. And whatever the copier scans (color, b&w, pictures, text, any combination) will be accepted by the Evernote email address and then saved and is accessible anywhere.
Finding your Evernote Email Address (from the Evernote Blog)
Outlook
I’ve been limited in the amount of storage that I have with my Microsoft email account, so I will save emails to my Evernote account using the button that is automatically installed in Outlook. The integration is fairly seamless and once I save the email to Evernote (yes, attachments and all) I get to delete it from Outlook.
Screenshot of Outlook Button:
This is all without even touching on the app, which I’ll get to eventually as well.
The Hovercam T3
This desktop camera\projector\scanner hooks up to your computer to project whatever document you have under its lens. Additionally, though, it does something called AutoCapturing, which allows me to take a new scan every x-number of seconds. Placing a paper on top of another allows me to create a quick record of papers I’ve graded in one file, which then can be saved to Evernote and accessed\shared anywhere.
The Copier
The copier allows me to set my Evernote email (steps for finding this below) in the copier’s memory and email from the copier to Evernote. And whatever the copier scans (color, b&w, pictures, text, any combination) will be accepted by the Evernote email address and then saved and is accessible anywhere.
Finding your Evernote Email Address (from the Evernote Blog)
Outlook
I’ve been limited in the amount of storage that I have with my Microsoft email account, so I will save emails to my Evernote account using the button that is automatically installed in Outlook. The integration is fairly seamless and once I save the email to Evernote (yes, attachments and all) I get to delete it from Outlook.
Screenshot of Outlook Button: