2. First: take picture!
Project start: 1 februari 2009
Promise:
Application of Evernote and Tarpipe
(Dis)advantages in everyday usage
Small comparison with similar app’s (if any)
Possibilities for extension of functionality
Try out 5 “extended” applications in real life, if possible.

3. Project end: today
Accomplished:
Application of Evernote and Tarpipe
(Dis)advantages in everyday usage
Small comparison with similar app’s (if any)
Possibilities for extension of functionality
Try out 5 “extended” applications in real life, if possible.
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Amazing video
Report
Press release Univers
Renewed interest in Delicious, Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook

4. Application of Evernote
Standard functionality “Extended” applications
• Tasks and to do list - Shopping list
• Notes and research - Barcode scanning at parties
• Web pages - Book/CD/DVD inventory
• Whiteboards - Knowledge repository
• Business cards - Translation service
• Scribbles
• Snapshots
Application of Evernote
• Every member has used Evernote and Tarpipe
• Some still use it

5. General (dis) advantages of Evernote
Advantages Disadvantages
• Tasks and to do list - OCR quality
• Notes and research - Free account is limited
• Web pages - Only in English
• Whiteboards - Knowledge repository
• Business cards - Translation service
• Scribbles - Bugs
• Snapshots - Privacy
• Extended applications - Continuity
- Vendor lock in
- Continuity
Conclusion:
Makes life easier but do not use as critical application.

6. Comparison with similar app’s
Aspect Google Notebook Evernote Evernote premium MS Onenote
Price Free Free $5 per month $ 75
OCR No Yes, handwr. Yes, handwr. Yes, no handwr.
UL/DL No limit 40 mb/pm 500 mb/pm Not applicable
Online access Yes Yes Yes No
OS Webbased XP, Vista, XP, Vista, Linux, XP, Vista
Linux, Mac, Mac, iPhone
iPhone
Picture notes No Yes Yes Yes
File types Text Audio, ink, PDF All files All files
On screen editing notes Very limited Very limited Very limited Yes, excellent
Advertisements No Yes No No
Continuity Project of google Only Evernote Only Evernote Part of MS
Development Stopped OK OK OK

7. Extended applications explored:
• Shopping list-application
• Barcode scanning @ parties
• Book/cd/dvd inventory
• Knowledge repository
• Translation service DEVELOPED
Important advantages of applications:
• Ease of use
• Ubiquitous
• Back up feature
• Save of effort
Important disadvantages of applications:
• No added value (more effort than traditional method)
• Technical requirements
• OCR quality
• Data transportation costs
• Upload limit

8. Holiday pictures

10. Let’s take a walk

12. But than…

13. Oh no!
I’m lost!

15. What does it say?

17. Just a minute!

18. r
Tr r
r
Tr r

19. Everything ends well.
What did just happen
there?

20. The text goes to the
Mailer, which sends the
text to the webserver for
processing
The mailDecoder
Picture
automatically mails the
picture to Evernote
Evernote uses OCR (Optical
Character Recognition) to
extract the text from the
picture and puts the text in
the TextFormatter
Information Desk
The translation is
Bicycle Parking
Other Buildings
returned by SMS to
the original “from”
address
Informatie Balie
Fietsenstalling
Andere Gebouwen
The webserver uses
a translation tool to
translate the text

21. Enjoy the rest of your
holliday!

22. Workflow

23. Findings:
Application is very promising; no programs known with same
functionality and ease of use
But..
- Tarpipe is quite buggy
- OCR quality Evernote
- 2 languages support
-Technical requirements
- Data transport costs
- Partly handwritten thus combination of mash-up and own code
Conclusion: promising but dependent on buggy third party app’s

24. Added value of the research:
The new combination of three applications makes an unique
combination: an ubiquitous online translation service.
The explorative research around this mash-up clarified aspects
which should be improved in order to create an application which
could be fully (commercially) utilized.
Conclusion:
- Makes life easier but for now, do not use as critical application.
- Fun group project