Pen / graphics pad for PC

[danlightbulb]

I am thinking of getting a pad that I can use to write with on a screen. I'm doing a course and having to write out my answers (a lot of formulas) and then take pictures on my phone to upload it, which isn't working very well and is time consuming.

Anyone got experience of this sort of thing can help?

Thanks

 

[danlightbulb]

Not really played much with this
But my Samsung s8 ultra
You can write on screen and save it to pc
There's multiple ways to connect it to my pc
Usb c as my monitor supports it
Wifi using Samsung flow
Wifi using screen mirror
And couple other ways I forgot
Possibly android studio and Samsung dex
Would imagine can do same with cheaper Samsung devices
As long as they include the pen

I wasn't thinking of a standalone tablet more like some kind of peripheral like the graphics people use.

 

[danlightbulb]

I need something that is equivalent to a sheet of A4 basically. So I write onto the slate and on the screen is a piece of A4, and then when Im finished I can save it to a PDF.

Nothing fancy - good enough to detect handwriting (not convert my handwriting to font - just to mirror what I write on the screen as an image) and give me a few colour pens.

 

[danlightbulb]

Ive ordered a Wacom One (medium size), £33 'used like new'. Will give it a go. Found out that I can use OneNote as the software.

 

[danlightbulb]

As an alternative consider a pad of paper and a scanner.

Yeah its a nightmare tbh, they are timed exams and messing about scanning paperwork then pdf-ing etc is a big risk.

 

[danlightbulb]

That include the pen/pens for £33?

Yeah it hasn't got a screen though, it's just a touch sensitive pad. Should be ok for handwriting hopefully.

 

[danlightbulb]

It arrived yesterday.

Bit weird to use and not what I was expecting. My handwriting on it looks like what a five year old would do.

The main issue is that the pad doesn't seem to represent the screen. For example if draw an X on the top left, I would have expected an X on the top left of my screen. Same for top right etc. That isn't what happens, it simply draws where your mouse pointer is.

So if my mouse pointer is in the middle of the screen and I draw an X on the top left of the pad, I get an X in the middle of the screen.

 

[danlightbulb]

Installing the Wacom drivers has improved things. I didn't install this initially as the device seemed to work as soon as I plugged in to the laptop, and I couldn't install the drivers on my work laptop as its locked down.

Moved across to my own PC, and installed all the software and its now working much better.

I think it will be good enough for what I need. Using it with OneNote is working well and can export directly to PDF from there. My handwriting isn't exactly neat on it, but then it wasn't neat on pen & paper in the first place.