Disability Support: Making Notes

Microsoft OneNote

Create notebooks with sections.  You can colour code and annotate notes, add photos and drawings and also add audio recordings. The software also has a web clipper which works in most browsers.  This allows you to clip and send useful information from the web direct to a OneNote notebook. Use OneNote on the 365 platform provided by Digital Services.

Evernote

Aside from the usual note making tasks you can also record audio notes, collect web clippings, attach documents and create tags.  You can also collaborate on notes.  You have to pay for the premium version in order to annotate and search for text in PDFs.  FInd out more.

Google Keep

​Uses a noticeboard layout.  You can add text, photos or audio and colour code each one.  Also allows archiving of notes to prevent main screen from clutter and pinning of notes to the top of the board.  Requires a Google account.  Find it here

Simplenote

A clean and simply presented method of making notes.  Allows you to sync across all your devices.  You can collaborate on notes and publish them on the web.  Allows you to quickly connect to your WordPress site.  Dark mode available.  Find out more.

Bear App (Apple only)

Selected as an 'editor's choice' this app was developed for the Apple platform and is a simple notemaking app which is available in dark mode and also supports Apple's Voice Over screen reader or uses the normal text to speech facility on Macs.    For dyslexic users it has an open dyslexic font, and high contrast theme.  Pay for the pro version and your notes are encrypted and synced across all your devices.   Discover more.

ColorNote (Android only)

Choose from a lined paper option or sticky notes, make checklists and share your notes. Sync across your devices.  The app interacts with your calendar.  Editor's choice recommendation on Google Play.