Like all of us, she has humorous idiosyncrasies (leading a technology firm while still using a pen and paper notebook), she has felt like a failure (divorce at a young age) and success has not always come easily (arriving at Harvard feeling woefully unprepared relative to her peers).

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It can also sync without uploading to a PC, so if you can just tap on that part of your paper or notebook and the audio will come up.

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Crane tore a blank sheet of paper out of his notebook and handed it to Luhnow.

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While Page Camera works with any type of paper, those from the Evernote Smart Notebook transfer with sharper text.

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Cashin found his notebook and wrote down the names and the number, put the paper back in the coat.

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That's because the lines in the notebook are printed using a unique dot pattern that helps Evernote identify the paper's exact dimensions and hue, so it can optimize contrast and correct skew.

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There is a way to get the best of both electronic and paper worlds, though, which is to use a Livescribe pen and notebook.

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The quick and dirty way to transition paper notes into digital form is, of course, to photograph the notebook page with a phone and save it as an image.

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