I just asked a coworker what it would take to create a plugin to implement handwriting into Obsidian. I have a tablet and sometimes I just want to write by hand but having to convert it to text through various apps is such a headache! Thanks for making my dream a reality!
You have made what I've been expenting for years in notion. Please keep working on this, I would love to have something similar to concepts inside obsidian. I'm an students and this is great for me and for the people I teach to study. If you make this, Bro, since now I'm one of your best supporters
Wow. thank you. I’ve not come across this until now. As an obsidian user who recently got a new ipad with a pencil this may be just what i was looking for.
Awesome :) I think it's mentioned in the notifications, but incase you missed it or it's not, the apple pencil scribble setting interferes with this plugin so you'll likely need to turn it off.
wow I have always been looking for something like this ! This is amazing, and the way that you did the tutorial after installing, it is just so slick ! And for me so far, this basically has no latency, and it's so smooth !
I'll be eagerly following this project. This and a good calendar are the only things missing for me in obsidian. Love hearing all your design considerations because I'm also a long time OneNote user who found excalidraw lacking for pen usage. Rn i'm using Evernote because they support the variety of media I need and the task organization features. Then opening Figma when I need to get deeper into design iterations. But the dream would be to have locally stored markdown files.
Interesting. I use Figma at work but have recently been trying to transfer my personal Figma files to PenPot so I’m not locked into paying subscriptions. Most projects are too heavy though, just from high res images. And unfortunately there’s no export for FigJam files. Keen to hear updates from your journey
this is so cool. would be so good if you could have this as an app on remarkable or something and it autolinks to your vault similar to the fleeting notes app
This is amazing but I couldn’t make these notes searchable. Both omnisearch and obsidian’s native search is unable to read the content of handwritten notes. It would be great if at least it was searachble by omnisearch (as it does a good job in OCR)
I’d love to try and incorporate Boox APIs to get low latency (I’m not sure how possible it is). I’ve been considering reaching out to out to Boox to see if they’re willing to send me a device to help.
How to add the card system as you showed in the vertical scrolling section of the video , what is the name of the plugin ? Is it a seperate one from the ink plugin? Hope you answer , it will help me immensely
@@Omegaskull69 actually, I don’t think I showed Project Browser in this video so that’s probably not it. You might just be talking about “Drawing” sections in the “Ink” plugin. You can find the plug-in by searching “Dale de Silva” in obsidian community plugins, then go to its settings and turn on drawing.
When you open slash commander it will show the shortcuts you’ve set up. If you start typing “ink” or “handwritten”, it will then search all commands and should find it. To set it up as a shortcut, add that command to the slash commander shortcuts in slash command settings.
@ I had been looking for way to take notes by pen and link them to each other. With Excali Draw I had a few problems (maybe because I did not look into deep enough though…): Previously it was impossible to take notes by hand while staying in the same document. I can now switch between typing and handwriting way faster. Using Excali Draw aswell linked the drawing to the document which destroyed my roadmap design.
It’s a plug-in for obsidian, so it’s available on any platform that obsidian is available on. Www.obsidian.md Once installed, head to the settings and community plugins.
Hi there, this tools does have a lot of potential, but it's not showing any pen setting when opening new drawing. It behaves the same as if I opened hand-writing...
That’s what it does at the moment. Both handwriting and drawing will get additional pens in the future. The difference between the two is handwriting has lines and gives you more lines as you draw. Drawings can be opened separately and provide an infinite canvas.
@@DesignDebtClub ok, that's great to hear. I look forward to getting some settings with additional coloring options. It feels much better than excalidraw plugin, so I really hope you'll manage to get everything working.
Those are no longer in there. It’s been simplified so I can develop more focussed features. But thickness and colour will come back in a couple of months time.
I imagine this is an unrealistic idea but would it be possible for it to produce a pdf aswell as the imbedded handwritting? That way you get a back up and a more portable formated file in one. Either way it's an amazing tool thanks.
It currently creates an SVG, but it’s hidden in code, at some point I’ll be turning that isn’t a visible file in the future that becomes the embed… so that’s pretty close already. When I do that I’ll look into how easy a pdf approach would be too, but it won’t be a priority. Thanks for the thought.
Man this is awesome, exactly what I was missing! One question: How can I delete a handwritten section? So far I can only find an eraser and copy function. I am using it on a Samsung tablet, not on a PC, however, so that might be the issue(?) Anyways, props for this great plugin!
At the moment there isn’t a direct ability (it’s coming). But you can click after a section and then just backspace until it shows the embed code and then delete the embed code
Yes to the first one. It’s on the list of things to do. I doubt I’ll ever do back links though. There are a lot of things that are higher priority to develop in the plug-in. And I feel that would introduce complexity that goes against what the plugin facilitates. but i'm open to considering it down the line.
after installation of the plugin, Ink plugin, and inserting ink handwriting notes obsidian freezes, doesn't respond. Drawings are disappearing. May be next time there'll be possible to use this promising plugin.
1. sir does ocr works here like onenote? 2. how to write something with pen on a pdf printout like onenote? if i get this two feature i am ready to switch. onenote does not give latest features to one time buyers. u will get them only if u have 365 subscription not 2021 version. also they give a little cloud space for note taking. but for students and content creators who often embed things this is never sufficient.
Ink doesn’t yet have OCR but it will come int he future. It also doesn’t work with PDFs, but there’s another plugin called handwritten notes (I think) that does that.
@@DesignDebtClub I am on a mac and i was trying to resize the handwritting resultant as it is large affront my writting. Additionaly, after disabling reading edit length in editor - the writting sections just look very big
Please don't take infinite canvas out from drawing mode (yes, noted that you said that you wont, but don't change your mind)! I have horrible handwriting and I always write text in different sizes... Infinite canvas solves this problem.
Looking for OneNote Alterantives for Linux and found Obsidian. Does this handwiring ( i saw the tldraw-in-obisidan) works crossplattform on obsidian apps, also on e.g. android? And is there stylus Support for e.g. Surface Pro (with no handpalm)?
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This deserves MUCH more attention. One of the missing pieces of Obsidian. Well done!
I just asked a coworker what it would take to create a plugin to implement handwriting into Obsidian. I have a tablet and sometimes I just want to write by hand but having to convert it to text through various apps is such a headache! Thanks for making my dream a reality!
You have made what I've been expenting for years in notion. Please keep working on this, I would love to have something similar to concepts inside obsidian. I'm an students and this is great for me and for the people I teach to study. If you make this, Bro, since now I'm one of your best supporters
So glad the algorithm raised this for me - I too have made the move from One Note to Obsidian and have had the same experiences with hand writing.
YES. THANK YOU. This is amazing. Been looking for this forever.
This has changed my life for the better. THANK YOU! 🎉
Very cool. Just started using obsidian canvas the other day and was looking for a drawing plugin. Your video got recommended to me on my homepage.
Awesome. Nice to know it’s recommending it to more people than just my relatives 🤣
Wow. thank you. I’ve not come across this until now. As an obsidian user who recently got a new ipad with a pencil this may be just what i was looking for.
Awesome :)
I think it's mentioned in the notifications, but incase you missed it or it's not, the apple pencil scribble setting interferes with this plugin so you'll likely need to turn it off.
I just installed your plugin 2 days ago and now your video randomly pops up on my feed XD
The algorithm overlords are too slow yet again
Man, I've been looking for this since a long time!! You're awesome!
This + Handwriting Notes plugin = Notability replacement ;)
Thank you for making this, subbed!
your work is incredible, thank you so much for it!!!
wow I have always been looking for something like this ! This is amazing, and the way that you did the tutorial after installing, it is just so slick ! And for me so far, this basically has no latency, and it's so smooth !
this concept is long overdue in Obsidian - sign me up!
This looks very interesting, thank you! I wonder if it will be possible to have a searchable Text (Obsidian search / OCR) in the drawings?
@MichaelA-ob7xs eventually! Ironing out some more fundamental aspects first :)
Actually not able to search the handwritten notes makes this plugin dysfunctional for me. That is a fundamental function honestly
wow this plugin changed a lot since this video, it's so fluid and complete on pc too now
this is amazing! thank you I love obsidian but I also love writing on my ipad this will solve all my complains of excalidraw
I'll be eagerly following this project. This and a good calendar are the only things missing for me in obsidian. Love hearing all your design considerations because I'm also a long time OneNote user who found excalidraw lacking for pen usage. Rn i'm using Evernote because they support the variety of media I need and the task organization features. Then opening Figma when I need to get deeper into design iterations. But the dream would be to have locally stored markdown files.
Interesting. I use Figma at work but have recently been trying to transfer my personal Figma files to PenPot so I’m not locked into paying subscriptions. Most projects are too heavy though, just from high res images. And unfortunately there’s no export for FigJam files. Keen to hear updates from your journey
This is amazing, can't wait to try this on my android ebook
No way, I've been needing this forever
This awesome thank you so much. Can you please add custom colors and pen sizes please - Thank you
Super excited to see this. Definitely want to be on a mailing list for when you launch.
It’s launched. Search Dale de Silva in the community plugins :)
This is very powerful!
this is so cool. would be so good if you could have this as an app on remarkable or something and it autolinks to your vault similar to the fleeting notes app
This is exactly my use case. This is just perfect
This is amazing but I couldn’t make these notes searchable. Both omnisearch and obsidian’s native search is unable to read the content of handwritten notes. It would be great if at least it was searachble by omnisearch (as it does a good job in OCR)
Hi, We need you in the e-ink tablets world using Android.
Thanks for considering this option.
I’d love to try and incorporate Boox APIs to get low latency (I’m not sure how possible it is). I’ve been considering reaching out to out to Boox to see if they’re willing to send me a device to help.
Just WOW. Thank you
una poderosa herramienta! muchas gracias por hacerlo realidad!
Thank you for this!!!
How to add the card system as you showed in the vertical scrolling section of the video , what is the name of the plugin ? Is it a seperate one from the ink plugin? Hope you answer , it will help me immensely
Project Browser
@@DesignDebtClub thanks
@@Omegaskull69 actually, I don’t think I showed Project Browser in this video so that’s probably not it. You might just be talking about “Drawing” sections in the “Ink” plugin. You can find the plug-in by searching “Dale de Silva” in obsidian community plugins, then go to its settings and turn on drawing.
this is fantastic work but why not add a way to change the colors of the font or the pen just like onenote?
Absolutely 👍🏽 But everything’s a process.
handwriting section doesnt show up with slahs commander
When you open slash commander it will show the shortcuts you’ve set up. If you start typing “ink” or “handwritten”, it will then search all commands and should find it.
To set it up as a shortcut, add that command to the slash commander shortcuts in slash command settings.
Way better than excali draw. Thanks a lot for putting in the work!
Wow! What a compliment. What aspects specifically are the most important for you?
@ I had been looking for way to take notes by pen and link them to each other. With Excali Draw I had a few problems (maybe because I did not look into deep enough though…):
Previously it was impossible to take notes by hand while staying in the same document.
I can now switch between typing and handwriting way faster.
Using Excali Draw aswell linked the drawing to the document which destroyed my roadmap design.
Thanks for talking me through it!
@@DesignDebtClub No problem, keep it going.
Is this plugin cross-platform too? If yes, do you have an installation guide for Android and Windows?
It’s a plug-in for obsidian, so it’s available on any platform that obsidian is available on. Www.obsidian.md
Once installed, head to the settings and community plugins.
LEGENDARY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS !
Hey, I think its great installed today and really like it - would it be difficult to change the line weight and colours as an option for the writing?
Not difficult. But there are a few features to implement before those.
Great plugin by the way!
nice bro don't know for how long i wanted this - sign me up
thank you so much for this
Hi there, this tools does have a lot of potential, but it's not showing any pen setting when opening new drawing. It behaves the same as if I opened hand-writing...
That’s what it does at the moment. Both handwriting and drawing will get additional pens in the future.
The difference between the two is handwriting has lines and gives you more lines as you draw. Drawings can be opened separately and provide an infinite canvas.
@@DesignDebtClub ok, that's great to hear. I look forward to getting some settings with additional coloring options.
It feels much better than excalidraw plugin, so I really hope you'll manage to get everything working.
The options, color, size and so on don't appear to me?
Hand draw section doesn't appear in the plugin, only new drawing.
Those are no longer in there. It’s been simplified so I can develop more focussed features. But thickness and colour will come back in a couple of months time.
I imagine this is an unrealistic idea but would it be possible for it to produce a pdf aswell as the imbedded handwritting? That way you get a back up and a more portable formated file in one. Either way it's an amazing tool thanks.
It currently creates an SVG, but it’s hidden in code, at some point I’ll be turning that isn’t a visible file in the future that becomes the embed… so that’s pretty close already.
When I do that I’ll look into how easy a pdf approach would be too, but it won’t be a priority.
Thanks for the thought.
is it possible use with grafic tablet?
Man this is awesome, exactly what I was missing!
One question: How can I delete a handwritten section? So far I can only find an eraser and copy function.
I am using it on a Samsung tablet, not on a PC, however, so that might be the issue(?)
Anyways, props for this great plugin!
At the moment there isn’t a direct ability (it’s coming). But you can click after a section and then just backspace until it shows the embed code and then delete the embed code
Do you think you can make this searchable? And also maybe provide way to backlink other notes directly within handwriting.
Yes to the first one. It’s on the list of things to do.
I doubt I’ll ever do back links though. There are a lot of things that are higher priority to develop in the plug-in. And I feel that would introduce complexity that goes against what the plugin facilitates. but i'm open to considering it down the line.
@@DesignDebtClub Good work on the plugin so far tho. Appreciate it
@@DesignDebtClub searchability/OCR would be huge! I love how onenote has this. Have you looked at obsidian_ocr?
after installation of the plugin, Ink plugin, and inserting ink handwriting notes obsidian freezes, doesn't respond. Drawings are disappearing. May be next time there'll be possible to use this promising plugin.
I just updated it, but you may have downloaded it just before I did. Please try again with version 0.2.1 and let me know how you go.
1. sir does ocr works here like onenote?
2. how to write something with pen on a pdf printout like onenote?
if i get this two feature i am ready to switch. onenote does not give latest features to one time buyers. u will get them only if u have 365 subscription not 2021 version. also they give a little cloud space for note taking. but for students and content creators who often embed things this is never sufficient.
Ink doesn’t yet have OCR but it will come int he future. It also doesn’t work with PDFs, but there’s another plugin called handwritten notes (I think) that does that.
How can one resize mate?
What are you trying to resize? And on what kind of device?
@@DesignDebtClub I am on a mac and i was trying to resize the handwritting resultant as it is large affront my writting.
Additionaly, after disabling reading edit length in editor - the writting sections just look very big
@@friedsugar2701 at the moment there isn’t a way to do that, but it will be added eventually. Probably as a max width you can add in settings.
Please don't take infinite canvas out from drawing mode (yes, noted that you said that you wont, but don't change your mind)!
I have horrible handwriting and I always write text in different sizes... Infinite canvas solves this problem.
I won’t be taking the drawing feature or its infinite canvas out. You’ll always be able to use that :)
Looking for OneNote Alterantives for Linux and found Obsidian. Does this handwiring ( i saw the tldraw-in-obisidan) works crossplattform on obsidian apps, also on e.g. android? And is there stylus Support for e.g. Surface Pro (with no handpalm)?
Been looking for this for a while 🥲
Thanks!