Third-party notes apps

Hi! Ok. I'll be upfront on 2 things. First, I have multiple note-taking apps on my Ipad. Second, I'm a cheapskate, and I don't usually like recommending apps that cost. Because I know sometimes people might not have the funds, or it's not their first choice, etc etc. However, in this case, I'm going to make an exception. I recommend the Voice Dream Writer app. If you use VD. products before, then you know how great the quality is, and accessibility and such. It's worth every bit of the $5 USD. that you'll pay for it. It's made spicifically for blind low-vision and the print disabled. It's barebones and writes in txt. format. It has the ability to support markdown which would eliminate format bars, a built-in spell checker, word finder, and more. There's a podcast on here about this app, that I highly recommend you take a look at. While I have multiple note-taking/word processor apps, voice Dream Writer is the one that I use most. I have a list of books in there, as well as a few documents that I've created since becoming a Hadley student, such as a handout detailing a list of Facebook groups for the visually impaired. I hope this helps. :-)

Personally I recommend Google keep, it’s one of the best alternative note taking apps that are accessible with voiceover, if you used Google products before, you know that Google usually has accessibility in mind when creating products, it works really well and it is similar to the Apple notes app, Best of all, it’s free. All you need is a Google account and you’re done

I debated purchasing this app, and then got it when it was on sale. The result? It has replaced the Notes app entirely for me. As a braille display user, I'm able to reliably type with it and get past the bugs in Mail and Notes, so for me anyway, it has been money well spent.

Sure, it's usually advertised as a place to move things in and out of, but the tags work fine to keep things tidy and quick search is great to find stuff. Not to mention the authors all in on accessibility.

I second Voice Dream Writer and don’t forget Pages, the free Apple word processor app.

Hi. I use Drafts. It works great on all devices... plus with my help I was able to fix some unlabeled buttons on the Mac version of the app. Here's the link so you can check it out.
https://getdrafts.com/

I actually use the notes app a lot (for quick things) because you can open a quick note with a keystroke.

If I plan on recording, I'll use Noted because it's really easy to type place markers for later review, so you don't need to listen to the entire recording when you want to review lecture + written notes. Noted is great for me when I don't have a pre-planned strategy to my notetaking. But if I have an outline or expectations of structure, I'll still use Noted to place audio bookmarks and VOiceDream Writer to take formatted notes. Good luck!

This is another good app worth checking out.

I and curious because I type notes both on my iPhone and PC. I’ve been using Simplenote but recently every time I typing on the PC just keeps saying editor, editor, editor, and rereading lines which makes it really annoying

OneNote has both Iphone and PC apps. The PC app is not that intuitive.