Tools+-+Annotation+Software

**Make your own mathcasts: Getting Started -- Tools --** Tutorials and book
Although it is possible to create mathcasts with software like Microsoft Word, specialized math software, or other tools that generate text or images most of us have found [|Annotation software] like Smart Notebook software, Blade NotateIt, or Microsoft OneNote to be extremely helpful.


 * Some of the Best ...** (All prices are US Dollars)


 * SMART Notebook [|software]** (free for users of SMART products like their new $399 - $699 [|Airliner wireless slate]). Windows/Mac. The best annotation & lesson creation software available. The $399 price is the educational cost. BTW: The Airliner is a modified Wacom Bluetooth graphics tablet - it has a tethered pen and a programmable strip of icons.


 * Microsoft [|OneNote]** (<$100 for educators & students). For Tablet PC users and Windows users with graphics tablets. Very nice organizational tool which can serve double-duty as annotation software for WM making. The **[|beta for OneNote 2007]** is especially powerful for mathcasting as it includes a whole set of drawing tools.


 * TalkAndWrite [|TalkAndWrite Skype plug-in]** (Free version; professional version - about $30 US)


 * Blade Software's [|NotateIt]** (About $30). Windows 98 and after. Excellent annotation software. Version 3.0 includes screen recording (wmv files for Windows Media Player or conversion to other formats by TechSmith Camtasia Studio) and the ability to embed movies in NotateIt files.


 * Microsoft NetMeeting's Whiteboard** (free) - Comes with Windows 98 and after. OK software. In Windows XP it's a bit hidden - Click Start - Run - Type //conf//.


 * Agilix [|GoBinder]** ($49.95 - education, $99.95 - standard). Best on Tablet PC but works quite well with graphics tablet on Windows XP. Excellent annotation software, note taking, and organizational software created by an extremely innovative company that listens to its users.


 * Corel [|Grafigo2] ($100)**. Tablet PC only. Very good annotation software. I used this software and an Acer Tablet PC to create about 300 movies during the winter/spring of 2002-2004.