Microsoft Garage announces Journal, a new ink first note-taker with AI super powers

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Published onFebruary 17, 2021

published onFebruary 17, 2021

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Microsoft Garage is introducing a new app that Surface owners are sure to appreciate.Their latest project, known as “Journal” is a personal inking journal, powered by AI to help superpower your writing, with gestures, and new ways to search and filter for your notes.

The new project is available as an app in the Microsoft Store and is designed to be a lot more personal than existing apps like OneNote, or Microsoft Whiteboard. Indeed, as developed by Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group, the app can help you do things that physical paper or pen, or most inking applications can’t.

There are several AI features, which can be seen below. Again, all of these are designed with Surface and Windows tablets in mind. It’s unlike your typical inking app.

Overall, this app is pretty solid on Surface devices. We tried it out, and all the gestures and interactions with Surface Pen are quite smooth and the user interface is really fluent. It’s also nice to see that you can use the app as a way to mark up PDFs and other documents, too. Check it out now via the link below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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