The ModBook used Wacom technology that allowed direct input on the computer screen from a stylus, with much greater precision than would the Bamboo Pad (or an iPad with stylus input). That did the job well for me, with (to my surprise) the added ability to recognize my cursive handwriting quite well.

I found it took practice to coordinate stylus action on the little pad to the desired actions on the screen.Ībout 7 years ago I was doing a lot of draft sketches and scrawled chemical equations, and purchased a ModBook–a custom Mac that accepted stylus input. The answer to your question is that, in principle, it allows one to use a stylus as though one is writing on the Mac’s screen–sort of. I’ve not tried the Bamboo Pad, but did have an earlier version of a similar Wacom product.

Would this, in theory, allow me (in similar fashion to what I do on my iPad), ‘drag-select’ text in the pdf, and tap to highlight - all by moving the stylus over the device’s ‘track-pad’?

I’ve had a look around, and can only find the occasional mention of annotating - but nothing really conclusive… And since I’m not familiar in the slightest with the ‘mechanics’ of coding, figured I would pop something up here, and see what comes of it… This is not a criticism of DTPO - since I’ve yet to come across any pdf annotation product on a laptop/desktop that makes for easy/comfortable/intuitive annotating - it’s probably something that simply cannot work as well as on a table, given the physical constraints… Whereas I primarily use my iPad for annotating - there are times I would find it more convenient on my Mac. I’m curious to know if anyone here uses this: ? Not sure if this belongs in the Usage Scenario thread?

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