KDAN PDF vs. OrbitNote vs. Socialtext (discontinued)

In my opinion, the software is good for performing any PDF operations related to annotating, faxing, converting, highlighting, e-signing, including reading (if using mobile version of the application). There is also an ability to edit files, but in my opinion it's not really comfortable to do on a mobile device because of the lack of keyboard.

I think OrbitNote is a great tool for all teachers to use to make paper assignments accessible to a variety of learners.

Incentivized

We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.

• The ability to fax documents without having to use a fax machine or a scanner is great - saves time and other resources (paper, man hours etc.).
• It's also nice having the feature to convert files right away in the app - and the number of various formats you're able to convert to PDF is quite high.
• The overall multifunctionality of this app is also something worth mentioning since it has features for highlighting text, editing PDFs, creating and filling out forms and much more.

• OCR scanning.
• Text to speech.
• Annotation on worksheets.
• Integration with Google classroom.

Incentivized

• Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
• Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
• Sharing the articles with peers

• Sometimes the text box isn't in the right position you have placed after flattening a copy.

Incentivized

• Would like it to have a specific iPad app.
• Circle- shape tool difficult to use.

Incentivized

• Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
• Search result quality was also not that good
• I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.

We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system

The customer support is pretty fast and friendly.

The app wasn't great, in my opinion. The interface wasn't as good as PDF Reader, while the features were not that advanced.

I like how read&write integrates with OrbitNote making it where students do not have to learn multiple tools depending on what they are doing on the computer.

Incentivized

I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.

• It's been great so far, having all our employees use the PDF Reader when dealing with PDFs - since it's easy to use and is quite multifunctional, we're able to accomplish quite a bit with a single app installed on all of our devices.
• It's great for saving time and adding e-signatures, so we aren't actually using any other e-signature apps.
• It's so easy to use that everyone is on board and using the app for all kinds of PDF tasks daily.

• It has made it possible for teachers to provide accessible materials to students with just a few clicks.

Incentivized

• We get solutions to concerns much faster
• We promote interactions with the other depts
• We listen and have discussions