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OrbitNote

Score6.9 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

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What is OrbitNote?

OrbitNote is a dynamic PDF editor for working with documents. Users can modify, annotate, and convert files while creating an accessible and collaborative workspace for all.

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OrbitNote Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features OrbitNote has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 12 ratings of OrbitNote's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Undo and Redo Actions

    Provides the ability to undo or redo previous actions to correct mistakes or backtrack changes made to the PDF document.

    Category average: 9.4

  • Edit Text and Images

    Users can edit and manipulate text and images within the PDF document.

    Category average: 6.7

  • Add Annotations

    Enables users to insert comments, highlights, shapes, and other annotations to provide feedback or mark up the document.

    Category average: 9.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Text Recognition (OCR)

    Supports Optical Character Recognition to convert scanned documents or images into editable text.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Comment and Review Tools

    Facilitates collaboration by providing tools for commenting, highlighting, and tracking changes within the PDF document.

    Category average: 9.1

OrbitNote Reviews

What users are saying about OrbitNote.
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OrbitNote review

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use OrbitNote with my students in public school. The product can be really helpful for students with poor handwriting for them to be able to type right onto PDF documents. it also has a lot of features in common with Google reading write like highlight, translate, picture, dictionary, and more.

Pros

  • Ability to type wherever onto PDFs
  • Similar features with Google read and write
  • Easily opened with PDFs

Cons

  • Ease of use with scanning in PDFs
  • AI voices in reading the PDFs
  • Reading PDFs that are grainy

Return on Investment

  • Improves legibility of written work
  • Helps with access to academics
  • Helps with acesss to reading

Usability

Other Software Used

Google Keep, Google Sheets, Google Slides

OrbitNote

Incentivized
Christina kerr
AT Facilitator in Professional Services at Maize usd 266 (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used with students to make traditional classroom paper assignments accessible to a variety of learners' needs. We are using the free version as a UDL tool in the district and the paid version with specific special education students.

Pros

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

Cons

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

Return on Investment

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

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