Hi,

 

Workwise,  I need to take a lot of photos on site, and annotate them with comments. It wouldn't be unusual to take 400 odd pictures.

 

I've tried using oneNote on a Surface tablet, and the Notes app on an iPhone. Neither really fit the bill, as the end result is that the photos are imported into a word document as thumbnails for a report.

 

Word Mobile on the Surface allows photos to be directly inserted into a Word document, but it only keeps a really small version of the image. When I come to write the report (which could be weeks later) I'd like to be able to zoom in on the image to get the full resolution, but all I get with Word is the small image which is really pixellated when zoomed.

 

OneNote, I've found, has a really horrible bug. If you insert too many images into a page, it refuses to sync. I've spent most of the day splitting out the photos from one page into several smaller ones, and it seems to be syncing now. 👿

 

Can anyone recommend something please that would work on a Surface tablet or an iphone/iPad?

Edited 3 February, 20206 yr by 2SkodaFamily

Most digital cameras have the option to add a voice tag to the picture - would that suffice or do you need the voice tag translating to text for each image?

Text ideally, as a lot of the time the environment is noisy.

We use a mobile version of ARCGIS on tablets at work here that georeferences things and allows notes to be added - but I can't remember how it links in to Word etc. - I'd need to check...   might be worth investigating though?

 

Just checked and it's the ArcGIS Collector app...

 

Edited 3 February, 20206 yr by skomaz

Have a look at evernote.  You can take photos direct into notes and later transfer to Word et al.  Works on Windows, Android, Apple or via browser.

 

You can use it for free or pay for a pro licence with a monthly sync allowance of about 60GB IIRC.

 

I paid, and am very happy with the software. 

 

Usual caveats: happy user, no commercials, no commisions.