Useful Fruit Software has announced Pear Note 1.4, the latest version of their note-taking utility for Mac OS X. At its core, Pear Note integrates audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes and stores all of this on a timeline for easy navigation. Pear Note 1.4 adds to this integrated experience by including support for images in notes as well.
Pear Note records audio or video while the user takes notes, allowing the user to later find what was being said when they typed something. They can then play back the entire recording, or jump to the point they need to hear.
Pear Note 1.4 adds support for including images within notes, providing a way for users to add figures, charts, photographs, or anything else that can be represented in an image to their notes. Pear Note 1.4 also includes many other improvements such as the ability to search in slides, export to RTFD files, and several interface and reliability enhancements.
Pear Note feature highlights include: * Records audio, video, every keystroke, and slide changes * Playback navigation utilizing text notes or slides * Search to find notes quickly * Rich Text notes, including lists, outlines, highlighting, and images * Spotlight support for Pear Note documents * QuickLook support for Pear Note documents * Spell Checking * Import and view slides from Powerpoint, Keynote, and PDF files * Export text, audio, video, and slides * Import audio and video
Pricing and Availability: Pear Note 1.4 can be purchased for $39.99 (USD). A free fully functional 30 day demo is available for download.