Tablet computers my friend.Also in my opinion it's easier to be able to hand write it in, that way you don't have to worry about where you are and you can walk around with it freely.
I was just told about something interesting:
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
I used it today, and it works great.
Tablet computers my friend.
That would be why the screens are made of composite materials similar to Lexan.I still don't want to be carrying around an expensive piece of electronics in a theatre environment just to take some notes. One stupid actor and there goes a thousand bucks down the drain.
weight and battery life are a factor that needs to be considered as well.
I do think that typing up your notes is always a good idea. I used to use MS Word and turn on the revisions feature so I could place the cue right where I needed it on the right line of the script. It was extremely handy. It takes a bit of work to make it print with the "prompts" and to color code them, but the advantage is that you have a perfect human-readable text (I'll admit, my handwriting is nothing to ...err... write home about)
(I also make the font a lot larger so it's much easier to read in the dark or find your place if you get distracted for a second)
I'm trying to find this free software that I saw a couple years back. It allowed you to load a script into it and then add a bunch of notes. They had a library of about 50 public domain scripts that you could choose from. Or you could scan and upload your own. If remember right it was more for the film industry and story boarding, but it could be customized to work in theater. It may have been the link that Kwotipka was talking about above... but I don't see it on that site now.
Ah yes, the 1200 dollar device doing the action of a 10 dollar device... BRILLIANT!...
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