OrbitNote Modern
Since OrbitNote Classic's first release in 2021, the demand for a digital accessible document solution has always been clear. This demand drives our commitment to provide the best possible product for our customers.
In response, we’ve listened to your feedback and are dedicated to updating OrbitNote using state-of-the-art technology. OrbitNote Modern will take everything you know and love about OrbitNote Classic and make it even better. We think you’re going to love it!
How can I access OrbitNote Modern?
We’ve created some great tools in OrbitNote Modern to deliver the experience you would expect, and there are a small number of features yet to come.
We’re introducing OrbitNote Modern to customers from January 27th, 2025. If you want to switch over from OrbitNote Classic, get in touch with our team!
If you’d like to stay in the loop and keep up with developments, you can sign up here to receive the latest updates straight to your inbox.
You’re among the first to get a glimpse of OrbitNote Modern's new features and enhancements. We’ve prepared some great resources just for you, giving you everything you need to get a head start with the updated version.
Quick overview of OrbitNote Modern
We’ve put together this short video to give you an overview of the new features in OrbitNote and what you can expect from our new tool.
Features at a glance
Annotation tools
Highlighters:
Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing research and to create bibliographies.
Shapes Drawing:
For creating circles, rectangles and lines with customized lines and fill color.
Freehand Drawing:
To scribble and draw on your PDF to complete assignments or highlight important information.
Text:
Lets you type text on top of the PDF.
Add image:
Add an image to your PDF document.
One-click OCR scanning:
Readable image-only PDFs at the touch of a button.
Literacy tools
Dictionary:
Provides definitions to improve comprehension and writing. Definitions can even be read aloud.
Picture Dictionary:
Displays images from Widgit® Symbols to help support fluency and understanding.
Text to Speech:
Reads words, passages, or whole documents aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting.
Screenshot Reader:
Converts inaccessible text to accessible text through OCR.
Screen Mask
Tints your screen and provides a reading light that follows your mouse pointer, to help improve focus.
Translator:
Allows single words to be translated into a wide selection of languages. Language can be selected in the Options menu.
Learning resources
Feature tour videos
Explore the features and tools in OrbitNote Modern with these feature tour videos
Sign up for regular updates
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Frequently asked questions
- Why is Modern OrbitNote not available to customers at this time?
Following feedback from customers, the decision was made to keep the original version of OrbitNote in place for now.
Our product development team has been hard at work building ‘feature parity,’ which means having comparable features from the old version, available in the new version. There are some very important features that are not available yet.
- When will OrbitNote Modern be available to customers?
We are still actively developing a better, more robust product. We plan to make that product available to customers in the coming months.
You can explore what features and functions you can expect with OrbitNote Modern above.
- When will we know more?
We are working on a new product roadmap right now, with new priorities in place. We’ll communicate the roadmap with customers as soon as it becomes available.
Additionally, we will work with customers to determine when it makes sense to transition to OrbitNote Modern.
We’re committed to making this process as smooth as possible.
If you’d like to receive more detailed updates delivered to your inbox, you can sign up using the form below.
- When OrbitNote Modern is ready, what will the migration look like?
Once you're prepared to migrate, we will make a small change at our end.
Following this, all your users can continue to access OrbitNote in the same way as before, but will be directed to Modern OrbitNote. This should happen within a few hours, and may be instantaneous.