Comments on: Pulse Smartpen- OneNote Without the Computer

By: pam

pam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:14:57 +0000

Does the smartpen translate into text? Not just the recording playback?

By: Boca

Boca — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:46:19 +0000

Livescribe just got better.

Deskto ver 1.6 allows you to export notes to PDF and also export the soundbites.

By: Chad Sellers

Chad Sellers — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:40:49 +0000

If you prefer taking notes on a laptop to with a pen and paper and use a Mac, you should check out Pear Note – http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/ . It allows recording audio as well as video and linking that to the timeline of the notes you type. It also links slides with notes, so you can record slide changes as well.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:37:19 +0000

Thats pretty much what I did….sold my 2710, and bought a unibody Macbook. There are certainly things I initially missed about the tablet. Although, I think it just took a little while to get used to my new flow – because i dont look back at all now. To fill the digital ink void, I use a Livescribe pen, and have gotten my wife one as well. Works great, as it is not so obvious that you are recording a meeting if you need to. I simply do this because I have a terrible memory, and its great to go back and get the bit of information effortlessly. The only thing left on my wishlist here, as someone mentioned, is Evernote integration. I live by Evernote as a central repository of all of my data. I can copy & paste written pages from the Livescribe app to Evernote…but its a static image, and doesnt bring over the audio.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:17:52 +0000

I agree that you need to do a review on one. I have seen several reviews but not by a die-hard tablet user. I have used tablets for 5 years and I think my next purchase is going to be a 13″ unibody MacBook. This pen might make skipping out on a tablet tolerable.

By: vm-01

vm-01 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:19:46 +0000

I would get one too but I always end up losing or breaking pens and this would be too expensive.

I would enjoy a cheaper bluetooth version that could sync with my phone.

By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:12:14 +0000

I love my Pulse Pen. It works in places my tablet won’t and I have a number of different sized notebooks and pads that I use with it. I really have only a couple of complaints with it, and honestly they’re not really so much complaints as wishes for improvements.

There is handwriting recognition built into Livescribe Desktop and it does work well, but for translation into text, you need to purchase the MyScript software also. But what I’d really like to see is a way to bring the writing off of the phone as Microsoft Ink; that is the same ink as OneNote uses. That would let me bring my notes into OneNote and treat them as handwritten notes written directly on the tablet.

I’d also like to see integration with email, particularly Outlook. What I’d like is the ability to write an email (literally!) and when I dock my pen, have the text read and interpreted (recognizing the subject line and recipients of the email) and have it sent automatically from Outlook. Wouldn’t that be cool! Need to send an email, but don’t have a phone or computer handy? Just jot it down and it’ll be sent for you.

Lastly, I think adding Bluetooth would be especially cool if we have those other capabilities, so the pen would “dock” itself whenever I’m even near my computer.

The good news is, those first two items could be accomplished with software and my existing pen could be made to do it. The Bluetooth, of course, would require a new pen, but I could always “hand down” this one to my wife or kids…

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:25:25 +0000

The writing pad orders are not that expensive. I just ordered a pack of four flip notepads for $12.95, and which come with a nice cover. They also sell exotic leather-bound journals.

By: Brian S Friedlander

Brian S Friedlander — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:39:52 +0000

I have been writing about the Pulse Smartpen since its release and thought you would be interested in this post about the handwriting reconition.
http://assistivetek.blogspot.com/2008/11/livescribe-pulse-smartpen-adds.html

Regards
Brian

By: Stephen Feger

Stephen Feger — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:44:46 +0000

I was checking it out recently and was pretty interested in it. But the software environment is too closed for me. If this could import the ink into OneNote or Evernote, it would be so much better. But to stick it into yet another application ruins much of the appeal. Hopefully the next version will accommodate this.

By: medah4rick

medah4rick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:26:31 +0000

i would like you to review one of these for us. please!

By: dzsino

dzsino — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:31:04 +0000

You can print your own “dot paper”, but you need to use Livescribe’s (IR transmissive) ink. Being less heavy than paper, it seems more practical to order larger quantities, but still..

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:38:12 +0000

The problem with this is having to use special paper. If, like me, you live somewhere where this sort of thing doesn’t sell you’ll soon become frustrated when you run out of special paper and have to import more with all the hassle, expense and customs ripoffs that entails. I’m waiting for the pen that you can use on anything. Even though I have various gadgets for inputing notes to I still find myself grabbing a piece of spare paper or envelope to jot things down on – it’s just so convenient.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:04:15 +0000

It sure does support recognition based searching, and works even with pretty mediocre handwriting!
Wish I could be wrong like that more often, thanks!

By: Boca

Boca — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:42:05 +0000

It is searchable once you upload the pen’s content to the desktop, and very accurate. I has never failed to read my handwriting.
There is also a handwriting to text converter called MyScript that is supplied by a 3rd party that links into the Livescribe desktop interface, but that has been less than stellar in my testing.

I love my pen… a few shortfalls, like not being able to delete individual pages once they are uploaded to the computer. But all in all a very well thought out and executed product.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:39:43 +0000

If you visit the Livescribe website and go into the Community, there are samples. I’ve been able to learn a bit of Japanese from some of the postings! Too cool…..