Rassegna - impulso Smartpen di Livescribe

Inviato il 2 giugno 2009 a 5:43

Sono stato abbastanza fortunato ottenere un'unità di revisione del molto-hyped Impulso Smartpen di LiveScribe! Se non avete sentito parlare di esso prima, è un dispositivo piccolo nitfy che li lascia scrivere le note in un taccuino e successivamente convertale in testo digitale memorizzato sul vostro calcolatore.

Nel corso di ultimi anni, ci sono stati molti tentativi di generare un prodotto che potrebbe facilmente li ha lasciati bloccare le vostre note scritte a mano nella disposizione digitale, ma niente realmente ha funzionato quello grande.

Quando ho sentito parlare la penna digitale di LiveScribe, ero inizialmente scettico. Ma dopo avere sentito parlare di esso da tanta gente, ho deciso che ho dovuto vedere per me. Qui è la revisione realmente corta:

Se avete la necessità di scrivere mólto su carta, questo è il prodotto di gran lunga migliore per bloccare qualunque genere di note scritte a mano. Non solo che, collega l'audio con il vostro testo scritto a mano, in modo da voi può annotare-giù le note e registrare che cosa sta accendendo intorno voi.

È perfetto per gli allievi e la gente che devono presenziare a tantissime riunioni.

Che cosa è nella scatola

Qui è che cosa ottenete quando in primo luogo aprite il vostro nuovo impulso Smartpen:

In ogni modo, una volta che scrivete in vostro taccuino, colleghi semplicemente lo Smartpen di nuovo alla culla del USB e guardi la magia! The software will automatically recognize that you connected the pen, will check for any new additions to the notebook, and if so, will upload them into the software for you!

As you can see, I’ve only used one page and the rest are empty. As you write on the pages, more will show up individually. Simply double-click on a page to view the digital version of it.

There are a few things to note in the above image. Firstly, you notice that some text is black and some is green, namely the circle. What does that mean? Anything green means there is recorded audio linked to that text.

Simply click on the green text and you will hear all the audio that was recorded while the text was being written! Cool huh? The other great feature of the Smartpen is that all your hand-written text notes can be searched instantly.

And this was probably the most impressive feature of all because my hand-writing is horrendous, however, the desktop application was able to find just about every word I typed. For example, I searched the word “again” and it found it and highlighted it:

The search feature is excellent and very useful if you take a lot of notes, but can’t remember where you wrote what. If you can remember one word, you’ll be able to find the notes using Livescribe.

To record audio while writing something in the notebook, just click the Record button that is at the bottom of each page in the notebook. They are basically special controls that let you navigate all the pens’ features and applications.

You can also create a bookmark anywhere in the notebook and then use the controls at the bottom to skip to previous or next bookmarks. You can use the Jump To Position control on the page to move around the page quickly if listening to audio.

The pen can hold up to 100 hours of audio and if you ever run out of space, you can delete them from the pen, but still have them stored on your computer. Of course, you won’t be able to listen to the audio by just using the pen if you delete an audio session, but it will remain on the computer.

But that’s not all. You can also upload your notes along with audio and create what is called a “pencast”. A pencast is basically a replay of your written notes along with the audio. Check one out here:

Demo lecture - “Crossing the Chasm”
brought to you by Livescribe

Pretty neat eh? You can create your own pencasts and share them on your blog or website. This is great for teachers or anyone who wants to explain an idea or concept to someone using pen and paper.

Overall, the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is an excellent tool for anyone who writes a lot. It’s simple to use, works very well, and has a lot of great features. Enjoy!

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