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Livescribe 2 GB Echo Smartpen APA-00009 Pulse Comparison
What are the differences between the two popular Livescribe Digital Smartpens? A Review of the 2 GB Echo Smartpen APA-00009 from Livescribe records everything you hear, say and write, and links your audio recordings to your notes, so you can find what you need. Packed with many features for capturing every word of a lecture, minutes and conversations, the Echo 2 GB Smartpen allows recording your audio, notes and drawings while preserving the relationship between audio and notes taken at the time of recording. The integrated notes or pencasts, can be stored on the pen or Desktop where they can be organized and searched, broadcast, shared or archived.
I own a Pulse smartpen; the feature set is rich, with the latest and greatest in digital pen technology. The pen is great for parents, teachers, students but so is the Livescribe 2 GB Echo Smartpen Starter Pack APA-20009. Check out this UTube Video to see the marvellous digital pen recorder technology shared by both Livescribe Smartpens:
At the same time, Livescribe has enhanced the digital pen technology so the Livescribe digital voice recorder captures synchronized audio sounds recorded while you take notes or create drawings. A voice recording can be replayed by tapping the pen to the dot paper at a special word (keyword) by handwritten word or phrase. Tapping synchronizes the replay with the timing of the original notes
What is a Livescribe Smartpen?
Both the Livescribe Echo 2 GB Smartpen APA-00009 and the Livescribe Pulse 2 GB Smartpen are based on the Anoto Digital Pen Technology. For more information about the popular Anoto Digital Pen Technology, check out Digital SmartPen Technology
The Digital Smartpens from Livescribe record everything you hear, say and write, and links your audio recordings to your notes, so you can find what you need. Packed with many features, these Smartpens allow recording your audio, notes and drawings while preserving the relationship between audio and notes taken at the time of recording. The integrated notes or pencasts, can be stored on the pen or Desktop where they can be organized and searched, broadcast, shared or archived.
The Anoto digital pen technology has been used by digital pens for years to capture whatever a digital smartpen writes and draws on special dot paper.
Tapping synchronizes the replay with the timing of your original notes, so you can see exactly what you took down at a given point during the original lecture.The recorded audio visual clips are called pencasts. They can be stored on the pen and transferred to your PC or Mac for storage, updating, searching, retrieval, review and exporting to friends. The pencast works just like any computer file.
Conversion of Handwriting to Digital Text
If a pen user’s handwriting is sometimes illegible, with the optional MyScript for Livescribe Handwriting Conversion Software (about $30), your handwritten and audio notes recorded with the Livescribe 2 GB Echo Smartpen APA00009 can be converted to digital text, making the notes easier to share and search.
Livescribe Desktop Support
Files on your computer can be organized in Custom notebooks on your personal Livescribe online webspace. Your personal Livescribe space probably contains far more information than an armful of physical notebooks, and can be stored in much less space. To be sure you have enough space for your virtual notebooks, Livescribe gives you 500 MB of online storage.
Can you see why the potential for the new Livescribe 2GB Echo Smartpen APA-00009 is so great? For more details, check out: Here is an video which illustrates digital conversion and basic Livescribe pen functionality.
For a detailed columnar representation of the features and functionality of the 2GB Pulse Smartpen versus the 2GB Echo Smartpen, use the link below, Should I Buy a Livescribe Pulse Smartpen or a 2GB Echo Smartpen. This post includes a video which illustrates digital conversion and basic Livescribe Smartpen functionality. The post is HERE
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