The smart pen is a device that records anything that you hear, write, or draw. You are able to mark important information and recall the audio by clicking on your notes. With the smartpen you are also able to save your audio and notes to livescribe desktop allowing you to recall, search, organize, and export audio to different devices. The smart pen also allows you to create pencasts that allows you to send your notes and audio to others via email, facebook, blog, website, or the Livescribe Community. Another great use for the smart pen is that you can download apps that will help you study, learn a new language, productivity tools, or even games.
For people who are interested in the smart pen, I suggest looking at the website so that you are able to get a full understanding of how the pen works. The website gives you information on how to use the pen, the different ways to save your notes and publish them on the web, and the different types of smart pens available. I was unable to use the pen to get a first hand experience of the different uses, but advise people who are interested to look at the website and make sure it is something they are interested in because the pen is an investment.
The smart pen is great for college students because it allows you to not only be able to record your classes, but will recall the lecture by clicking on a specific portion of your notes. The pen also allows you to just record your written notes by writting on the Livescribe dot paper and when you are ready to record audio just click the record button at the bottom of your notebook. Although the smart pen's built in microphone was created for conference rooms and smaller spaces, by using the 3-D recoding headset you are able to record in larger rooms such as lecture halls. The 3-D recoding headset has dual microphones in each earbud that recreates the spatial audio of the room. Another great aspect of the smart pen is that you are able to record audio without using dot paper by simply holding down the power button and are later able to recall the audio and take notes on the dot paper where the smart pen will automatically recall the audio in your notes.
For people who are interested in the smart pen, I suggest looking at the website so that you are able to get a full understanding of how the pen works. The website gives you information on how to use the pen, the different ways to save your notes and publish them on the web, and the different types of smart pens available. I was unable to use the pen to get a first hand experience of the different uses, but advise people who are interested to look at the website and make sure it is something they are interested in because the pen is an investment.
