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It’s an invention I wish I had in my early journalism days when I spent too many long hours flipping through handwritten notes and fast-forwarding through hours of lengthy interviews to find the right quote for my story. It’s a pen that lets you digitally capture the words of the person you are speaking with on paper, digitally and with audio, all at the same time. It’s the new Pulse Smartpen released by Livescribe just this week ( http://www.livescribe.com )
Here’s how it works. Pretend you are in class frantically trying to capture your professor’s every word, or a journalist wanting to ensure accurate facts, or even in a business meeting with a potential new client. You are taking notes with your Pulse Smartpen, just like you would with a normal pen and paper. Only, the Pulse Smartpen is not only letting you take notes the traditional way, but also recording all of your pen strokes to be digitally reproduced on your PC. In addition, it is also recording the actual audio that you hear while you are taking notes. When you get back to your PC, simply put the pen in its docking station hooked up to your computer, and it will digitally display your notes. Missed something? Click on the words that you want more information on, and the audio that was recorded while you took those notes will start up.
The new pen is said to merge all the top note taking practices into one technology. At a cost of $149 (1G) to $199 (2G) are you ready to replace your traditional pen and paper during important business meetings, seminars, classes or interviews? I’d like to hear your thoughts on the latest tech trend in note-taking. Will you buy one? How will you use it?
It’s an invention I wish I had in my early journalism days when I spent too many long hours flipping through handwritten notes and fast-forwarding through hours of lengthy interviews to find the right quote for my story. It’s a pen that lets you digitally capture the words of the person you are speaking with on paper, digitally and with audio, all at the same time. It’s the new Pulse Smartpen released by Livescribe just this week ( http://www.livescribe.com )
Here’s how it works. Pretend you are in class frantically trying to capture your professor’s every word, or a journalist wanting to ensure accurate facts, or even in a business meeting with a potential new client. You are taking notes with your Pulse Smartpen, just like you would with a normal pen and paper. Only, the Pulse Smartpen is not only letting you take notes the traditional way, but also recording all of your pen strokes to be digitally reproduced on your PC. In addition, it is also recording the actual audio that you hear while you are taking notes. When you get back to your PC, simply put the pen in its docking station hooked up to your computer, and it will digitally display your notes. Missed something? Click on the words that you want more information on, and the audio that was recorded while you took those notes will start up.
The new pen is said to merge all the top note taking practices into one technology. At a cost of $149 (1G) to $199 (2G) are you ready to replace your traditional pen and paper during important business meetings, seminars, classes or interviews? I’d like to hear your thoughts on the latest tech trend in note-taking. Will you buy one? How will you use it?