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Livescribe, Inc.
The Livescribe paper-based computing platform consists of a smartpen, paper, software applications, and developer tools.
Central to the Livescribe platform is the Pulse, a ballpoint pen with an embedded computer and digital audio recorder. When used with special paper, it records what it writes for later uploading to a computer, and synchonizes those notes with any audio it has recorded. This allows a user to replay portions of a recording by tapping on the notes he was taking at the time the recording was made. It is also possible to select which portion of a recording to replay by tapping on the relevant portion of a page on-screen, once it has been synced to the Livescribe desktop software.
Jim Marggraff, inventor of the LeapFrog FLY Pentop computer and creator of the LeapPad Learning System, left Leapfrog to form Livescribe in 2005.
Contents
1 The Pulse Smartpen
2 Availability for Operating Systems
3 Paper, Applications, and Sharing
4 Developer Tools
5 References
6 External Links
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The Pulse Smartpen
The Pulse smartpen is about the size and weight of a large Montblanc pen (5/8" x 6 1/8"), and comes equipped with a removable ball-point ink cartridge, a microphone to record audio, a speaker for playback, a small OLED display, and internal flash memory that captures handwritten notes and drawings.
The user can choose to record audio in addition to the handwritten text. Recorded audio is kept indexed with the handwritten text - tapping on a written word fast forwards or rewinds the audio playback to that part of the recording.
The pen is available with either 1 Gigabyte or 2 GB of flash storage. The 1 GB model holds about 100 hours of audio depending on recording quality settings. The US retail price is $149 for the 1 GB model and $199 for the 2 GB model.
The Pulse allows the installation of as many applications as there is memory, and ships with a number of additional applications. If tapped on the correct images, it can function as a calculator, for example, or can translate words (the translator software as shipped includes only 21 words).
Some users have noted that ambient noise can be a problem. The built-in microphone on the pen can pick up small mounts of noise from writing on paper, and adjacent ambient noise is often louder than a far away speaker. However, the included headphones have embedded microphones that when used reduce this ambient noise.
Availability for Operating Systems
The product was initially available only for use with Microsoft Windows-based computers, but Version 1.0 of Livescribe Desktop for the Mac was made available via download in March, 2009.[1] It requires OS X 10.5.5 or higher, and was one of nine products designated as "Best of Show" at Macworld Expo 2009.[2] There is no word at all of a Linux version in the works; Livescribe has provided a user forum at the request of Linux users, however.[3]
Handwriting recognition functionality is provided by a third-party application, which sells separately for $30. This is only available for Microsoft Windows-based computers, although there have been unofficial promises of a Macintosh version.
Paper, Applications, and Sharing
Livescribe's special paper that allows the recording of notes uses a patented dot-positioning system licensed from Anoto.
As with all Anoto pattern-based pens, you must use paper pre-printed with the dot pattern - there's no other way for the pen to know which page you are on, for example. Livescribe sells US Letter and half Letter sized notebooks, and it is also possible to print your own dot paper with a color laser printer.
Developer Tools
Livescribe is working on a Penlet SDK to allow application development for the smartpen. The SDK is based on Java; applications run directly on the pen itself. They are able to display text and menus, as well as produce audio feedback. The SDK is currently in beta.
References
^ Livescribe Desktop for the Mac, version 1.0 Released
^ Livescribe Pulse included in "Best of Show" products at Macworld Expo 2009
^ No Linux support, but Livescribe provides Linux forum anyway.
External Links
Livescribe, Inc.
http://www.penlets.com Provides resources for users and developers of the Pulse smart pen from Livescribe, Inc.
The Shape of Computers to Come? at Wall Street Journal
D5: A new pen for a new era at The Tech Chronicles, SF Gate.com
Categories: Human-computer interaction
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