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Product Specifications
BrandLivescribe
Model NumberAPA-00009
ColourBlack
Material Typeplastic
Point Typefine
Ink ColourBlack
Tip Typeballpoint
Manufacturer Part NumberAPA-00009
Technical Details
- Records everything you write and hear (over 200 hours audio)
- Saves and search your notes and recordings on your computer
- Easily send notes and audio to Evernote, Facebook, Desktop or mobile device
- Desktop software for Mac or Windows (download)
- Customise by adding productivity, educational and entertianement apps
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Product Description
Product Description
Work smarter, not harder, with an Echo smartpen from Livescribe. Record everything you hear, say and write, while linking your audio recordings to your notes. Quickly replay audio from your Livescribe paper, a computer, or a mobile device – all with a simple tap on your handwritten notes. It's never been easier to take notes and stay organised.
A pencast is a digital version of your notes
and audio. Pencasts allow you to hear and see your notes exactly as they were captured.
and audio. Pencasts allow you to hear and see your notes exactly as they were captured.
It's never been easier to share notes and audio.
Record and Play Back
Smartpens record everything you write and hear so you’ll never miss a word. Replay your meetings or lectures simply by tapping on your notes¹.
Save, Search and Organise
Livescribe Desktop saves your notes and recordings to your computer for fast, easy access to what’s important. Search for words within your notes and find what you need fast.
Send and Share with Livescribe Connect
Easily send notes and audio to people and destinations such as Email², Google Docs ², Facebook, Evernote, Microsoft OneNote, Google Sites ², MyLivescribe, your mobile device or your computer³ — all from your paper or Livescribe Desktop.
2GB of Memory: Room for Recordings and Notes
When digitizing your notes and audio you'll need storage space; with 2GB of memory, your smartpen has it. A 2GB smartpen can hold over 200 hours of audio* or 32,000 pages of notes.
Included Smartpen Applications
Your Echo smartpen comes loaded with applications ready to work right out of the box:
- Livescribe Connect Basic: Easily send and share notes and audio to Evernote, Facebook, Microsoft OneNote, MyLivescribe, your mobile device or your computer
- Quick Record: record audio without using dot paper with just a press of a button
- Quick Calc: Write an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problem on dot paper and get the answer on your smartpen screen
- Launch Line: launch your favorite app by writing it's name
- Password: protect your recorded paper replay sessions with a 4-digit number
- System Utilities: multiple language support, time, date, storage info, and battery charge
Livescribe Dot Paper
Livescribe dot paper uses regular paper printed with a unique pattern of tiny microdots. This tiny pattern works a lot like a GPS system for your smartpen. It allows a smartpen to capture everything it writes or draws on dot paper.
Livescribe smartpens only work with Livescribe Dot Paper, so we've created a variety of dot paper sizes and types: College-ruled Notebooks, Lined Journals, Blank Journals, Mini Journals, A5-sized Notebooks, Grid Notebooks, Flip Notepads, and Sticky Notes. You can even print your own dot paper for free from within Livescribe Desktop on many printers.
What You Get in the Box
- Echo smartpen with 2GB of memory and included applications
- Livescribe Connect Basic: Facebook, Evernote, MyLivescribe, your mobile device, and your computer
– an upgrade pack for Email and Google Docs is available separately - Livescribe Desktop software for Mac or Windows (download)
- 500 MB of personal online storage
- Starter dot paper
- Micro USB Cable
- Interactive Getting Started Guide
- Smartpen Tips and Tricks
- 1 Smartpen cap
What You Need: System Requirements
- Windows XP 32-bit SP2 or higher, or Windows Vista 32 or 64-bit, or Windows 7
- Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5.5 or higher
- 600MHz CPU or higher
- 300 MB minimum free disk space
- Available USB 2.0 port
- Livescribe Desktop 2.7 for WIndows or Mac OS
- Smartpen firmware version 2.7 or later
- Internet connection
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| Total hours of recording time* | 200 | 400 | 800 |
| Livescribe Connect Basic (Evernote, Facebook, MyLivescribe, your mobile device, and your computer) | • | • | • |
| Livescribe Connect Premium (includes all Connect Basic connectors plus Email and Google Docs) | • | • | |
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| • | • | • |
| 500 MB of personal online storage | • | • | • |
| Livescribe Starter Paper | • | ||
| Livescribe Starter Notebook | • | • | |
| Micro USB Cable | • | • | • |
| Rubberized Grip | • | • | |
| Ink Cartridges | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Smartpen Caps | 1 | 2 | 2 |
*Actual recording time varies by audio quality setting.
¹ Livescribe paper required – don't record without permission
² These connectors are available only with Livescribe Connect Premium
³ Mobile device access requires Pencast Player App or Flash—enabled web browser
Product Description
Livescribe Echo APA-00009 Digital Pen - Mac, PC
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Have been using for nearly 2 months and I am stunned. I ordered this with high expectations and as is normal with these kinds of gadgets I then expected that the initial excitement would be subsided by a fatal flaw in the product and then end up chucking it into the bottom of the draw.
However, I was amazed when I first started using it and 8 weeks on I am still amazed and I use it every working day.
Firstly, let me explain my situation. I work from home, I spend my life in a home office on conference calls and am in a fairly new technical lead role, where I have to digest much new and complex information. I previously had a little Dictaphone which was very inefficient, to replay important parts of calls. This pen does so much more.
The Echo Pen allows me to record every single call and as I write every word is saved. If I want to replay part of the conversation I just place my pen on the words I wrote and the pen replays that exact part of the conversation. Even better when I plug the pen into the computer all the notes/audio are transferred and you can then search through your handwriting for key words. This is exactly what I have been looking for. It now means I can decipher all the technical gobbledegook quickly and in my own time and ensure I have captured everything correctly.
I have since bought the 4 Live-scribe journal (80 sheets) and additional ink re-fill, which so far i haven't had to replace and still using the original. Yesterday I was getting worried I was getting close to the 2GB limit of audio on the pen, and then found you can easily remove older audio from the pen to free up space, but it retains it on the computer.
Only issues I have is that you may be disappointed which what arrives in the box. You basically get just a few scraps of paper, which is fine for scribing a few notes and getting used to the pen. I ordered the journal notepads straight away. Also I occasionally it gives an error when transferring the audio, but is fixed by doing a reset on the pen and the data does not get lost. Also, the paper does appear to be expensive but after 2 months, I'm only on page 40 out of 160 on the first out of 4 journals which cost less than £20.
But there is so much more this pen can do, which I haven't covered because I have no immediate need, such as the pen-casts, where you draw a diagram /idea (for example) on the paper and give a commentary as you draw it. You can then upload that page as a pen-cast which I think is in the form of an adobe PDF file which you can email out and your friends...again, just amazing. I'm very impressed and am not someone who is easy to please.
Highly recommended.
However, I was amazed when I first started using it and 8 weeks on I am still amazed and I use it every working day.
Firstly, let me explain my situation. I work from home, I spend my life in a home office on conference calls and am in a fairly new technical lead role, where I have to digest much new and complex information. I previously had a little Dictaphone which was very inefficient, to replay important parts of calls. This pen does so much more.
The Echo Pen allows me to record every single call and as I write every word is saved. If I want to replay part of the conversation I just place my pen on the words I wrote and the pen replays that exact part of the conversation. Even better when I plug the pen into the computer all the notes/audio are transferred and you can then search through your handwriting for key words. This is exactly what I have been looking for. It now means I can decipher all the technical gobbledegook quickly and in my own time and ensure I have captured everything correctly.
I have since bought the 4 Live-scribe journal (80 sheets) and additional ink re-fill, which so far i haven't had to replace and still using the original. Yesterday I was getting worried I was getting close to the 2GB limit of audio on the pen, and then found you can easily remove older audio from the pen to free up space, but it retains it on the computer.
Only issues I have is that you may be disappointed which what arrives in the box. You basically get just a few scraps of paper, which is fine for scribing a few notes and getting used to the pen. I ordered the journal notepads straight away. Also I occasionally it gives an error when transferring the audio, but is fixed by doing a reset on the pen and the data does not get lost. Also, the paper does appear to be expensive but after 2 months, I'm only on page 40 out of 160 on the first out of 4 journals which cost less than £20.
But there is so much more this pen can do, which I haven't covered because I have no immediate need, such as the pen-casts, where you draw a diagram /idea (for example) on the paper and give a commentary as you draw it. You can then upload that page as a pen-cast which I think is in the form of an adobe PDF file which you can email out and your friends...again, just amazing. I'm very impressed and am not someone who is easy to please.
Highly recommended.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
I bought this pen & some digital note pads (following a recommendation from a business contact) for my very dyslexic daughter, as I thought it might help her at University.
Well - it turned out to be a huge/outstanding success and exceeded all my expectations and hers as well. It was really easy to set up and link in with her Apple Laptop and she's also bought & downloaded other linked voice transcription software to support it.
Her University (Sussex) were very supportive (once they understood what it was all about) and she now has permission from all her lecturers to use the pen in their lectures and tutorials - greatly assisting her, as one of the big problems she faced was comprehensive & coherent note taking.
The script-to-text conversion software and the voice-to-text software were also of great assistance, dramatically cutting down the extended time taken by her to transcribe her notes.
All in all a brilliant concept - and the digital notepads were easily orderable (via Amazon) at a not unreasonable price.
Known now as "that singing pen" by all her Uni friends ... as it has a music writing & playback facility as well ... I'm about to order one for myself, as I've struggled with business note taking for 30+ years myself. Thoroughly recommended & a total bargin.
Well - it turned out to be a huge/outstanding success and exceeded all my expectations and hers as well. It was really easy to set up and link in with her Apple Laptop and she's also bought & downloaded other linked voice transcription software to support it.
Her University (Sussex) were very supportive (once they understood what it was all about) and she now has permission from all her lecturers to use the pen in their lectures and tutorials - greatly assisting her, as one of the big problems she faced was comprehensive & coherent note taking.
The script-to-text conversion software and the voice-to-text software were also of great assistance, dramatically cutting down the extended time taken by her to transcribe her notes.
All in all a brilliant concept - and the digital notepads were easily orderable (via Amazon) at a not unreasonable price.
Known now as "that singing pen" by all her Uni friends ... as it has a music writing & playback facility as well ... I'm about to order one for myself, as I've struggled with business note taking for 30+ years myself. Thoroughly recommended & a total bargin.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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First off, the answer is no - you can't play Angry Birds on the Livescribe. If you are still reading then you will this to be an interesting piece of technology - and it's not just a gimmick.
The instructions were fairly simple to follow with regards to set-up of the pen. The genius is that the instruction booklet requires you to use the pen - you tap on an icon and the pen tells you what to do next. Definitely a few 'wow' moments as you find out all that the livescribe does!
Some of it is a little gimmicky - like the fact that you can draw 9 joined up lines on a piece of the special paper and then when you tap in each line it plays a different note like a piano. Can't imagine when you might use that - but it will impress some friends maybe!
However, the main use of the Livescribe will be during lectures, team meetings or one-to-one meetings like for interviews, coaching sessions, counselling sessions and so on. Here it beats both dictaphone and ipad. And here's why:
With the Livescribe, you write your notes down on the piece of paper, while you record what the person is saying. So let's take a journalist as an example.
You sit down with your pad of LIvescribe paper, you press record (which is on the paper) and you make notes as the person speaks. This way you have both a written copy of your notes as well as the voice. But what makes Livescribe genius is that you can then go back home, and if you tap say at the top of the third paragraph of your notes, the voice recording jumps to exactly that section! That way, you don't have keep pressing forwards and backwards on a dictaphone to try and find the exact quote or section. And you aren't scrolling up down on your ipad trying to remember where you wrote what... it is all there neatly and magically together.
So yes. This has, I think a limited audience but is a fantastic piece of technology that is best for students, team meetings, one-to-one meetings of various sorts.
Highly recommended.
The instructions were fairly simple to follow with regards to set-up of the pen. The genius is that the instruction booklet requires you to use the pen - you tap on an icon and the pen tells you what to do next. Definitely a few 'wow' moments as you find out all that the livescribe does!
Some of it is a little gimmicky - like the fact that you can draw 9 joined up lines on a piece of the special paper and then when you tap in each line it plays a different note like a piano. Can't imagine when you might use that - but it will impress some friends maybe!
However, the main use of the Livescribe will be during lectures, team meetings or one-to-one meetings like for interviews, coaching sessions, counselling sessions and so on. Here it beats both dictaphone and ipad. And here's why:
With the Livescribe, you write your notes down on the piece of paper, while you record what the person is saying. So let's take a journalist as an example.
You sit down with your pad of LIvescribe paper, you press record (which is on the paper) and you make notes as the person speaks. This way you have both a written copy of your notes as well as the voice. But what makes Livescribe genius is that you can then go back home, and if you tap say at the top of the third paragraph of your notes, the voice recording jumps to exactly that section! That way, you don't have keep pressing forwards and backwards on a dictaphone to try and find the exact quote or section. And you aren't scrolling up down on your ipad trying to remember where you wrote what... it is all there neatly and magically together.
So yes. This has, I think a limited audience but is a fantastic piece of technology that is best for students, team meetings, one-to-one meetings of various sorts.
Highly recommended.
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Good Idea Poorly Executed
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Published 3 months ago by Mr Parrot
Love love love this pen!
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Published 3 months ago by The Art of Steering
Delivers
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Published 4 months ago by Hettie
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