A new product being raved about by technology gurus around the world is a brand new…pen? Yes that is correct, a pen. Of course it isn’t just your everyday pen; it is a very unique pen, one that can do all sorts of interesting and never before seen things.
The Livescribe Pulse Pen is quickly becoming every student and professional’s dream gadget. With the Pulse you can record what is being said as you write. While this isn’t a totally new concept, it was what the pulse does after that that makes it unique. After you write whatever notes it is that you have, you can then upload a digital copy of them to your computer via a simple usb hub that is included with the Pulse. In addition to that, the Pulse will show you any type of audio that is associated with the words you have written.
For example, if you were writing notes from a seminar and turned the record button to “on” and then uploaded those notes to your computer, the digital copy would highlight the text in green that had audio associated with it. What you could then do is click on the green highlighted text and it would play back the audio the same way it was being read as you wrote your notes. If that were not enough, there are also really neat features that you can do with the software that is unavailable on any other types of “smart” pens.
The Pulse is capable of allowing you to search for words that have been digitalized by the computer. As one tech company noted, the person who wrote the notes handwriting was horrendous and the Pulse software was still able to recognize the word when typed into the search query. It can also do other things like playing the piano that you drew on the paper, or computing calculations on the calculator template provided on the notebook.
While it sounds like a no-brainer to purchase, there are of course a few downsides. First of all, everything that you want to be digitally copied must be written on special paper that is made for the Pulse. This can obviously be costly and inconvenient. Second, you can only upload the Pulse software onto one computer and many users have griped that if they are going to spend hundreds of dollars on a pen, it should allow them to upload the software more than one time.
While this may be true, there are more positives than negatives towards the Pulse and as long as you are going to be using it, it will be an investment that saves you both time and energy while increasing your productivity.
To find out more about Livescribe Pulse give Dynamic Edge a call at 734.975.0460.
