If your notes and audio haven’t automatically transferred to Evernote yet, tap the Sync Now button on the inside cover of your Starter notebook. Make sure your smartpen is connected to a Wi-Fi network and that you’ve completed the steps to activate your smartpen.Ĭ. If you are using other Evernote apps, use the Sync button to refresh your account.ī. If you are using the Evernote web client, refreshing your web browser to reload the page may help. Allow Evernote a little more time to synchronize your notes, it could take a few minutes. Step 3 Clicking anywhere on the note in the large window will open Livescribe Player, where the ink strokes and audio will play back.Ī. Step 2 Look for your Livescribe wifi smartpen (it will be listed by the name you chose during activation) and locate the A5 Wifi Starter Notebook 1 under it. Step 1 Go to, or open your Evernote desktop application, and sign in to your account. You can quickly search, share, organize and play back your notes and audio any time, on nearly any device. Livescribe targets its smart pens at college students and adults.If you are using a LiveScribe with WiFi, your recorded notes and audio are wirelessly sent and securely stored in Evernote. There are related smart pens on the market from Leapfrog Enterprises, but those pens are aimed at much younger users. Investors include Aeris Capital, Lionhart Investments, and Vantage Point Venture Partners. Over its history, the company has raised $48.8 million. The company was founded in 2007 and has 70 employees.
Numerous school districts are ordering pens by the thousands. The City of Sacramento, for instance, is using the pens to share notes of its meetings online. The pen is now available in 25 countries and it can be found in a lot of locations in the U.S., including Best Buy, Target, BJ’s, and Costco. For every app sold, LiveScribe keeps 35 percent. So far, there are 5,500 registered developers. If sales keep growing and the app makers develop new software, Livescribe will find itself in the enviable position of having an app economy.
But Connell said that revenues were up 2.5 times over a year ago, and he expects sales will double in the coming year. The company doesn’t disclose exact sales numbers. The Oakland, Calif.-based company has also given a facelift to its Livescribe Desktop software, smartpen firmware and its online store. The company is trying to emulate the success of Apple’s iTunes/AppStore business model. That could be the ultimate app for LiveScribe. It really is amazing to make something happen just by tapping on a piece of paper or writing something down.īyron Connell, head of marketing at the company, said he expects to see audio transcription services available sometime next year for users who want their handwritten notes converted into text. I tried some of the apps out, such as a classical music app that will play a clip from Bach for you if you tap on a word on a piece of paper.
If you write 44, the pen displays Barack Obama, for example. When you write a number, the pen will display the name of the president. There are tools for the visually impaired, medical transcription, oil field services, games, utilities, and productivity tools.Īn example of an educational app is U.S. Now it offers a $169 model with 2 gigabytes of data storage, as well as a $199 4-gigabyte version that can store 400 hours of audio.Īmong the new apps, is an educational tool for adults learning English as a second language. MetaBeat will bring together metaverse thought leaders to give guidance on how metaverse technology will transform the way all industries communicate and do business on October 3-4 in San Francisco, CA.
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