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Customer Reviews for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
Model: APX-00007
SKU: 1161761
UPC: 892515002545
Take the stress out of tests and meetings 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 organized. What is a smart pen? Save, search and organize with a smart pen Send and share with Livescribe Connect How a smart pen can help you
Average Customer Rating:
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Customer Reviews for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
Review 1 for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
A must have for note taking
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Durability
4.0
What's great about it: Ease of use
What's not so great: a little big for my hands
As a project manager my work revolves around my note taking.
This product has made my life simpler and more flexible I have more time to listen and provide more timely meeting minutes and updates.
This product has made my life simpler and more flexible I have more time to listen and provide more timely meeting minutes and updates.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 2 for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
A Great Tool
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: chinesecatt
from Burbank
on 10/11/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Durability
5.0
What's great about it: Quality of recordings
What's not so great: Could get expensive when you need to buy special notepads
I love how this pen record meetings and presentations. The quality is just amazing for its size.
This package might be quite pricey but it is worth it as it comes with Premium Evernote and MyScript.
When in meetings, I use my tablet to take notes and record at the same time. Not good enough. Not good enough compared to what you can capture with Livescribe.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Livescribe Flip Notebook for Livescribe Pulse Smartpens (4-Pack) - Pink
+7points
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Review 3 for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
Wonder tool for detailed notes. Works!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: DavidInTX
from Houston, TX
on 06/19/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Durability
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to setup and use.
What's not so great: Nothing.
I was getting slammed in a summer term calculus class and needed a lifeline. I could either pay a tutor or try this pen to go over my profs lecture and tutor myself. I can attest to the usefulness of hearing concepts repeated over and over again, slowed down or skipped over. Touch a point on your notes and you'll hear what was said at that point or you can go back or forward, whatever you want. Transfer to your (fill in the blank) i-whatever, computing device to listen wherever you want.
I tried to bring my tablet-PC to class and use Onenote, but the tablet is heavy and dudes were eyeing my expensive laptop, too conspicuous, so this pen and notebook are very unobtrusive and barely noticeable.
I could go on about the benefits of this product and have no complaints. You can even print your own Livescribe paper with a PostScript compatible printer if you don't want to buy the notebooks, but I suggest the notebooks for ease of organization.
I tried to bring my tablet-PC to class and use Onenote, but the tablet is heavy and dudes were eyeing my expensive laptop, too conspicuous, so this pen and notebook are very unobtrusive and barely noticeable.
I could go on about the benefits of this product and have no complaints. You can even print your own Livescribe paper with a PostScript compatible printer if you don't want to buy the notebooks, but I suggest the notebooks for ease of organization.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
AMAZING DEVICE - The Second One I Have Purchased
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Durability
5.0
What's great about it: Ability to record text and audio and get instant access to any of the text or audio.
What's not so great: I honestly have no complaings, okay, I would like it thinner one day.
I started with the LiveScribe Pulse Pen and have recently upgraded to the 8gb Echo Pro. Once again, I give it five stars and marvel at the technology. Let me say first that when I purchased my Echo Pen a few days ago, it did not record all of the words that I was writing. Portions of the letters and words did not appear on the computer screen when I uploaded the documents to my Mac. I knew something was wrong, having used a LiveScribe Pulse Pen for quite a while.
I immediately called the LiveScribe hotline and was walked through the procedure for resetting the pen and reinstalling the firmware. Despite our best efforts, it did not improve. I returned the pen to Best Buy and took another. It works perfectly and flawlessly. I did get the warranty, and on such a potentially delicate and precise instrument, the $39 or so for 2 years does provide adequate piece of mind. In short, if it does not work flawlessly and record each stroke of the pen and every second of audio, get a replacement. It is worth noting that the new Echo pen does permit the use of some applications, not available to older versions of the LiveScribe pen. You can explore those yourself. I will not try to explain how the Echo Pen works or the LiveScribe concept, but only point out that the Echo works as well as its predecessors. I would say you should consider the Pro package since it does come with the 3-D premium stereo earphones, which double as stereo microphones for recording, and a full licenced copy of MyScript, which beautifully converts your handwriting into text. While, as with any translator, be it voice or script transcription, it is not perfect, but amazingly accurate most of the time. While I will not try to explain how much 8GB means in terms of written pages, but let me realistically say that I doubt that despite how much I write, I will ever be able to fill 8GB of memory in the remainder of my life. I used the 4GB one for quite a while now and have barely put a dent in its memory. Should you ever approach filling the memory, you simply archive all of the files and wipe the pen memory and start all over again with 8GB. Forgive my rambling, but this is a product that I have used for quite a while now and have never regretted my purchase. Check it out and give it a test drive.
I immediately called the LiveScribe hotline and was walked through the procedure for resetting the pen and reinstalling the firmware. Despite our best efforts, it did not improve. I returned the pen to Best Buy and took another. It works perfectly and flawlessly. I did get the warranty, and on such a potentially delicate and precise instrument, the $39 or so for 2 years does provide adequate piece of mind. In short, if it does not work flawlessly and record each stroke of the pen and every second of audio, get a replacement. It is worth noting that the new Echo pen does permit the use of some applications, not available to older versions of the LiveScribe pen. You can explore those yourself. I will not try to explain how the Echo Pen works or the LiveScribe concept, but only point out that the Echo works as well as its predecessors. I would say you should consider the Pro package since it does come with the 3-D premium stereo earphones, which double as stereo microphones for recording, and a full licenced copy of MyScript, which beautifully converts your handwriting into text. While, as with any translator, be it voice or script transcription, it is not perfect, but amazingly accurate most of the time. While I will not try to explain how much 8GB means in terms of written pages, but let me realistically say that I doubt that despite how much I write, I will ever be able to fill 8GB of memory in the remainder of my life. I used the 4GB one for quite a while now and have barely put a dent in its memory. Should you ever approach filling the memory, you simply archive all of the files and wipe the pen memory and start all over again with 8GB. Forgive my rambling, but this is a product that I have used for quite a while now and have never regretted my purchase. Check it out and give it a test drive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Livescribe Echo 8GB Smartpen Pro Pack
Excellent. The best investment for all.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: FireFish
from New Jersey
on 12/04/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Durability
5.0
What's great about it: Everything. Brilliant productivity tool.
What's not so great: You can only use Livescribe paper intended for this pen.
Firstly; this product seriously makes sense to be used by a kid, teen, adult, everyone except the dog.
Understand the sheer genius here - Like many people I know, I like recording my meetings so that I can review them later to fine comb. The natural problem is how you get to a very specific part of the meeting without browsing through the entire recording.
This pen let's you write your notes as you normally would & also records audio simultaneously. Doesn't sound so impressive. The brilliance is the final piece - it links the audio with the text written. So to hear a specific part of the meeting, you just tap on a word & it plays the audio recorded while that particular word was written!
Plus, they went further. They have tons of 'Apps' you can add on.
If you're on the fence, do yourself a favor; get this pen (I'd splurge for the 8GB; it's a serious productivity tool that will be well worth it in my opinion.) I normally don't rave about products, nor do I award 5 stars. This smart pen deserves it.
If you're on the fence, do yourself a favor; get this pen (I'd splurge for the 8GB; it's a serious productivity tool that will be well worth it in my opinion.) I normally don't rave about products, nor do I award 5 stars. This smart pen deserves it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+54points
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