![]() When you connect later, it will download. You can also use the pen without the mobile device present. The pen syncs data in real time-you can watch your handwritten notes appear on your phone within a few seconds. Once you’ve set up your pen with its mobile or tablet app, using it is easy-turn it on, write on special dot-pattern paper (a purchase comes with 50 sheets more are available for download and full notebooks can be purchased online), and the pen records what you write. But it also has several nontraditional features, including an infrared camera to capture what you’re writing, 2GB of memory to record what you write, a small speaker, an antenna to sync with your mobile device, and a processor to tie it all together (yes, your pen will occasionally need a firmware update-the mobile app will tell you and install it). The Livescribe works like a typical ballpoint pen you hold it in your hand, press the tip to paper, and write. I’ve found it to be more helpful than I imagined. I thought that if it saved me even 10 minutes a day, it would be worth the money. So I decided to try the Livescribe 3 Smartpen (from $149.95 ). I am not willing to give up taking notes on paper, but I wanted a faster way to get my notes into electronic form. I find several benefits to taking notes on paper, which include having a physical record, remembering things better (and there are studies supporting this), and convenience during client meetings, phone calls, or when the battery is running low. That was not efficient.Īlthough I strive for a paperless office, paperless doesn’t necessarily mean zero-paper. The downside was that I would spend up to an hour every day retyping or scanning my notes into my law-practice management software. I’d found, in my practice, that I tended to take notes by hand during client meetings and phone calls, as that was less distracting than using a laptop or mobile device. I decided to try a smartpen earlier this year because it seemed like a potential time-saver. ![]() Texas Bar Journal - October 2015 Technology
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