Presentation on technologies for libraries.

1. HOW TO WORK WITH
LIVESCRIBE
The Basics
By Kathleen Lehigh
04 March 2012
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2. Smartpens by livescribe.
Two smartpens produced by
livescribe. are the Echo and the
Pulse.
The inventor and intellectual
property holder for this dot
pattern and optical pen
technology is Anoto Group AB.*
*http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/company/ 3/4/2012

3. What is a Smartpen?
It is a tool that can transfer audio, text,
graphics, pictures and anything produced
by hand into a computer system.
It is a tool for anyone in meetings or
classes, or even someone creating new
ideas and concepts.
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4. Who Can a Smartpen
Help?
Science /Business/
Students Disabled / Elderly
Artistic
• Traditional • Learning Disabled • Scientists – schemes
• Returning • Physically Disabled and formulas
• Disabled • Both Types of • Business persons –
Disabilities sales and market
• Elderly in general information
• Elderly who prefer • Artistic – designs,
paper and pen plans, and drawings
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5. Different Types of
livescribe. Smartpens
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6. Use of Smartpens by
Disabled Students - Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_e
mbedded&v=YZWqes5S6VM#
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7. The Ease of Using a
Smartpen
Both livecribesmartpens have a simple tutorial
that takes less than five minutes.
The material produced can actually be shared
between colleagues or students.
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8. Actual Use of a Smartpen
Click the button on the pen to turn it on.
livescribe. Notebooks are necessary to activate
the pen.
The pen is touched to the record button at the
bottom of the page notetaking may begin while
whatever audio is in the room will be recorded at
the same time.
When finished, the stop button is touched with
the pen tip at the bottom of the page.
The pen is turned off until needed again. 3/4/2012

9. The Ease of Using a
Smartpen
A docking station for the pen is plugged into the
computer’s USB port.
When pen is placed on this docking/charging
station – the computer will pull up the LiveScribe
software and begin downloading everything on
the pen.
The notes can be pulled up onto the screen.
Anywhere the mouse touches on the notes –the
recording from the exact time it was written will
begin to play.
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10. Next Steps
Each pen is purchased with a specific amount of
memory
1 GB, 2GB, 4GB and more
Each pen can also be used to replay what is in
the notebook until everything has either been
downloaded and/or cleaned off the pen.
Therefore there are two ways to replay what was
recorded: via download to the computer, or
directly from the pen.
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11. How can this help in a
library?
Many school libraries that have programs for
their disabled patrons. These libraries have
become the main source for educating their
teachers and students on items such as
smartpens.
If the library knows how to use the tool, they help
educate their community to be able to better use
the resources available.
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12. REFERENCES CITED
livescribe. Website. 2012. Web 01 Mar 2012.
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/company .
livescribe. Website. 2012. Web. 01 Mar 2012.
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/ .
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13. THANK YOU!!
ANY QUESTIONS?
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