When we first head about the Digital Scribe, we were quite skeptical about its performance, only to later realize that this is probably one of the coolest devices we have encountered.
Unlike traditional tablets, the Digital Scribe gives you the ability to capture your handwriting on any surface offline, in effect, turning your paper notepad into a tablet! This is an absolutely invaluable tool for college students or anyone who has a career that involved in taking notes or documenting research as it works flawlessly on any kind of paper.
In fact during our tests, the Digital Scribe was able to create all parts of our ‘complex’ scribbles accurately in vector format.
The Digital Scribe is an excellent tool for artists or graphic designers who want to keep their pencil-paper relationship. Using this groundbreaking technology, you can draw onto normal paper with a normal pen, whilst the Digital Scribe base sits on the corner of the page recording precisely the movements of the pen. The device can store up to 50 pages which can be retrieved at any time through your computer. To switch to the next page, simply press the small button on the base.
With the direct integration with Microsoft’s OneNote 2007, using the IOGear Digital Scribe with Office is a breeze. Because the Digital Scribe also works as an input device, you can use it directly with your computer as a mouse!
Imagine how much easier it would be to create diagrams or draw pictures for presentations with this handy tool. No longer would you have to fuss with a mouse or a graphics tablet! You can also use typed text, handwritten notes and graphics on the same page with ease. The Pen also comes with hand-writing recognition software to quickly convert written text and import it to your favorite text editor. The pen supplied with Digital Scribe actually looks and writes like a normal ball-point pen.
Another great benefit of the Digital Scribe is the ability it gives you to categorize the notes you write. By adding Note Flags, you are able to view all the Note Flags on your notes at once and choose only the notes with the flags you need for the task at hand. This couldn’t be any more convenient for say a student, who needs to quickly retrieve lecture notes for a certain subject.
The incredible benefits of the Digital Scribe even extend to the board room. Imagine how amazing it would be if you didn’t have to mark everything down on a white board with messy markers during brainstorming sessions. This is possible with the Digital Scribe. Simply use a digital projector and you can use the Digital Scribe to create a real time whiteboard.
The Multi-Lingual W6 version of Digital Scribe also comes with support for twelve unique languages (English, Spanish, French, traditional and simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Korean, and Russian) and allows you to export your notes in .jpeg format. You can use the Digital Scribe to create sticky notes on your computer’s desktop which means you can make reminders, to-do lists, grocery lists, phone numbers and e-mail addresses where you need them in your own handwriting.
The requirements to run this handy little device are as follows:
- Microsoft Windows ® XP or VISTA
- Minimum 128MB RAM
- 50MB available hard disk space
- Minimum 32-bit color quality
- Office 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007
- USB Port
With all the incredible benefits of the Digital Scribe it isn’t hard to see why it’s so popular – especially considering the low price. This is a must-have tool for anyone who wants to get the most out of their creative writing skills.
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Jason Mills, Techdna.co.uk
