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The Livescribe Echo Pen – Never Miss a Word

Echo Smartpen by Livescribe  8GB ($310.22 CDN) (laptop not included of course!)

An amazing tool for business people.

I purchased an 8Gb Livescribe Echo Pen ( also available for less with smaller storage) a number of years ago, and found it to be very useful for both business and personal use. When I am at a job site meeting or a business meeting and want to take notes – I do it with this system. I do let people know that I am recording beforehand as I had one person in a hospital review for my mother ask me to not record (I suppose that they didn’t want mistakes on record!)

Anything that is being discussed is being recorded and any notes you take record what is being said at that very moment. When reviewing your notes, just pressing your pen anywhere within those notes will play back what was being said at that very time. It allows you to replay things you may have forgotten details about or used to show someone else that you know what was said!

My 8gb Pen allows recording up to 800 hours ( yes – 800) of notes, and when connected to your computer – you can see your handwritten notes and use your mouse to play the dialog if you prefer.

UPDATE: The last time I turned my pen on ( about 3 weeks since last used) the LED screen would not show anything. All the functionality seemed to be intact however. My pen is out of warranty – DAMN!

It seems this is a common problem with OLED displays on these pens – Purchase at own risk or get extended warranty.

Get the app for use on Ipad and Iphones   (**must be bluetooth smart ready device**)

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