Will the software convert your handwriting into digital text - for an entire meeting notes?
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I cannot see how you can covert a whole page at a time. The only way that I see to do OCR is through the snippets in the Feed view. I find this very frustrating because the snippets are not in page order so I have to find the snippets for a page, merge them and then swipe to the right. Very frustrating. The whole Livescribe + app is very immature and I sure hope they enhance it soon.
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After a week of use I can reiterate that this is possible. I have converted full pages of handwritten notes (8.5 x 11) . The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is pretty good. Just click on the page in the Livescribe+ app and swipe to the right. The handwritten notes are converted into text. I find that my numbers do not always convert correctly, but editing is simple from within the app
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Yes. Check out the videos on the Livescribe website to see how it works. Here is a link to a comparison chart that highlights the features of Livescribe's current smartpen offerings.http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/media/pdf/ls_smartpens_comparison_chart.pdf
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Yes. Check out the videos on the Livescribe website to see how it works. Here is a link to a comparison chart that highlights the features of Livescribe's current smartpen offerings. http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/media/pdf/ls_smartpens_comparison_chart.pdf
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the big issue is the "snippets" that are sync'sd inside the app. I need this tool and app to treat a page as a page, but it doesn't. When you go back and make notes on a pagelater, they aren't in the same place as the original notes. You CAN reassemble, but on an ipad this is unbelievably frustrating. I have dropped the pen in a drawer and gone back to handwritten notes while I wait for my new echo (old one broke) to arrive.
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The unit and software does not have OCR capabilities, as far as I know. You would need separate software to do that. I expect you could find something that would work. I did not have that application in mind. It works great for my application.
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There isn't. They have a more expensive version that syncs to your computer and allows you to save the notes but it's much bigger...this one is small, like the screen of a cell phone.
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Don't know about that . . . I am on Windows 7 and use Cerner and Winscribe software for my transcription . . . Love the foot pedal, works great, other than my puppy likes it too and she chewed the cord, had to repair with electrical tape and keep out of her reach! It was a good buy for me, and all I had to get was the foot pedal. I'd say maybe try it alone, if you need software then order it? It's been a great purchase for me, though. Good luck!
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I've used mine for that and it works okay, but I think that (despite the cost of special paper) the LiveScribe series does notes better. The inkling is better for sketching/drawing as the potential for a vector output is there.
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Nope - no handwriting recognition/transcription on Scansnaps. At least not on the S300 or discontinued S510 models. The OCR is used only to take the scanned images (all scans with these scanners are as images) and convert the text to searchable text. Evernote has handwriting recognition, though I haven't used it much and don't know how accurate it is. I believe that Microsoft OneNote 2007 also can do this; OneNote 2010 might be improved over the previous version. Scansnap is not very good at all for document organization. As a matter of fact it is pretty poor. E.g., you cannot import any other documents (PDF) and have them made searchable; only that which was scanned with the Scansnap. So if you have a lot of PDF documents already you would have to scan them all over again. Also, Scansnap doesn't allow you to use Paperport with it, like most scanners do. Jim
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I've only had to do this once...and it worked just fine.It will of course depend on your program the document is formatted in. But, we simply love this machine. The company we bought it from has always been happy to help me with any problems I encountered while learning to use it.
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There are apps that can read (and edit?) Word documents to a point - they are not Microsoft products, so there is no guarantee that they are completely compatible. I know of no app that can read OneNote (of any vintage).
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It could, with the right interface. I don't know how your papers are presented, but I would first be looking for PDF comments instead. This takes some getting-used-to for the precision writing that goes along with grading papers (e.g., writing comments). If your aim is more along the lines of checkmarks or other symbols, this will do that without much effort. But again, check that your software supports it.
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If you are referring to ebook text, then the answer is yes if converted. If you are talking about some sort of phone text, then no. I hope this helps, feel free to ask any further questions you may have.
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no I wish. but you can download openoffice from openoffice.org its free. it has all those programs.
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Can you put a word processor on it? I don't want to do all my writing within google docs.
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I've used the OCR and it works reasonably well. The only issue i have with it is that it creates blocks of text in Word that have to be treated individually rather than as an entire document.
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Yea it comes with a Wacom digitizer. And inking on office 365 works well to input text in word excel outlook and access. It also inputs text anywhere if use the text window.
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Hi Dennis, I haven't tried this myself, but I would guess that this device would struggle to accurately record equations: it will probably mistake Greek characters/mathematical characters for more common letters, although you may be able to select mathematical formula as the OCR language.
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Yes, great program but quite old now. I am now using Serif products (PagePlus) which is similar but much more uptodate.
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Yes, but you need to purchase software. The handwriting recognition software worked great, but the Boogie board stopped saving my 'pages' so I can't use the software. The software is compatible with other products as well because it basically takes a pdf and does its magic.