[Athen] PaperShow captures handwriting, sends it wirelessly to computer

[Shelley Haven]

Have any of you ever used the device PaperShow, by the company  
Canson?  It's kind of a cross between a Livescribe Pulse smartpen and  
a mimio whiteboard capture system.  Using the same microdot paper  
technology developed by Anoto, one writes on the paper with the  
PaperShow pen, which wirelessly transmits the writing to a Mac or PC  
(and thus can be projected).  Using the PaperShow software, you can  
print out an image or text on that special paper, write or draw on the  
paper, and see your mark ups added to the image or text on the screen  
in real time.  You can even use the pen to erase annotations.  Unlike  
the Livescribe, though, there are no audio capabilities.  Cost is $199.

Here's a link to the PaperShow website:
http://www.papershow.com/us/index.asp

Apparently it's been out for about a year, and the company announced a  
Mac version yesterday at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco:
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/11/mwsf-2010-demo-cansons-papershow/

Seems like there ought to be some cool assistive technology  
applications for this...

- Shelley

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Shelley Haven  ATP, RET
Assistive Technology Consultant
Shelley at TechPotential.net
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