[Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

[Hackett, Connie]

On Amazon the Echo pen 2GB is $163.00 and the Livescribe 3 pen is $134.00.

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>
wrote:


> We currently have the Echo pens and haven't experienced many issues with

> them, but yes the desktop software has been a real pain in the neck.  What

> are the differences between the Livescribe 3 pen and Echo pen?  Is there a

> significant cost difference?

>

>

> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:44 PM Connie Hackett <cmhackett at stcc.edu> wrote:

>

>> We were having all kinds of issues with the echo pens so we switch to the

>> Livescribe 3 pens which are great. These pens work with an app on

>> smartphones. Our students love them and we are in the process of purchasing

>> more of these pens to loan out to our students.

>>

>> Sent from my iPhone

>>

>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo at uccs.edu> wrote:

>>

>> I gave up on getting Echo desktop for students on my loaned smart pens.

>> Too many issues.  It’s been awhile since I have tried.  Currently, I lend

>> out pens every semester.  Students use them to take notes and record.  They

>> use the paper notebook and the pen to listen.  We don’t use the upload to

>> the computer for anything.  At the end of the semester, if they request it,

>> I will copy the pen to an audio pdf for them and give it to them.  I erase

>> the pens every semester and we move on.

>>

>>

>>

>> If a student buys their own personal pen, that is a different story but

>> for loaners, the accommodation is to help with notetaking.  They get that

>> benefit using the notebook and pen without Echo desktop.  The virtual

>> notebooks are nice but most of my students buy the $8.25 3-subject physical

>> notebook and find that sufficient.

>>

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>>

>> Regards,

>>

>>

>>

>> Leyna Bencomo

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>> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

>> Behalf Of *Hegney, Shaun

>> *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 3:05 PM

>> *To:* 'athen-list at u.washington.edu' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

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>>

>>

>> Hmm I’ve had similar issues in the past I’ve had some luck with

>> reinstalling echo desktop. I’ve also had to back up a pen and then reset /

>> update  the firmware.

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>> *Shaun Hegney*

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>> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

>> Behalf Of *Kluesner, Bryon

>> *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 1:59 PM

>> *To:* 'athen-list at u.washington.edu' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>> *Subject:* [Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

>>

>>

>>

>> Hi all,

>>

>>

>>

>> I am having difficulties with live scribe not letting a student update

>> her pen. She gets an error message that her existing account is not valid.

>> She just registered the pen yesterday and the Echo desktop is giving her

>> problems. I was able to archive and share her nots from my Echo desktop,

>> but her Echo desktop will not recognize the pen.

>>

>>

>>

>> Any suggestions or advise?

>>

>>

>>

>> As always, thanks!

>>

>>

>>

>> Bryon

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Connie Hackett
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Springfield Technical Community College
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