[Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

Christine Robinson crobinson at ggc.edu
Mon Aug 27 10:21:25 PDT 2018


Doing a quick check on Amazon, the Echo and Livescribe 3s seem to have comparable prices - $155 for the Echo and $135 for the 3.

Major difference between the two is that the Livescribe 3 doesn’t contain a microphone or speaker. It connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, and uses your phone’s microphone. You have to have your phone turned on with the app open before it will record audio.

I’ve been using a Livescribe 3 for 2 ½ years, and prefer it to the mic-in Pulse Livescribe pen I had for a couple of years before (the Pulse was the version before the Echo). Since the 3 doesn’t have a mic or speaker, it’s a little smaller and lighter – and because it uses the mic on my phone, the sound quality is better than I got with the Pulse. It’s a bit of a hassle to make sure the app is open and that my phone hasn’t turned itself off when I’m ready to record, but I still prefer it to my previous model.

On the other hand, if I were loaning smartpens to students, I might go with the Echo instead, to keep things simpler for them.

My two cents,
Chris



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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Robert Spangler
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2018 12:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

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

Regards,

Leyna Bencomo
Assistive Technology Specialist
Office of Information Technology
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Live Scribe smart pen issues

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.

Shaun Hegney
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Disability Support Services
Spokane Falls Community College
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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

Bryon Kluesner, RhD
Adaptive Technology Coordinator
Disability Resource Center
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