[Athen] Live Scribe 3 Smart Pens

[Robert Spangler]

They're an irritating company in general.  It's almost as if they're not
interested in selling their products.  We use a purchasing system here, to
which we must add suppliers, and they have not been working with us at all
- as if they're ignoring our emails.  I imagine that most institutions have
such a purchasing system, so it shouldn't be too unusual.  I was forced to
purchase from other sources like Amazon.  If this were for my personal
life, I'd boycott them completely.


On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:58 AM Doug Hayman <dhayman at uw.edu> wrote:


> I was buying the Echo directly from Livescribe.com a few months ago.

>

> They have been an irritating company to deal with over the years.  A few

> Echo devices we'd loan out all had the screens fail on them with the

> company offering what, $67 to trade in for another one.

>

> They have had the wireless one come an go in a short span of time and used

> to have a pro-pack with pen and 4 notebooks but haven't found that one

> recently.

>

> Some of our DO-IT Scholars have been more interested in using Sonocent.

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> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Matson, Eric (ecmatson at uidaho.edu) <

> ecmatson at uidaho.edu> wrote:

>

>> Hi all,

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>>

>> New to the list, so I apologize if this topic has already been covered. I

>> currently have students waiting for a smart pen as a note taking

>> accommodation. We have been using the Live Scribe Echo, but when I went to

>> buy more yesterday, every place is sold out. The students have already been

>> waiting for two weeks, thanks to an Amazon shipping error that’s looking

>> more and more like will end up being  refunded. With all that in mind I

>> started looking into the Live Scribe 3, but have some concerns, so was

>> wondering if anyone has used that model?

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>> My main concern is the 3 doesn’t have a built in mic, so the student

>> would have to use their phone to record audio. Looking at reviews, the app

>> that goes with the pen is a battery hog, so I’m worried about students

>> having enough phone charge to get through back to back lectures. We could

>> include that access to power as part of their accommodation, but that

>> doesn’t change the fact that the student then has to make sure they have

>> their phone and charger at all times.

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>> Thanks for any input!

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>> *Eric Matson | Assistive Technology Specialist*

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>> Center for Disability Access and Resources

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>> Division of Student Affairs

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>> The University of Idaho

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