[Athen] Live Scribe 3 Smart Pens

[Robert Spangler]

I think it depends on the student.  I wouldn't say that Sonocent helps with
grades; rather that it could help with some students' grades.  I have had
some students act super excited about it when I demonstrate it and others
just act bored.

this is why we have Sonocent, Smart Pens and audio recorders - options,
since everyone is different.


On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:13 AM Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo at uccs.edu> wrote:


> Years ago, I bought several Echo pens and many of the shafts (bottom half

> of the pen) cracked slightly and made the recordings noisy.  Livescribe

> told me it was a defect and they sent me new shafts with instructions on

> how to replace.  They were polite, accommodating and quick to respond.  I

> was very impressed.

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> Now, I recently contacted via their chatline to ask how soon we could

> expect more pens since everyone needs them at the beginning of the fall

> semester.  I asked what was going on and why they had a shortage.  I was

> treated rather sarcastically and was told I guess it’s because “everybody

> needs them at the beginning of the fall semester.”

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> Not a friendly response.  However, I have not found anything that will do

> the job as well as the Echo pen.  Students claim that their grades improve

> significantly after they start using the smartpen.  Those that can afford

> it, buy them.

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> Sonocent seems cumbersome to me with all its colors and the need for a

> laptop in the class.  But I haven’t actually asked students to try it.  I

> know people think it has a coolness factor but does it really help with

> actual grades?

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> Leyna Bencomo

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

> Behalf Of *Robert Spangler

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 5, 2018 7:37 AM

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> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Live Scribe 3 Smart Pens

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> 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.

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

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

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> 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:

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> 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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