[Athen] Livescribe smart pens

[Kevin Price]

Hi,
It just took us 4 weeks to get 30 new Livescribe Echos from out local
technology supplier.
When every I buy notebooks, we buy Livescribe notebooks 5-8 they are always
the old style with controls on bottom.  They also have a smartpen bookmark
that is included with the Echo controls on these bookmarks.  I take that
out and give it to the people who have notebooks 1-4.
Kevin Price
pricek at uic.edu


On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 10:58 AM Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo at uccs.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

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> I have been loaning Livescribe Echo smart pens to students for years.

> They have worked well for us.  Recently, it has been hard to come by the

> notebooks that work well with the Echo pen.  The newer notebooks don’t have

> all the commands on each page so the students can’t take advantage of

> slowing down the pace when playing back and jumping back 5 seconds, etc.  I

> finally reached someone at a warehouse who found sample notebooks (full

> sized) and sold us 100.  That will hold us for the next year or two, I

> hope.  Livescribe is no longer making these older style notebooks from what

> I understand.

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> If any of you loan out this pen, I’d appreciate you joining me in asking

> Livescribe to continue making the old notebooks since they are still making

> the pens!  This old pen has a built-in microphone and camera so its an all

> in one device.  Their newer pens must be used in conjunction with a

> smartphone or laptop or an iPad.  This makes it more complicated for the

> students.  They have to have enough memory on their phones and deal with

> batteries and such for two devices instead of one.

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> I am caving to the pressure and bought two new Aegir pens to see how they

> will do.  However, I have 43 Echo pens and I hate to give them up just

> because Livescribe isn’t making the old notebooks.  I did also receive some

> bookmarks with most of the commands on them.  Its still not as convenient.

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> Please let me know if you have another solution.

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> Thanks,

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> *Leyna Bencomo *

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Office of Information Technology

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> University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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

> Behalf Of *Matson, Eric (ecmatson at uidaho.edu)

> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2018 9:39 AM

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

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

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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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> *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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> Phone: 208.885.6307 | ecmatson at uidaho.edu| Bruce M. Pitman Center 127

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