Thursday, August 14, 2008
Digiscribble Pen Review
Price £59.99 + VAT
Source Scanning Pens
The Logitech IO pen was cool, but need for expensive paper (which I can't find anywhere now!) means that a replacement was needed, The Digiscribble seems to fit that need perfectly.
You clip the unit to your normal pad of paper, and write with the provided pen (which uses standard refills). Push the button to save your page to memory, then connect up to your computer and download your notes. Couldn't be much simpler!
Digiscribble Unit compared with iPod Shuffle
The software is in two parts, 'Scribble' which manages notes, and 'MyScript' which converts your scrawl into editable text. MyScript is very good, and gets even better when you invest twenty or so minutes to train it. It manages pretty well with my messy all over the place handwriting.
MyScript Handwriting Conversion Window allows to you correct any errors
The pen also supports 'mouse' mode, but I haven't had much success with it. Also supported is directly writing into Office 2007 applications, but Vista is needed for this feature and I'm still on XP so I can't really test it!
To sum up, if you take notes at school, college or work and you need them on your computer the Digiscribble is definitely a product worth looking at.
