Saving Data for Customer Service................8 Returning Livescribe Products.......................9 Items Purchased Directly from Liv escribe..............9 Items Purchased from a Third Party................9 Echo Smartpen User Guide..................10 About Your Livescribe Smartpen....................11 Introducing the Livescribe Smartpen................11 About Livescribe Notebooks..................11 Identifying Your Smartpen Model.................11 Starting Your Smartpen....................12 Charging an Echo Smar tpen..................13...
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About Shortcuts......................26 Using Shortcuts......................26 About Smartpen Screen Indicators................27 Tips for Handwriting Recognition.................28 Tips for Reading Text....................28 About the Nav Plus......................28 About Flick and Scrub....................31 Using Flick and Scr ub....................32 Assigning Commands to Home Button Doub le-Tap............33 Using Shortcut Buttons....................34 Recording Audio on a Smar tpen....................36 Starting a Recording with the Record Button ..............36 Starting a Recording with the Smar tpen Power Button..........36 Starting a Recording with a Nav Plus................37...
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Setting Scroll Speed....................71 Changing Smartpen Locales.......................72 Changing Locales with the Settings Men u..............72 Managing Livescribe Notebooks....................73 About Livescribe Dot Paper..................73 Usage Guidelines for Livescribe Notebooks..............73 Archiving Livescribe Notebooks..................74 About Livescribe Notebook Naming................75 Using Special Paper Products.....................77 About Livescribe Sticky Notes..................77 Sound Stickers......................78...
ABOUT THIS RELEASE This release of the Livescribe Platform includes new features and enhancements, corrected issues, and usability improvements. Version numbers for this release are: • Smartpen Firmware, Version 2.9.9 or later • Echo Desktop for Windows, Version 3.0 •...
Livescribe provides several ways for you to learn more about the Livescribe Platform and get expert help when you need it. On the Livescribe Support page, you can find several ways to get answers to any questions you might have about your smartpen or other Livescribe products.
If you cannot find the answers to your questions using the Support page, please contact Customer Service directly. You can reach Customer Service in the following ways: • Go to www.livescribe.com/support, complete a Customer Service ticket and submit it. • Email Customer Service at: CS@livescribe.com...
RETURNING LIVESCRIBE PRODUCTS If you need to return the Livescribe smartpen or other Liv escribe product, follow the instructions below. ITEMS PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM LIVESCRIBE Items purchased directly from Livescribe have the following return time-frame to qualify for a refund. Items returned after this timeframe are not accepted or credited: •...
The Livescribe smartpen captures everything you hear and write. INTRODUCING THE LIVESCRIBE SMARTPEN Your Livescribe smartpen synchronizes the audio you hear to what you write, so you never miss a word. Just tap on your notes and the smartpen plays back what you recorded from that exact moment in time.
If you have given your smartpen a name using Echo Desktop, your smartpen shows its name when you power it on. As the smartpen starts up, the display shows the words Livescribe and then Starting... After startup completes, the display shows the time.
USB connection (located on the side of the Pulse smar tpen) is designed to dock into the compatible Livescribe USB mobile charging cr a dle. You can also charge the Pulse smartpen directly from an electrical outlet with the Pro Charging Cradle or the Universal USB AC Wall Adapter.
If you want to use the smartpen but do not want to make ink marks on your paper, purchase a stylus from the Livescribe web store. To insert the stylus, follow the steps above, but substitute the stylus for the replacement ink cartridge.
If you own an Echo smartpen, you can use any standard 3.5mm stereo headset for playback. For binaural recording, you need to use a Liv e scribe 3.5mm 3-D Recording Headset. You can purchase this separately from the Livescribe Online Store. Tip: You can record binaural audio with the earbuds in your ears or around your neck as shown below.
ECHO SMARTPEN USER GUIDE ABOUT PAPER REPLAY When you start your smartpen, it is ready to capture anything you write in your Livescribe notebook. Your smartpen captures and stores your notes as digital ink. You can then send your notes to other people using Echo Desktop.
In Echo Desktop, you can view your notes and play back audio recordings made with Paper Replay. In Echo Desktop, notes that have linked audio appear as green ink. Livescribe calls this ink active ink. To listen to audio recordings that are linked to your notes, click on the active ink using your mouse or other pointing device.
WRITING NOTES ONLY (WITHOUT RECORDING AUDIO) With your smartpen powered on, begin writing on any Livescribe paper, such as a Livescribe notebook, journal, or flip notepad. As long as the smartpen is on, it captures your handwritten notes and drawings. When you dock your smartpen to your computer, your notes transfer to Echo Desktop.
You can write new notes and link them to any previously-recorded audio by writing in your Livescribe notebook as you play back the audio recording. Annotation is very useful when you need to clarify or expand on your notes at a later time.
CHECKING THE BATTERY LEVEL WITH THE BATTERY BUTTON Start your smartpen. Open the inside cover of your Livescribe notebook and locate the Settings area. Tap the Battery button to see the current battery charge.
Livescribe periodically updates smartpen apps (such as Paper Replay) and underlying smartpen firmware. Livescribe also updates this softw are to support new kinds of Livescribe Dot Paper. When you dock your smartpen and launch Echo Desktop, it checks for available updates. You can also manually check for updates using Echo Desktop.
• You cannot use Tap Around controls to launch other apps. Draw a horizontal line in your Livescribe notebook (starting from right or left) and without removing your smartpen tip from the page, immediately double back on the line ending close to where you started.
After creating a Launch Line, it remains as an active area. You can tap it at any time to launch the corresponding app. LAUNCHING AN APP WITH A NAV PLUS A Nav Plus is a printed navigation control available in all Livescribe Dot Paper products. Double-tap on the center of a Nav Plus go to the Main Menu.
ECHO SMARTPEN USER GUIDE screen. Livescribe recommends using the Home button whenever you want to quit and app and start another. Home buttons are printed in most Livescribe notebooks. In older paper products, the Home button is a light circle just above and to the right of the Nav Plus.
“p”. As soon as you see the command you want on the display, you can stop writing. Tap right on the Nav Plus, or double-tap on Livescribe paper. Your smartpen launches Paper Replay and its Play Session command. The smartpen screen shows the top item in the Play session list.
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If you started by tapping Nav Plus and navigating the Main Menu, tapping left leads you back to the Main Menu. • If you started by drawing a Launch Line or Shortcut on Livescribe paper, then your smartpen shows the current time. •...
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If a pre-printed Nav Plus is not easily accessible, create your own by drawing one on your Livescribe Dot Paper. Using any Livescribe paper, such as the included Starter notebook, draw intersecting vertical and horizontal lines. You can draw the intersecting lines in either order. The lines should be fairly straight and approximately the same length.The lines must intersect near their...
The smartpen shows the smartpen app name or Quic k Command, then confir ms the new assignment. USING SHORTCUT BUTTONS Shortcut buttons appear on some of the newer Livescribe notebooks and other products, such as Livescribe Sticky Notes. They are labeled with successive numbers: 1, 2, 3, etc.
ECHO SMARTPEN USER GUIDE RECORDING AUDIO ON A SMARTPEN Recording audio as you write notes is a key feature of your Livescribe smartpen. You can also record audio without writing notes. STARTING A RECORDING WITH THE RECORD BUTTON Important: Do not record without permission. By using Livescribe products and services, you agree to comply with all laws regarding recording.
STOPPING A RECORDING You can stop recording audio or audio playback in several ways. • Tap the Stop button in your Livescribe notebook. • Power off your smartpen. • Use the Nav Plus. During a recording, single-tap on the center of the Nav Plus.
Turning off or docking your smartpen stops recording. RECORDING A PAPERLESS SESSION If you want to record audio but cannot or do not want to write on Livescribe paper, you can create paperless audio. This method uses your smartpen as an audio recorder only.
Bookmarks allow you to flag a section of audio and later go to it quic kly and easily. You can add bookmarks as you record, or add them later when listening to your recording. Selected Livescribe notebooks contain the bookmark control. •...
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VIEWING MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY WITH THE AUDIO SETTINGS BUTTON You can view your smartpen Microphone Sensitivity. Tap on the Audio Settings button on the inside cover of a Livescribe notebook. The smartpen shows its audio settings, including microphone sensitivity. VIEWING AUDIO SETTINGS WITH THE AUDIO SHORTCUT...
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Tap right on the Nav Plus, or double-tap on any Livescribe paper. When you create a Shortcut, it becomes an active button that you can tap to repeat the application or command.The same is true for Launch Line Shortcuts you create.
PLAYING BACK A SESSION WITH PLAYBACK BUTTONS Tap on any of the playback buttons in your Livescribe notebook to access the most recently recorded or played-back session. Due to size and format considerations, some Livescribe notebooks do not contain all the controls listed here.
Tap right on the Nav Plus, or double-tap in your Livescribe notebook. Your smartpen shows the top item in the Play session list. You can tap down using the Nav Plus to scroll through sessions and then tap right begin playback.
Password protection. Tap right to set your password. On your notepad, write four digits as your password. To disguise your written password, Livescribe recommends using one of these methods: • Write the numbers in a different order, for example backwards.
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After setting your password, your smartpen prompts you each time you try to play back a session. To listen to your sessions, write your password on Livescribe paper when prompted by your smartpen. You smartpen confirms if your password is correct.
The calculator located on the inside co vers of some Livescribe notebooks performs basic math functions, as well as many useful scientific functions. If your Livescribe notebook has the calculator shown below, tap on the printed keys with the tip of the smartpen.
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13.Play your piano by tapping its keys on the paper. Tap the instrument and rhythm buttons to change their values. A stylus is available for purchase from the Livescribe web store. You can use the stylus on your piano, rather than the ink cartridge. This keeps the paper free and clear of ink marks.
Paper Replay names audio recordings using the date and time that they are created. SETTING THE DATE Open the inside cover of your Livescribe notebook and locate the Settings area. Tap the Set Date button with the smartpen.
Launch Line Shortcuts you create. SETTING THE TIME Start your smartpen. Open the inside cover of your Livescribe notebook and locate the Settings area. In your notebook, tap the Set Time button with the smartpen.
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Use the Settings menu and navigate to the Time Format option. Select either 12 hour or 24 hour. VIEWING THE TIME WITH THE TIME BUTTON Open the inside cover of your Livescribe Dot Paper product and locate the Settings area. Tap the Time button The smartpen shows the current time.
You can configure your smartpen screen for either left- or right-handed use. Tap the appropriate button to configure your display orientation. Start your smartpen. Open the inside cover of your Livescribe notebook and locate the Settings area. Under Settings, tap on the Left or Right buttons to orient your display for left- or right-handed use.
– can be stored, recognized, and intelligently responded to by the smartpen. The area of the entire Anoto dot pattern is huge, and represents a piece of paper the combined size of Europe and Asia. Livescribe Dot Paper is based on a portion of this dot pattern.
CHECKING LIVESCRIBE NOTEBOOK USAGE Each Livescribe notebook has a Status Label. Using the Status Label is the best way to tell if you are currently using a Livescribe notebook that has the same dot pattern. When you open a new Livescribe notebook, tap on its Status Label with your smartpen.
If you own two Livescribe notebooks with the same Group and Number (such as two Lined Notebook 3s), follow these guidelines: • Use only one of the Livescribe notebooks at a time. Do not use the two paper products at the same time. •...
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If you have purchased two packs with the same numbering, the packs have the same dot pattern. In this case, follow these guidelines: • Use all the Livescribe notebooks in the first pack before starting on the second pack. •...
Livescribe Dot Paper. You can quickly capture short notes, lists, and reminders while adding audio to them. Attach Livescribe Sticky Notes to any printout, magazine, or book page to add personalized interactive notes. Transfer your Sticky Notes to your desktop computer to organize, search, or share them with others.
USING PACKS AND PADS OF STICKY NOTES Each pad of Livescribe Sticky Notes contains 75 sheets. Pads are sold in packs of six: three pads of 3”x3” and three pads of 3”x5”. Use only one Livescribe pack at a time.
SMARTPEN MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY You should regularly maintain your smartpen and be aware of how to use it safely. MAINTAINING YOUR SMARTPEN • Use Livescribe-approved ink cartridges only. • Carry your smartpen in a protective case. • Transfer your important notes and audio from your smartpen to your Echo Desktop often so that you have a backup copy on your computer.
Discharge any built-up static electricity from yourself and your electronic devices before touching an electronic device or connecting one device to another. Livescribe recommends you take this precaution before connecting your smartpen to your computer, placing your smartpen in a cradle, or connecting it to any other device.
When using earbuds or headphones, Livescribe recommends that your listen to recordings at moderate volumes. Set the volume to a safe level. A rule of thumb is that the recorded audio should not be so loud that you cannot hear people speaking to you.
VIEWING SMARTPEN STORAGE WITH THE STORAGE BUTTON Start your smartpen. Some Livescribe notebooks have a Storage button. Look at your Livescribe notebook to see if it has a Settings area with a Storage button in it. If so, do the following.
MANAGING STORAGE ON A SMARTPEN Tap right on the Nav Plus, or double-tap on any Livescribe paper. If available space is less than 1 MB , your smartpen shows storage in available If you see the circled e xclamation mark indicator on the r i ght side of the displa y, check your available storage on the smartpen as it is almost full.
(3) receipt of v alid proof of your purchase and the date of your purchase. Your exclusive remedy shall be, at Livescribe's option, to have it repaired or receive a replacement smartpen. Before returning the smartpen, please contact the Livescribe Customer Service Department for instructions.
SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) AND EVEN IF LIVESCRIBE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH D AMAGES. In no e vent shall Livescribe's total liability to you for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury) exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00).
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Failure to do so may violate FCC rules. Shielded I/O cables are available for the smartpen from Livescribe. Changes or modifications not covered in this Guide must be approved in writing by the manufacturer’s Regulatory Engineering Department.
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Oakland, CA 94621 United States of America (510) 777-0771 This product was tested by Livescribe Inc. and found to comply with all the requirements of the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. This device conforms to the following standards: EN 55022: 2010; CISPR 22 as amended, (Class B Radiated and Conducted Emissions) EN 55024: 2010;...
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This quits all currently-running apps and returns the smartpen to the Home screen. Home buttons are printed in many kinds of Livescribe notebooks. In older paper products, the Home button is a light circle just above and to the right of the Nav Plus. In newer paper products, the Home button is a icon in the shape of a house.
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Smartpens digitally-capture written notes and can record audio using the Paper Replay smartpen app. Nav Plus A pre-printed or hand-drawn plus sign that lets you navigate the Livescribe smartpen Apps and files. notebook status label An elliptical paper seal that prevents a Livescribe paper product from being opened until detached by the owner.
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A view in Echo Desktop that shows thumbnail representations of pages. transfer Copying notes and audio from a Livescribe smartpen to a computer using Echo Desktop. updating Installing a new version of software or firmware via Echo Desktop to y o ur computer or smartpen.
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