With the touch of technology, the pen is also becoming smart now. In addition to saving writing in a notebook with a pen, it can also be saved through digital means. There are some smart pens in the market.
Neo Smart Pen
This smart pen can read paper. It captures everything while writing with it and instantly converts it into digital notes on a smartphone, tablet or computer. The Neo Smart Pen uses a unique system called Encode Technology. The pen has a tiny camera, which can read invisible micro dot patterns on special paper. These points help the pen to detect the correct position and movement. The Neo Pen sends data to the Notes app via Bluetooth. It will appear on the screen as soon as it is written. This pen can capture text at a speed of over 120-130 frames per second. So you have to write on special paper with this pen too. This pen, which converts handwriting into digital text, was developed by the Korean company Neo. Currently they have different models of smart pens available.
Livescribe Smart Pen
Maybe we save something on paper by writing with an ordinary pen. Press notes, lectures, important sources or important statements of a speaker. But the LiveScribe Smart Pen records spoken words directly. LiveScrive Smart Pen is a sophisticated writing tool that records spoken words and combines them with notes written on special paper. Livescribe’s Eco Pen is one of the popular smart pens. With this a student can record everything the teacher says. Later, after tapping the tip of the pen on a word on the paper, any part of it can be heard again. Although it looks and writes like a normal pen, it is actually a computer. It has a processor, OLED display, micro-USB connector, headphone jack and microphone. It is a publishing platform that supports third-party Java-based applications. Livescribe Smart Pens are available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities. Which can store approximately 200, 400 and 800 hours of audio respectively. This smart pen requires special paper, called Livescribe Notebook. This pen that can store audio can be ideal especially for people with special needs, students and journalists. There are various models of smart pens currently available on the Livescribe company website.
Moleskine Smart Pen
Much like the Neo Smart Pen, the Moleskine Smart Pen. Moleskine Smart Writing Set is a smart pen, smart notebook and mobile app. The black aluminum pen has an infrared camera, which can scan the writing on the paper. It can then send the digital text to the app. Moleskine claims that it can store up to 1,000 note pages. The special notebook uses Moleskin’s paper tablet own dot pattern, which can detect and scan the pen. Each page has an envelope icon for easy sharing via e-mail. Tapping the page while the app is open will bring up an email with a PDF ready to send. That is, e-mail can also be written. Apart from that, any text can be saved in PDF, text and SVG files. The Moleskine has similar features to the previous two smart pens, but is more expensive.
