HIAT livescribe smartpen User manual

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TakingNoteswiththeLiveScribeSmartpen
Asmartpenisacomputerinapenthatcaptureseverythingapersonhearsandwritesandsynchronizesthe
writtennoteswiththeaudio.Smartpenuserscansimplytapontheirhandwrittennoteswiththeirsmartpento
heartheconversationplaybackfromthatexactmomentintime.
Benefitsinclude:
•Allowsstudentswithpoorhandwritingand/orspellingdifficultiestoindependentlyrecordclassnotes.
•Allowsstudentswithauditoryprocessingormotordifficultiestoreplayaudionotesatalatertimeto
replayinformation.
•Reducesdependencyonascribefornotetaking.
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Livescribeofferstwosmartpenmodels:thePulsePenandtheEcho.Whenthetermsmartpenisusedin
thisQuickGuideitisreferringtothePulsePen.
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TakingAudioandWrittenNotes
Whenrecordingnotesinaclassroom,itisimportanttohaveachargedsmartpen,the“DotPaper”
andthe3Drecordingheadset.
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Theaboveitemsareincludedinthepurchaseofa“PulsePen”.
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Step1:Turnonthesmartpen.PresstheonbuttonlocatedabovetheOLEDscreen.
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AT Quick Guide – LiveScribe Smartpen 05/09/2011 www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat

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Step2:InsertthePulse3DRecordingHeadsetintothetopofthePulsePen.Usingthe3Drecording
headsetisoptional,andimprovesthequalityoftherecordingasiteliminatesthesoundofthepen
writingonthepaper(scratchingnoises).Theearphones/headsetsdonotneedtobewornintheearsto
pickupthespeaker’svoice.
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Step3:Oncealessonistobegin,usingthesmartpen,taponthe“record”buttonontheLivescribeDot
Paper.Thisstartstherecordingprocess.
Asthelessonproceeds,usetheLivescribepaperandsmartpentotakenotes,writekeywordsor
numbersordrawpictureswhenimportantitemsarediscussed.Later,whenreviewingthenotes,
theusercantouchanywhereonthewrittenwordsorpicturesandtheaudiorecordingwillbegin
atthatplaceinthelecture.
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Step4:Tapon“pause”toputtherecordingonhold.(Itispreferabletousepauseinsteadofstopping
repeatedlysothattheaudiorecordingremainsinonefile.)
Step5:Toendarecording,taponthe“stop”button.Turnoffthepenwhenyouarefinishedtaking
notes.
Step6:Toreplaytherecording,turnthesmartpenbackonandtapanywhereinyournotestoreplay
therecordingfromthatpoint.OnthebottomoftheLivescribedotpaper,thepencanbeusedtoadjust
thevolume,increaseordecreasetheplaybackspeed,andmovetodifferentlocationsintherecording.
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AT Quick Guide – LiveScribe Smartpen 05/09/2011 www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat

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AdditionalDotPaperTools:
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Jump:Allowsyoutojumpaheadorback5secondsintherecording.
Bookmark:Toassistinlocatingimportantpointsintheirnotes,hestudentcandrawacheckmark
tomarkanimportantwordorpassage,andtap“bookmark.”Thestudentcancreateasmany
bookmarksastheyneed.Bookmarksallowyoutolocateandlistentokeypointsquickly.Position
bar:Allowsyoutojumptoanypointinthesession.
Playbackspeed:controlsthespeedofaudiooutput.
Volumecontrols:increasesordecreasesvolumeofplayback
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•InMCPS,studentsarenotabletousetheLiveScribeDesktopsoftwareto
downloadtheirnotesandrecordingsfromthepentothecomputer.
•Studentsusingtheirownsmartpen,candownloadtheLivescribeDesktop
softwareontheirhomecomputers,andtheneasilydownloadtheirnotesfrom
theirsmartpen.
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AT Quick Guide – LiveScribe Smartpen 05/09/2011 www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat

TakingAudioNotesOnly‐2Methods
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Method1‐UsingLivescribeDotPaper
Step1:TurnontheLivescribesmartpen.
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Step2:Taponthe“record”buttononthe“DotPaper”,tap“stop”whenfinished.
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Method2‐RecordingwithouttheuseoftheDotPaperTools
Step1:Pressandholdthesmartpenpowerbuttonuntilyouseetherecordingtimerappearonthe
display.Recordingstartsautomaticallyoncethetimerappears.
Step2:Whenfinishedrecording,turnoffthesmartpen.
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Playingbacktheaudio
Toplaybacktheaudio,turnthesmartpenbackonandgotothesmartpen’sMainMenubytappingthe
centerofthenavigationalarrowsatthebottomleftofthe“DotPaper”.Scrollthroughtheoptionsusing
thedownarrowtolocate“PaperReplay™.Taptherightarrowtoscrollthroughoptionstolocatethe
“PlaySession”.Tostarttheplayback,tapthecenterofthenavigationalarrows.
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HelpfulHint:Afteryouhaverecordedthelecture,whileyouarereplayingtheaudio,
youcanwritedownnotesonthedotpaperandtheaudiowillautomaticallylinkto
yournewlywrittennotes. Thisisusefulforstudentswhofinditdifficulttolistentoa
lectureandwriteatthesametime.
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AT Quick Guide – LiveScribe Smartpen 05/09/2011 www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat