IOGear GPEN200N Mobile Digital Scribe
Mobile Digital Scribe is the first device ever to capture natural handwriting from any surface, and store it in the receiver for future use. Based on a revolutionary electronic pen that uses ordinary ink refill to write on any paper, the Mobile Digital Scribe stores handwritten notes, memos or drawings for easy upload to any computer at your convenience. No special digital notepad is required.Additionally, if the Mobile Digital Scribe is connected to a computer, handwritten text and drawings are displayed directly on the computer screen.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Extraordinario
Este dispositivo recoge fielmente lo que se escribe en manuscrito en su receptor; la recepción es mejor si no está conectado al pc; las notas pueden guardarse y abrirse en cualquier computadora porque el archivo se guarda en formato jpeg; es verdaderamente sencillo de instalar en window xp sp3 y el decodificador transforma practicamente todo lo manuscrito y lo envia a un documento word; todo trabaja bien, es muy bueno este dispositivo, estoy fascinado con él; mas sin embargo, los pequeños clip que trae para sujetar las hojas son muy frágiles, se salen si se coloca muchas hojas, todo es plástico; el otro argumento es que el repuesto para bolígrafo es muy dificil de conseguir, porque es para mini boligrafos.
2 Stars I can not figure out this product yet
Maybe I need to invest more time on my calligraphy, but I have a hard time understanding how this product was released with such a poor recognition software suite. It is good for scanning purposes, but I for the most part I am fairly disappointed with the recognition features.
For the record, I owned a Newton and a Logitech IO pen – both of them far superior on the recognition front.
2 Stars Mediocre Performance
I have been attempting to use this device since I purchased it. I first got one that had a bad battery and would not hold a charge on the receiver. Amazon returned it without issue, but sent me a second one. That one won’t turn back on after the device goes to standby without plugging it back in first. when I have it attached with the wire, it works as advertised, but its wireless capability is mediocre at best.
3 Stars Does work on Mac
This product does work on a Mac, if you upgrade the firmware (using a PC!):
http://www.pegatech.com/_Uploads/Downloads/Software/M210_MAC.zip
It lets you download the text and drawings as Tiff files (i.e. images). The quality of the Tiffs is very good and the text was captured rather well. Handwriting recognition does not work, but that is partly because there is no software like My Script Notes which runs on a Mac. If you want, you can also enable Ink in the MacOS preferences and try to use the pen with Ink’s handwriting recognition with the unit acting as a mouse. This works kind of, but not very well. If you need the conversion, then installing MyScript Notes under Parallels or Vmware Fusion is the easiest way to go. The Lite version is not very good, when you have text mixed with images. The upgrade to the full version is [...] Euro (less than $[...]), which is no too bad.
1 Star Does NOT work with a Mac
I bought the product based on the review here on Amazon that said it would work with my Mac. It definately does NOT work with my Mac. The Mac doesn’t recognize the device at all and Iogear says it won’t. I don’t know why someone would write such a false positive review.
