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The release of Livescribe Desktop - Version 2.0 allows you to download apps from the Livescribe Store to your Pulse smartpen. Download the new version of Livescribe Desktop here and then download some apps from the Livescribe Store to your smartpen!
Watch how to download apps from Livescribe Desktop for Windows:
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Watch how to download apps from Livescribe Desktop for Mac:
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The release of Livescribe Desktop - Version 2.0 allows you to download apps from the Livescribe Store to your Pulse smartpen. But that’s not all. Our teams added several new features and improvements with this upgrade. Download the new version of Livescribe Desktop here.
Livescribe Desktop for Windows
Improvements and Features
For more information about these features and improvements, check out of Livescribe Desktop for Windows User Manual.
It's easier to organize and search your notes and audio with the new version of Livescribe Desktop for Windows.
Livescribe Desktop for Mac
Improvements and Features
For more information about these features and improvements, check out of Livescribe Desktop for Mac User Manual.
The new version of Livescribe Desktop for Mac allows you to print your own Livescribe dot paper.
We’ve upgraded Livescribe Desktop for Windows with several user-requested features, including the ability to save your written notes as a PDF file and export recordings to WAV and MP4 audio files.
You can download Livescribe Desktop for Windows Version 1.6 for free from www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop.html
For a list of new features and improvements in this release, check out our Version 1.6 release notes.
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, and please keep the coming in our Livescribe support forums!
We’re pleased to announce the release of Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.1. This release incorporates optimizations, bug fixes and functionality upgrades to improve the Livescribe Desktop experience for our Mac users.
Here’s an outline of the new additions included in the 1.1 release (click here for the full release notes):
Click here to download the Mac version 1.1 release.
Since our public beta release in November last year, we’ve had over 20,000 downloads for the Livescribe Desktop for Mac software! We’re also honored to receive Mac|Life Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award this month. Thank you to our community who provided us great feedback and suggestions along the way.
We’re happy to announce that Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 is now available to download for free at www.livescribe.com/install.
Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 includes the following key features (new version 1.0 features are noted with an asterisk):
-Listen to and watch Paper Replay recordings
-Search for words within your handwritten notes
-Export AAC audio file to share with others, play in iTunes, or listen to on an iPod
-Save and share your notes as a PDF file
-Change the on-screen ink color of your handwriting
-View pages
*Connect to Livescribe Online to browse and upload notes and recordings
*Share your notes and recordings as pencasts online via Facebook
*Archive your Livescribe dot paper products
*Drag and pan to reposition zoomed pages
*Remove Paper Replay recordings from Livescribe Desktop
*Delete Paper Replay recordings from Pulse smartpen
*Rename your smartpen and notebooks
*Print a range of pages
To upgrade to Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0 from the beta, please read our release notes for instructions.
Welcome to the first in a series of posts designed to help you get the most of your Pulse smartpen! These walkthroughs will guide you through features you may not have discovered yet, or reveal a handy trick you didn’t even know your smartpen could do!
This month it’s back to basics as we show you how easy it is to upload your notes and drawings to the Livescribe Community from Livescribe Desktop from Windows. If you have any tips and tricks to share or suggest, please email Karen at klee @ livescribe.com. Enjoy!
Uploading to the Livescribe Community
Once you transfer all your notes and recordings from your Pulse smartpen to Livescribe Desktop, you have the option to upload either sessions (notes and recordings) or pages (just notes) to the Livescribe Community.
Step 1:
Once you’ve launched Livescribe Desktop, go to “Page Viewer” mode (near the top left of the Livescribe Desktop window). Double-click on a page of your notes. Click on your notes to see your notes animate and hear the recorded audio.
Step 2:
To share these notes, locate the two “Upload” buttons (near the top left of the Livescribe Desktop window). Click “Upload Sessions” to upload both notes and audio or click “Upload Pages” to upload just the written notes. (Note: If you haven’t created a Livescribe Community account yet, you’ll be asked to do so.)
Step 3:
Click on “Livescribe Online” (located in the upper right corner) to view your uploaded files in your My Livescribe page. From there, you can manage and share your notes, drawings, and recordings as Flash movies or PDF files.
Video:
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An update for our Mac users: Thanks for your patience over the last few days as we’ve been working on Livescribe Desktop for Mac 1.0. We’re ironing out the few remaining kinks and will be making our Mac 1.0 software available to download here on March 3rd!
A note to our Mac users: Our original plan of releasing Livescribe Desktop for Mac 1.0 on Feb. 17 will be delayed due to some minor software tweaks we discovered last week.
We always want you to have a quality experience when using your Pulse smartpen and Livescribe Desktop, so we felt a few extra weeks to get it right will be worth the wait. As soon as we have a precise date (which we expect to be no later than early March), we will let you know on our blog.
Thanks for your patience!
1. (Finally) Mac compatible.
The Pulse smartpen is now compatible with all Intel-based Mac computers with Leopard OS 10.5. All current and new users can download the public beta software for free here.
2. New handwriting-to-text software.
Livescribe partner Vision Objects is now offering “MyScript for Livescribe” text transcription software for Windows users. Now you can convert legible handwriting into text with a click of a button.
MyScript for Livescribe transcription software can be downloaded as a free 30-day trial or purchased for $29.95 from Vision Objects Online Store. To use the software, Pulse owners must upgrade to the new Livescribe Desktop for Windows (version 1.4) software.
3. Print your own dot paper for free.
With Livescribe Desktop for Windows, you can now print your own dot paper for free. Users can print notepads directly from most color laser printers that are Adobe Post Script compatible and print at 600dpi or higher. For more details, check out our Dot Paper page. Livescribe also provides lined and unlined journals and college-ruled notebooks at prices comparable to typical notebooks.
4. Full support for Windows and Vista.
Version 1.4 of the Livescribe Desktop includes full support for Windows XP 32 bit, and Vista 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Download the new Livescribe Desktop for Windows (version 1.4) software here.
5. Get free shipping.
From now until December 31st, Livescribe is offering free shipping for orders through the Livescribe Online Store. The Pulse smartpen is also available in the electronics section at Target stores nationwide, Costco wholesale stores nationwide, Amazon.com, and over 100 major campus bookstores.
Happy Holidays!
