Livescribe offers a suite of tools for developers to create applications and interactive content for the Livescribe community. The tools offer easy and rapid application development capabilities.

Livescribe has a full Java-based development environment for developers to create Pulse smartpen applications using the Livescribe APIs.

The Pre-Release Platform SDK includes Paper Designer for Eclipse which allows you to design and create sophisticated paper applications. This SDK also includes the Penlet SDK which contains an Eclipse plug–in for penlet development as well as a suite of APIs, sample code, documentation, debug tools and command line build utilities.

The Paper Designer for Eclipse features include:

• Integration with the Eclipse SDK to provide GUI driven code generation from the paper editor
• Generate multiple page documents in any form factor and mixed form factors within the document
• Link multiple applications to different areas on a page
• Support for rectangles, polygons, ellipses, polylines, line segments and points
• High quality printed output
• Multiple undo/redo
• Thumbnail view and editing of the document
• Wizard driven document creation process
• Deployment of paper products to the pen directly from the paper tool
• Template driven design process for multi-page documents with repeated templates
• Postcript generation and direct printing
• Extensive documentation on the tool and also on pattern printing and related processes

The Pre-Release Platform SDK is now available for download. (requires developer registration)

We are actively reviewing options to support transferring Pulse smartpen penlet data to the desktop. We currently envision a light–weight model which would allow Pulse penlets to transfer data captured on open paper to the Desktop during a docking operation. To help us with our planning, we want to hear from you. Please visit our developer forums to provide us with your feedback.

We will be providing more information on the Desktop SDK. Watch the developer forums for updates.