IOGEAR Digital Scribe

Articles and Reviews

25 Apr 2009 Sent it back All the pen allows you to do is write notes on their software and use it as a mouse; if you want to convert it to text, you have to buy their premium software. The pen works quite well, but odds are it won't provide you with all the functionality you want unless you dump more money on it. The mouse works, but I can't imagine using it on a regular basis. I quickly found myself missing both the mouse-wheel and the right mouse button. I can't recommend it.... –T. Rigsbyfrom Amazon.com
17 Feb 2009 Works well, but poor software OCR The only reason I give this 4 instead of 5 stars is the poor quality of the OCR software...it just flat out works poorly. On top of that, the pen only includes the light version of the software - and then nags you to upgrade. That said, I only wanted this device to save handwritten notes, so I can go back to a certain day and look at my notes for that day. So for what I wanted, this works flawlessly. For those who complain about it not picking up handwriting, my suggestion would be to read the m... –Caleb McKayfrom Amazon.com
07 Apr 2008 Doesn't work well How's that for a succinct title? It doesn't do a good job of capturing my handwriting. I attached pictures of what I wrote in ink vs. the digital copy it made, to the main product page. If you want to see a more detailed image see my review in the "external hardware" forum at bleepingcomputer dot com. The title of the review is "Review of Iogear Digital Scribe".
At the top of the page, near the receiver, it curved my writing around the receiver. At the bottom of the page, far from the ... –Light Pebblefrom Amazon.com

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