

If you are wearing the headset, the pen records from both mics, resulting in a surround-sound recording. The headset functions like a normal pair of headphones, and on the back is a pair of binaural mics that enable 3D audio recording. The pen's scraping noises went away when we opted to use the Pulse's included 3D recording headset, which plugs into the top of the pen.

It wasn't too prominent and we could still make out the spoken words. However, we did hear the scraping of our pen against the pages in the background of the recordings. Using the Conference mode, the Pulse did a great job picking up the presentation made in our company's conference room. Three audio-sensitivity settings are available: Conference room, Lecture hall, and Automatic. After activating it, we no longer felt the pressure to write down every word spoken, which was a relief. However, if you want to record the audio as well, you have to press the Record circle on the bottom of the paper the recording timer will pop up on the pen's screen.

It stops capturing when you stop writing. There are no controls to start and stop the digital capture of handwriting it begins when you power on the pen and press it to the paper. Getting the pen to capture handwriting, simultaneously record audio, and then synchronize the two sounds complicated, but the Pulse makes it easy.ĭuring a meeting, we simply began writing on the paper.
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The company promises that by the end of the year users will be able to print their own dotted paper with a free software download.ĭespite the number of controls on the page and on the pen itself, when we took pen to paper we were impressed with the simplicity of the process. Included with the pen is a 100-sheet college-ruled notebook, but other 100-page notebooks come in packs of four for $19.95 per pack.
