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- Versatile digital note tablet for storing handwritten notes electronically
- Easily view, edit, organize, and share handwritten notes in Windows
- Instantly and digitally records notes, ideas, sketches, drawings, and flowcharts without scanning
- Manages up to 999 digital pages on 35 MB storage device
- Notepad weighs only 1.24 pounds
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The DigiMemo 692 is a digital notepad with storage capability to digitally capture and store everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of a computer or special paper. You can easily view, edit, and organize your notes on a PC and then share your handwritten notes over email. Simply place any ordinary paper or notepad on the digital pad. When you write on the paper with the digital inking pen, the digital pad digitally records your writing on its 32 MB built-in storage device or in an optional CF card in real time. The notepad can store up to 999 handwritten pages in its internal memory. Each page you create is stored as one digital page. With the included DigiMemo Manager software, you can easily view, edit, and organize your digital pages later on a PC. Files can be saved as BMP, JPG, GIF, or PNG files, and then easily copied or moved to other program files such as an Outlook email message, or even a Word or Excel file. Weighing only 1.24 pounds, the notepad runs on four AAA batteries for a battery life of up to 100 hours. The battery of the digital inking pen can last up to 14 months.
What's in the Box
Portable digital pad, digital inking pen (DigiPen P100), paper clip, notepad, two replacement ink cartridges, USB cable, four AAA batteries, one button cell battery, user's guide, and DigiMemo Manager software CD.
Product Description
Imagine having a notepad with the ability to transfer what you've written on paper directly into your Windows operating system? What a remarkable convenience that would be. ACECAD makes it all possible with this DigiMemo A501! The A501 is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally captures and stores everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of computer and special paper. Then you can easily view, edit, organize and share your handwritten notes in Windows. Imagine that.
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137 of 138 people found the following review helpful
The Digimemo 692 Digital Notepad made sense to me for several reasons; 1) it is cheap - $90 + or - is a small risk to take on a new technology; 2) if you use it and the technology fails, you are left with the ultimate safe, low tech backup - ink notes on paper 3) it is lighter and easier to use when on the move (walking through a building taking notes, or sitting in a meeting where a laptop would be awkward for instance). The main question for me was how well the handwriting recognition could be made to work.
So far I am cautiously pleased. DM works as advertised. The unit is light, the pen comfortable in the hand, and writing is faithfully recorded.. The image on the computer screen is a faithful representation of the page (occasionally small strokes are missed),
The software interface for dumping pages on the PC is acceptable - it could be smoother but works without any glitches or major hassles. Actually, I rarely used it, since most of my uploading is done directly to the Hwr recognition program (more below). It is surprisingly good a recognizing tables as tables/spreadsheets.
For me, this unit would be largely useless without HWR. I found that Myscript does a surprisingly good job of reading my scrawl (it is a scrawl - my handwriting is terrible, I often print more than write, but found it reads script about as well as printing). If you write neatly the whole process is much easier.
Myscript is particularly useful if you 1) use the built in training program (helped some) and 2) create lists of words ("Personal Lexicon") and shorthand conversions ("Auto replacements"). The former is good to aid recognition of specialized and technical terms, names, etc. The latter is the most useful feature, though. With it you can create an entire shorthand ("&" becomes "and" "sy" becomes "Sincerely Yours" etc.). Best of all, I discovered an undocumented feature. Instead of entering shorthands or lexicon words one at a time you can simply open the .txt file ("Autoreplacements.txt" and "lexicon.txt" in the Myscript folder) and enter these wholesale. I now have hundreds. The handwritten "Wed td" at the top of a page comes out as "Wednesday To Do List."
My old Newton learned from corrections, so it became increasingly accurate. Myscript doesn't (I asked - the nice people who answer my emails told me that it is trickier to implement than I suspect). People do learn though, so what happens to me - and I'm sure most people - is that my own style adapts to what the system has shown it can recognize. People are good continual improvement machines.
This is not the ultimate system. The paper size is too small for some uses (unlike some reviewers, though, I have found 6X9 pads easy to find at drug or office supply stores). It would be nice if the system had a video out and/or drawing table functionality. The more expensive Cyberpad takes 8.5" X 11" paper and serves as a tablet, I am told, and the Acecad folks indicated that the next version of Digimemo ("out soon") will also.
The batteries really do last a long time (100 hours as advertised seems about right). It would be nice if the lcd screen on the clipboard did more than show if a page is written or blank, but thast feels like niggling.
This is a very good device but not all people or purposes. This is not for you if you need HWR but aren't willing to spend time making it work. But...if you hate taking out a laptop in meetings or classrooms, if you are disorganized and like having your written notes together in one place, if you need to draw something and shoot it off in an email (the ability to connect to mobile web for this would be a killer app for DM), if you need to take notes while standing or walking and don't want to have to re-type them all, then this may be a great device for you.
So far I am cautiously pleased. DM works as advertised. The unit is light, the pen comfortable in the hand, and writing is faithfully recorded.. The image on the computer screen is a faithful representation of the page (occasionally small strokes are missed),
The software interface for dumping pages on the PC is acceptable - it could be smoother but works without any glitches or major hassles. Actually, I rarely used it, since most of my uploading is done directly to the Hwr recognition program (more below). It is surprisingly good a recognizing tables as tables/spreadsheets.
For me, this unit would be largely useless without HWR. I found that Myscript does a surprisingly good job of reading my scrawl (it is a scrawl - my handwriting is terrible, I often print more than write, but found it reads script about as well as printing). If you write neatly the whole process is much easier.
Myscript is particularly useful if you 1) use the built in training program (helped some) and 2) create lists of words ("Personal Lexicon") and shorthand conversions ("Auto replacements"). The former is good to aid recognition of specialized and technical terms, names, etc. The latter is the most useful feature, though. With it you can create an entire shorthand ("&" becomes "and" "sy" becomes "Sincerely Yours" etc.). Best of all, I discovered an undocumented feature. Instead of entering shorthands or lexicon words one at a time you can simply open the .txt file ("Autoreplacements.txt" and "lexicon.txt" in the Myscript folder) and enter these wholesale. I now have hundreds. The handwritten "Wed td" at the top of a page comes out as "Wednesday To Do List."
My old Newton learned from corrections, so it became increasingly accurate. Myscript doesn't (I asked - the nice people who answer my emails told me that it is trickier to implement than I suspect). People do learn though, so what happens to me - and I'm sure most people - is that my own style adapts to what the system has shown it can recognize. People are good continual improvement machines.
This is not the ultimate system. The paper size is too small for some uses (unlike some reviewers, though, I have found 6X9 pads easy to find at drug or office supply stores). It would be nice if the system had a video out and/or drawing table functionality. The more expensive Cyberpad takes 8.5" X 11" paper and serves as a tablet, I am told, and the Acecad folks indicated that the next version of Digimemo ("out soon") will also.
The batteries really do last a long time (100 hours as advertised seems about right). It would be nice if the lcd screen on the clipboard did more than show if a page is written or blank, but thast feels like niggling.
This is a very good device but not all people or purposes. This is not for you if you need HWR but aren't willing to spend time making it work. But...if you hate taking out a laptop in meetings or classrooms, if you are disorganized and like having your written notes together in one place, if you need to draw something and shoot it off in an email (the ability to connect to mobile web for this would be a killer app for DM), if you need to take notes while standing or walking and don't want to have to re-type them all, then this may be a great device for you.
93 of 94 people found the following review helpful
I use this notepad to take notes during meetings. The great advantage to me is that there is an electronic version of my notes that I can file away.
Other reviewers have made adverse comments about product quality -- I have had a good experience. The unit I bought seems well made, and has so far (3 months use) functioned well. Also, the paper pad for this is easily available. Look for the CVS or Mead brand 6x9 writing tablet and it should fit the Digimemo 692 perfectly.
There are three drawbacks you should be aware of:
Sometimes, there are ghost lines, or some words get dropped off. Generally this is not a big issue, but nevertheless, it is an annoyance. It is remedied (for the most part) by holding the pen straight, and using uniform pressure.
It is a digital note taker -- but will require extra software if you want to convert your notes to text. I've not felt the need, but be advised.
The Mini-USB cable's mini-USB end is thinner than the regular mini-USB cable. So if you lose your cable, your choices are to (a) buy a new one from the manufacturer or (b) take a regular mini-USB cable and file off the plastic around the part that goes into the device until it fits in.
With these caveats, the digimemo is a good device for taking notes and preserving an electronic copy of them on your laptop. Paired with software like PDF995, you can easily and inexpensively store all your notes as PDF documents.
Other reviewers have made adverse comments about product quality -- I have had a good experience. The unit I bought seems well made, and has so far (3 months use) functioned well. Also, the paper pad for this is easily available. Look for the CVS or Mead brand 6x9 writing tablet and it should fit the Digimemo 692 perfectly.
There are three drawbacks you should be aware of:
Sometimes, there are ghost lines, or some words get dropped off. Generally this is not a big issue, but nevertheless, it is an annoyance. It is remedied (for the most part) by holding the pen straight, and using uniform pressure.
It is a digital note taker -- but will require extra software if you want to convert your notes to text. I've not felt the need, but be advised.
The Mini-USB cable's mini-USB end is thinner than the regular mini-USB cable. So if you lose your cable, your choices are to (a) buy a new one from the manufacturer or (b) take a regular mini-USB cable and file off the plastic around the part that goes into the device until it fits in.
With these caveats, the digimemo is a good device for taking notes and preserving an electronic copy of them on your laptop. Paired with software like PDF995, you can easily and inexpensively store all your notes as PDF documents.
57 of 61 people found the following review helpful
I ordered one from J&R over the weekend and received it Wednesday. I'm very happy about it so far.
The product actually looks and feels a lot better than its picture projects. The operation is very easy and straightforward.
The notepad is the standard 6x9 (the actual writing size is a bit smaller: 5.9x8.3; but who cares?), available almost everywhere. (I bought a 200-page writing pad 6x9 from Stop & Shop for $4.00. I'm sure less expensive ones are available elsewhere.)
The built-in memory card allows for at least 160 pages before the memory is full. With CF card so cheap nowadays, one can easy get a separte card to use.
Battery life (4 AAA) is 100 hr. I think it's a very good deal overall. If you are thinking of getting a tablet PC to do digital hand-writing, this one should be better in that regard, since it's much lighter and less expensive.
COns:
1) Despite that the software is very nice, it does not do OCR. As a result, your handwriting cannot be converted later into a text file. Although personally I don't think it's a big deal, it would be the software could do that, given today's OCR technology.
1) It doesn't come with a protective case. For something like that, you really cannot treat it like a $4 pad. It would be nice if it comes with a leather case we can put it in and carry it around. But I guess one can get one portfolio to deal with that.
The product actually looks and feels a lot better than its picture projects. The operation is very easy and straightforward.
The notepad is the standard 6x9 (the actual writing size is a bit smaller: 5.9x8.3; but who cares?), available almost everywhere. (I bought a 200-page writing pad 6x9 from Stop & Shop for $4.00. I'm sure less expensive ones are available elsewhere.)
The built-in memory card allows for at least 160 pages before the memory is full. With CF card so cheap nowadays, one can easy get a separte card to use.
Battery life (4 AAA) is 100 hr. I think it's a very good deal overall. If you are thinking of getting a tablet PC to do digital hand-writing, this one should be better in that regard, since it's much lighter and less expensive.
COns:
1) Despite that the software is very nice, it does not do OCR. As a result, your handwriting cannot be converted later into a text file. Although personally I don't think it's a big deal, it would be the software could do that, given today's OCR technology.
1) It doesn't come with a protective case. For something like that, you really cannot treat it like a $4 pad. It would be nice if it comes with a leather case we can put it in and carry it around. But I guess one can get one portfolio to deal with that.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Exactly as described
I like this because unlike Graphic Drawing Tablets, which I have, there is more control with the pen. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Angelica
Very Nice..Just Large in Size
This was a very cool Digital Notepad. It came with everything in the box. It's kind off large in size, but I still think it's a wonderful product. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Reddi Red
Works as described
I got this item today and the setup and SW installation was fast and flawlessly. I tested it in 3 different ways (text, graphs and a combination of both) and it worked well. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Nestor J. Portillo
Very Nice
This Digimemo pad is great, dont let anybody tell you different. I bought it for a high school Geometry course, and so far it has been amazing!! Read more
Published 9 months ago by S. Ahmed
Disappointed
Got this for my grandaughter for Christmas, did not know you had to buy another program to read her writing so it is virtually useless unless I spend another 100. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deborah J. Anthony
digimemo
This product was easy to use and install on my computer and the instructions were straightforward and easy to follow.
Published 19 months ago by spunkygirl
Not worth the effort
I bought this with great hopes.. I even threw out the box.. then the pen did not work and the system quit. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jan M Headley
Great Product
I used to own a tablet PC, and found that primarily what I wanted was a device that let me get hand-written notes into my computer in a fashion easier than scanning. Read more
Published on April 13, 2010 by A. Kay
Love everything about it but the pen...
I've been using the 692 for a year and I really like it. I take notes at meetings and when I get back to my desk I open the notes in the software that came with the unit and then... Read more
Published on September 23, 2009 by C. Hager
Digital pad
The digital pad works very well. There are 2 problems: Unable to find 6" x 9" pads in office supply stores; no provision to use a 6" x 9" notebook vice a pad.
Published on October 2, 2008 by Bruce Blair
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