• @ThekingoflordaA
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    881 month ago

    Having the app being the thing that makes something useful is a red flag. If the app/company dies your gadget is e-waste.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      131 month ago

      Excellent point but how would you do it without an app? Even if it was Open Source and for PC it would need to be sending data to a PC to put together as a legible note. The pen itself is too underpowered to do that all on its own, the pen is just the data capturing tool. It would be a similar situation for Open Source, too, an end to development could mean an end to the devices continued usefulness.

      • Evkob (they/them)
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        511 month ago

        The difference is, if the app were open-source someone could continue developing it.

        If it’s proprietary, you’re shit out of luck.

  • Deebster
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    1 month ago

    the neater and more consistent your handwriting, the easier time the Nuwa pen will have captur[ing] it

    That’s me out then

  • ThayWiz Gwar
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    I was gifted a Livescribe pen years ago, which paired the pen/camera with microdot paper. It also would digitize handwriting and some other basic tricks, but what I found most useful was it could record audio and sync your notes to that. Very handy for meetings when you don’t get to write everything down or you needed additional context to some notes or diagrams you scribbled down. I used it for about six months but I still have it.

    • @jqubed
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      51 month ago

      I used to love my Livescribe!

  • @spongebue
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    141 month ago

    No machine can read my chicken scratches! Or human, for that matter. Including myself.

    In all seriousness, this sounds intriguing but I couldn’t tell you what I’d use it for. When I write with a pen it’s usually a couple quick basic notes. Anything more involved and my typing skills are way better

  • @ovalofsand
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    111 month ago

    Show a company how to sign your name… what could go wrong?

    • @jordanlund
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      61 month ago

      Just got a replacement credit card yesterday, they don’t even put signature blocks on the back anymore.

    • @cm0002OP
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      51 month ago

      Nobody checks that these days, my signature is literally a line lmao

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      Nothing, we stopped signing credit card receipts and using cheques in the 1990s

      Didn’t we?

      • @[email protected]
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        01 month ago

        Nothing, we stopped signing credit card receipts

        Ha! The comma splice makes it looks like you’re calling someone nothing.

  • @jordanlund
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    101 month ago

    I don’t want you to digitize my handwriting, I want you to convert my handwriting to text.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    51 month ago

    Okay wow this one is pretty interesting.

    I actually love the idea of everything I write with a specific pen being synced digitally.

  • @monkeyman512
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    41 month ago

    Livescribe has been around for years. It was really useful in school.

  • @EvilBit
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    That’s gonna be a no from me. There’s a picture halfway down of just how miserable the capture actually is.