Livescribe Releases Desktop for Mac Version 1.0
OAKLAND, Calif.– March 3, 2009 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) announced today that its Livescribe Desktop for Mac software version 1.0 is available to download for free at www.livescribe.com/install. Since its public beta release in November last year, the Livescribe Desktop for Mac software has been downloaded by over 20,000 Pulse smartpen owners.
Livescribe is honored to have received Macworld's 2009 Best of Show Award and Mac|Life Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for its Livescribe Desktop for Mac software.
Beginning today, Livescribe customers can download Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0, which includes the following features:
- Listen to and watch Paper Replay recordings
- Search for words within your handwritten notes
- Export AAC audio file to share with others, play in iTunes, or listen to on an iPod
- Save and share your notes as a PDF file
- Change the on-screen ink color of your handwriting
- Connect to Livescribe Online to browse and upload notes and recordings
- Share your notes and recordings as pencasts online via Facebook
- Archive your Livescribe dot paper products
- Drag and pan to reposition zoomed pages
- Remove Paper Replay recordings from your Pulse smartpen
- Delete Paper Replay recordings from Livescribe Desktop
- Rename your smartpen and notebooks
- View pages or print a range of pages
With Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0, notes and audio recordings can be transferred from a Pulse smartpen to a Mac computer, where they can be digitally stored, searched, and shared. The Livescribe Desktop for Mac software is compatible with all Intel-based Mac computers with Mac OS X 10.5.5 or higher. A short demo video of the Livescribe Desktop software is available at http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop.html.
About Livescribe
Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low-cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. Livescribe was founded by Jim Marggraff, the inventor of paper-based computing, the FLY pentop, and the LeapPad learning system. For more information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.
About Anoto Group AB
Anoto Group is the world leader in Digital Pen and Paper technology and inventor of the first commercialized Digital Pen and Paper system allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 100 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Robur and SEB. The Anoto share is traded on the Mid Cap of the OMX Nordic Exchanges in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com
Press Contact:
Jody Farrar
A&R Edelmen for Livescribe
650.762.2925
jfarrar@ar-edelman.com
