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Digital Pen for Macs?

by whatdoyoumeanpigscantfly Oct 25, 2005 8:58AM PDT

Does anyone know if there exists a digital pen (similar to the Anoto based pens available for PCs) for Macs? I'm not looking for something like the Wacom tablet/pen combinations. I'm interested in something that I can use to take notes on a pad of paper (special paper if necessary), that will also capture my notes as I am writing them for later transfer to my iBook.

Thanks.

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Digital Pen for Macs...
by waveguide Jul 1, 2006 11:41PM PDT

Did you ever get an answer to this post? I would also love to use a pen (paper based, not tablet based) like the Logitech io2 pen with my Mac G4 PowerBook and G4 Imac and System 10, but it appears it is only Windows compatable. I suppose with the new Intel based machines you could figure out a Mac/Windows work around, but is there any other solution?

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Digital pen for Macs
by taboma Jul 9, 2006 3:00PM PDT

What is wrong with your keyboard? Broken?
DreamWorks can help you out at huge cost also. Do you have a ton of cash?
Why not ask Anoto based pens available for PCs? They will give you the answer. Yes or No for a Mac.
If you took all your notes that are easily recognised and scanned them using Readiris 7 Pro, that is one way to go. Does work.
Good Luck.

-Kevin

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Digital Pens for Mac
by mooconkey Jan 11, 2007 4:35AM PST

I noticed the inquiries were pretty old - has anyone found an answer? Such a pen would make my life so much easier!

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I don't know if this specifically answers the question,
by boya84 Jan 11, 2007 5:28AM PST
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finally one available
by penwiz Aug 11, 2007 2:49AM PDT
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Digital Pen for BlackBerry
by jamblo Aug 15, 2007 3:29AM PDT

Digital pen and digital paper are available for your blackberry.

This is a very cool device that scans special digitally encoded paper, transmits it to your Blackberry and then emails it to your notebook (Mac or Win). This can also be automated and is ideal for filling in preformatted documents, multiple choice exams or simply writing/drawing on the Oxford Easybook lined digital notebook. A all inclusive kit cost around

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Paperium software enables digital pens on Mac
by hw23316 Oct 11, 2007 9:25PM PDT
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