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by revolly 4472 days ago
Livescribe pen been on the market for years. It's good and you do not have to wait for 5(!) days for digitized version - it's there automatically. Could you please explain me, why would you want to use service like Modnotebooks? Am I missing something?
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Livescribe just picks up "you drew a line here". For an artist, this is not enough. You need to pick up how hard the line was drawn, you need to pick up pulling out colored pencils or markers or paint and poking at your sketchbook that way.

I personally don't do much finished work in my sketchbook - I'm all about Illustrator - but a lot of my friends still love traditional media, and will casually whip out something amazing in their sketchbook because it's what they have to work on when the urge strikes.

Artists are an extreme example, a non-artist still might be using multiple colors for their notes and whatnot.

At least for me, my Livescribe has a learning curve to it. Plus it doesn't feel as natural to write in and with compared to a plain notebook. Again, this is just how I feel, but the Mod notebooks seem to place more emphasis on the design and quality of notebook compated to livescribe.