SolidTek DigiMemo 692 Digital Notepad with Memory

Manufacturer: Solidtek Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$109.99 Our Price:$93.24 Features: 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 Description: 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.

Reviews:

Great Product
I was an owner of one of the original back of years of CrossPads (1998), and I can say to you that that the crosspads were established better, but since they were dicontinued 6 years ago... there is not any active back. I think that the trimming functions excellent. I tested a trimming of steno in it (with all criticisms complaining about finding the paper of replacement) and a trimming of steno functions the fine right. I also found trimmings of replacement of regulare as well. The software is a little primitive, and if your seek the assistance of the software to organize your notes, you are out of the chance - but I saw that the suggestions to employ OneNote or Evernote and both function the fine right for the note which organize according to your preferences. On the whole, that functions good. I like to be able to walk in a meeting of customer with Juste the trimming (no portable computer) and to know that I will be able to have everthing in the electronic format and can distribute minutes without repairing them with the machine. One warning I take for no matter whom is that once that you obtain it is difficult to leave a chart CF in it (if you do not pay the attention and do not put it in the false oops in manner...... that such an action also causes the perpatual --- on the posting of liquid crystal display). There are other minor nuances of the physical design which I do not find perfect, but I always think that it is a large product and functions as announced.


Worst Software Concept Ever!
Most of the reviews here simply don't give you the correct concept of this thing, and i have read them all.

As a piece of hardware, it's fine. The note paper is 6" x 9." I haven't tried to find that yet, so i can't speak to the complainers, but I think i should be able to find it, and if i can't, i will go to kinkos or somewhere and have them cut me a pile of pads.

that being said, i will probably NEVER need another pad because the software with this bad boy is so horrible, it's nearly indescribable.

What were they thinking? I know: they were thinking this: "We Taiwanese guys know how this stuff should REALLY work. We don't care how EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD WORKS, we have BETTER IDEAS."

And so, let me tell you, that you absolutely CANNOT upload files from your tablet in any comprehensible way. Each page is a file, but that DOES NOT MEAN you can simply upload them and work with them.

A camera, a memory stick: these just plug into your usb port or hub, and WORK. This gizmo DOESN'T. It plugs in, gets detected, but looks like an EMPTY CD/DVD DRIVE. You click on the device, and it ASKS YOU TO LOAD A DISK.

When you try to use the outlandish software provided - even after downloading the latest and greatest - the "import function" WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT FIND YOUR STUFF.

In short, this software is so bad that it makes the device pretty much useless. Run away from this thing which looks inviting but wastes so much of your time that you will go way out of your way to warn others, and write about it on Amazon.com.

Why two stars? I'm holding out 1 star for the next version.



Don't waste your time/money
I purchased this because I have to do a lot of math online and was hoping I could use this for that purpose. Also I was hoping to be able to use it for taking notes.

So far, I'm not impressed. The pen is a crummy little plastic thing and not very satisfying to use. It is actually very uncomfortable -- particularly when you consider you have to press VERY hard to get your entire note set to be recorded. Talk about writer's cramp!

I'm also disappointed that you can't write on it and have it instantly displayed to the computer interactively. My fault for not understanding the functionality better but I thought this could double as a writing tablet.

I can't speak to the size of the paper since I haven't tried any other size.

In general, a big disappointment and 90 dollars that I would have been better off just setting on fire! Another item destined for Craigslist.

p.s. -- to the reviewer who was wanting handwriting recognition -- my pad did come with a trial version of a package that would convert to text. Of course, that was of very limited use since the stooopid thing failed to capture my handwriting accurately in the first place. But the capability is there...


Works quite well
I employ this scratch pad to take notes during meetings. The great advantage with me is that there is an electronic version of my notes which I can classify far. Others criticize made unfavourable comments about quality of the product -- I had good experience. The unit that I bought seem well done, and up to now (3 months of use) functioned well. Moreover, the paper trimming for this is easily available. Seek the CVS or the tablet and it of writing of the mark 6x9 of Mead should adapt Digimemo 692 perfectly. There are three disadvantages which you should realise of: Sometimes, there are lines of phantom, or some words obtain dropped to far. Generally it is not a great exit, but nevertheless, it is a trouble. It is cured (for the majority) by considering the pen right, and by employing the uniform pressure. It is a numerical rapporteur -- but will require the additional software if you want to convert your notes into text. I did not feel the need, but would be advised. The end of the mini-Minis-USB of the cable Mini-Minis-USB is meaner than the cable regular mini-Minis-USB. Thus if you lose your cable, your choices are (A) with the purchase nine of the manufacturer or (b) to the catch a cable regular mini-Minis-USB and a file in addition to figure around the part which enters the device until it goes inside. With these warnings, the digimemo is a good device to take notes and to preserve an electronic copy of them on your portable computer. Installed with the software like PDF995, easily can you and economically to store all your notes like documents of pdf.


DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE.
It simply died with Juste more than a month of use! I do not have any manner of giving to zero the thing. It shows simply ' - - - ' on posting. Initially I thought was to him a box battery dead. Nope. With left the old reliable chart Lexar of CF of 16M (which functions very well in my camera, the BTW.) Trying to give to zero the device (catch X, energize then, release the power, release X) did not work. There is NO technical support of the device. No Web site No manner of giving to zero the thing. Do not buy the refuse of the acecad. I had brought a module of sweeping of them in the past and this points out to me execution really bad and bad to announce for this module of sweeping. I wish that I could return this article but alas the 30 days passed. I Repeat, DOES NOT BUY EC DEVICE.


Great Concept - Poor Execution
This is a wonderful idea, but is apparently before its time or the product designers didn't check with with the paper manufacturers. It is easy to train the system to interpret bad handwriting, but accomplishing that, it is impossible to find replacement paper pads. The only replacement pads I have been able to find are steno pads and these don't have the same page/space productivity as the original paper which comes with the AceCad. Either make replacement pads available or make the writing surface a different size to conform to writing pads that are more readily available.


Works as advertised - light inexpensive alternative to laptop in the field
The Scratch pad of Digimemo 692 DIGITAL had direction for me for several reasons; 1) it is cheap - $90 or - is a small risk to take a new technology; 2) if you employ it and technology fails, you are left with the sure and low protection final of technology - notes of ink on paper 3) it is lighter and easier to employ when on the movement (going by a building taking of the notes, or resting at a meeting where a portable computer would be awkward for example). The principal question for me was at which point the identification of writing could be made function. Up to now I am with precaution satisfied. The DM functions as announced. The unit is light, the comfortable pen in the hand, and the writing is honestly recorded. The image on the screen of computer is a faithful representation of the page (races from time to time small are missed), the interface of software to empty pages on the PC is acceptable - it could be smoother but work without any problems or commander disputes. In fact, I seldom employed it, since the major part my to download is made directly with the program of identification of hwr (below). It is surprisingly good the tables of recognition like tables/spreadsheets. For me, this unit would be mainly useless without HWR. I noted that Myscript done a work surprisingly good to read my gribouillage (it is a gribouillage - my writing is terrible, I print often more than write, but found reads the manuscript about as well to him as the impression). If you write in an ordered way the whole process is much easier. Myscript is particularly useful if you 1) of use builds in the training scheme (helped some) and 2) create lists of words ("personal lexicon") and conversions of shorthand ("automatic replacements"). The old one is good to facilitate the identification of the limits, names, etc. specialized and technical. The last is the most useful device, however. With him you can create a whole shorthand ("


Surprisingly good
I do agree with previous reviewers that the size is deceiving. That's why I don't give it 5 stars.

The price is right if you also get the handwriting recognition software. With that this device can substitute a tablet PC if your main concern is taking notes in a digital format. The downside is that you still need physical paper but you get what you pay for. You do get the benefit of leaving the tablet safe and sound at your desk.

The best thing for is that the device works like a CF card reader when it connects to the PC. Why is this so good? Not only can I use it for backup purposes but it will also work on my linux machines and should work on apple machines as well. You can't read the notes without the Acecad software but that can be solved with special software like wine, cedega, vmware and win4lin for linux; and parallels and bootcamp for apple machines.


STILL Not Satisfied
The basics of this pad work. It captures a graphic of what you write, even through several layers of paper/pad (see recommendations). The pad is basically "almost" well-built and designed but has some annoying elements. 1. Yes, the paper size is not readily available in the US. The only 6x9 pad in most stores is a stenographer's notebook, which has spiral binding. To use it with the digimemo pad, you must rip the pages from the spiral and cut off the ragged top. After all my searching for 6x9 pads and fiddling with other pads and papers, I have ended up cutting my own sheets from 8.5x11 paper -- lots of wasted time. 2. The second paper-related annoyance: the provided clip, meant to hold a stack of single sheets, just doesn't. It is a whimpy little clip, close to worthless.

I had a huge issue with the compact flash card. My pad came claiming that I could insert any complact flash card up to and including 512MB capacity. Great? Not so much! I started with a 512. Didn't work. Tried other lesser capacities. NOPE! Contacted ACECAD tech support. They claimed that not all brands compact flash would work; they really only could say that a Sandisk brand would work. OK. Got a Sandisk 512 -- NOPE! Then tech support had me send them the serial number from the Sandisk 512. They claimed that it was not a genuine Sandisk, but a knockoff. I had purchased it from a reputable, nationwide seller. I contacted the seller. They were apologetic, said they would investigate, and sent me a replacement 512 CF, making sure it had the "authentic" serial number scheme, as ACECAD tech had claimed. Still didn't work! At this point I had wasted FAR too much time, and my anger and frustration had grown substantially. After trying other cards we had in house, I found a Canon brand 32MB compact flash (that came with a camera) that worked in the pad. I elected to cease my worthless struggle with ACECAD tech for the time, and went about making better use of my time.

Third irritation regarding the product is the proprietary ACECAD DigiMemo Manager -- the software editor/viewer. No problem transfering the page files from the pad to PC hard drive via USB. And the SW is simple to use. But I think their marketing material misleads. Each page is a separate file. I have found no way to concatenate all those individual page files into a single file, which is the desireable thing to do. They talk about making an eBook, but all that does is convert the individual page file into another individual file (different extension) that increases its size considerably. You still cannot concatenate the pages. And I think the "eBook" format is still their own proprietary format. I haven't found anything else that can read/view those "eBook" files other than their ACECAD DigiMemo Manager. Not being able to gather several pages into one file was a huge disappointment. Yeah, I could convert them all into images (you have a few choices) and plop them into some other program, but this increases the foo-foo time, the fiddle-factor, and wastes my time! Instead of the pad making my life and what I need to do easier, as it appeared it might, it makes it more complex!

This pad COULD be a fine tool, if some of these small details were given some attention. I told ACECAD my suggestions, but I don't think they have responded.


A very nice device for everyone
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.


Happy that I bought this
I love it. Freedom to write electronically anywhere. I can even convert my hand-writing to text with other softwares if I need to. And I received it on the third day of my order. TigerDirect is really fast.


Bait and Switch. Buyer beware.
The paper that comes with the unit is actually not ordinary at all. It is a small pad (not a4 size). It is about 5 inches by 7 inches of writing space. Very hard to take notes with this. Additionally, after checking 5 stores (officemax, etc) NOBODY carries the pad size, you have to drop down to an even smaller pad which ends up sliding around.

Stay away.




I love this thing.
Like the previous person said, the customer service is excellent. The only problem is that the image recognition software has a censor on it. I'm in the adult film industry and the majority of my notes have an NC-17 rating. When I try to upload them later many of the key terms are grayed out.The censoring software must be pretty advanced because it also grays out my sketches for the scenes.

All and all this is a cool device, I'd recommend it.

-Buck


Top Merchant
This article was not supposed to be transported up to one week after I placed the order. When I awoke the next morning, it was on my threshold. I strongly recommend this trader. I did not pay any special forwarding, infact, I chose the option from 5 to 7 days. While I always evaluate the product, I can say that it arrived in excellent state, and as described. This company (J



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