Camtasia Studio is a presentation software program that allows you to capture, edit, and share multimedia presentations. This software program can be used for creating staff training presentations or for online marketing presentations. Its easy to use interface allows people of all video editing skill levels to put together high quality videos that may be broadcast in multiple formats that look as good on an iPod screen as they do on a 24 inch widescreen monitor.
Nothing worse than an uncooperative program when you’re trying to get a project done. This time it’s Dreamweaver. This is the second time Dreamweaver CS3 crashed within a 30 day period…for totally separate reasons.
Spontaneous Crash #1
About 3 weeks ago, I am working in my PHP file, everything is fine, I’m just working, i type in “if (…” and then all of a sudden, Dreamweaver disappears. “That’s weird…”, I think to my self as I double click the icon to launch it again. It loads fine, so I open up the file I was working on and of course I was not able to save my previous changes before it crashed. I remember what changes I did before it crashed and proceede to type in my code. As I get to the point where the program crashed I continue typing in “if (“, POOF! the program is gone. “What the crap???!!!” Yes it vanished again.
DaneDigital zPen – The Review
The DaneDigital zPen is a flash drive digital pen. It comes with everything that you need to use this pen from day one including: the digital pen with refillable ink cartridge, 1GB USB drive, USB cable, 30 day trial of Note Search (only works with Windows), two V393 batteries and the full version of MyScript Notes Optical Character Recognition Software. This pen is compatible with Macs, Linux machines, and PCs.
To use this digital pen all you have to do is clip the receiver to the top of your paper and write using the digital pen. After completing your notes you will need to upload your data to your computer via your receiver and a USB cable. You can then convert your data using the software that comes with your DaneDigital zPen. MyScript Notes allows you to convert your written notes to a PDF and then to a rich text format (.rtf) file. If you have a Windows operating platform then you can use Note Search to identify keywords and to transcribe your notes to a Word document.
DaneDigital zPen – The Good Stuff
Overall the DaneDigital zPen has been reviewed as a decent product, especially for a digital pen. In general the zPen does what it says; it transcribes your handwritten notes into a digital format. The zPen is easy to work with, it has a refillable ink port, and the software is easy to set up and use. The software that comes with this digital pen also has a special recognition training tool which can be activated to help the software learn your handwriting style. This tool takes about 20 minutes to run and it greatly improves the results that you receive. This is a major plus for those people who have hideous handwriting. Taking the extra time to “train” the software to accurately recognize and translate your writing will save you a lot of frustration later on down the road. The final positive point of this product is that you can use it with any type of paper you want, as long as it is no bigger than A4 and as long as it is oriented in the portrait layout.
DaneDigital zPen – The Not So Good Stuff
While there have been a lot of compliments paid to the DaneDigital zPen, there have also been several cons listed by numerous people. The first complaint is that there is a size limitation and orientation limitation imposed by this digital pen. This means that it doesn’t work with legal pads, larger pieces of paper or with paper that has a landscape orientation. The second con is that in order for the digital pen to work you have to press firmly on the paper and your handwriting has to be extremely legible. This is a problem for people who write fast or who have less than perfect handwriting. In general though, poor handwriting can be compensated for by spending the additional time using the software recognition training program which allows the software to “learn” how to accurately decipher your handwriting.
As far as the mechanics of the DaneDigital zPen is concerned a few problems have been identified. First of all this pen is susceptible to infrared interference. This means that rooms that have a lot of wireless devices or items that use IR technology can inhibit the effectiveness of this tool. Another problem is that the batteries are small and can be difficult to install.
Overall Impression of DaneDigital zPen
Overall the DaneDigital zPen seems to be a good product for the price. It is functional and is easy to learn how to use. However, since the technology is still maturing for digital pens the zPen has a few hiccups that are causing user problems such as errors, omissions, and general frustration. After learning how to overcome some of the problems, such as using the recognition training tool, many people find the zPen to be very functional and recommend it to others. As with any other new technology, it will only continue to get better through updates and revisions. If this is a product that would be beneficial to you now, the price isn’t prohibitive at all. However, if you don’t necessarily need it now, improved, more powerful versions of this pen will surely be released in the near future. The zPen is definitely worth the money now and in the future for those people who can benefit from its use.
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