Livescribe LIVESCRIBE DESKTOP VERSION 1.2 User Manual

1.  Power button 
2.  Stereo headset jack 

with an external 
microphone input 

3.  Built-in microphone  
4.  Organic Light-

Emitting Diode 
(OLED) display 

5.  Built-in monophonic 

speaker 

6.  USB 2.0 connector 
7.  Infrared camera 
8.  Removable ink 

cartridge 

9.  Rechargeable lithium 

battery  (non-

removable) 

To perform its many operations, the Pulse smartpen requires Livescribe dot paper. 
This paper is standard paper with printed microdots on its surface. These dots are 
nearly invisible to the human eye. However, the Pulse smartpen can easily see these 
dots and uses them to know which page you are writing on and the exact location on 
that page. The Pulse smartpen can even see these dots through the ink you write on 

your pages.  

The microdots are printed on each page in a special pattern based on technology 
from Anoto AB. This dot pattern consists of small dots (100 micrometers in diameter) 
arranged with a spacing of approximately 0.3 mm. The dot pattern overlays an 
imaginary square grid. The dots are slightly displaced from the grid, with each dot in 

one of four possible positions, forming the proprietary Anoto dot pattern.