This ‘smart pen’ plugs ChatGPT into your handwritten notes

The AI-powered XNote pen turns your handwritten notes into digital text and answers questions about them.

XNote syncs your handwritten notes to your iPhone and lets you search, edit, and get AI-powered assistance. (Image: XNote)

Note-taking is going high-tech with XNote, an innovative smart pen that works in tandem with your iPhone to transform handwritten notes into text, set reminders based on your scribbles, and even answer questions about your notes using artificial intelligence.

At its core, XNote is a regular pen that writes on normal paper. However, this pen has special capabilities thanks to an accompanying iPhone app and a unique dotted notebook. The dots on each page of the notebook allow the pen to track its exact location, while the app records pen strokes in real time and saves them.

This real-time syncing means all your written notes are instantly digitised for easy searching, editing, and sharing. But XNote goes beyond basic transcription with its integration of ChatGPT. Ask XNote a question about your notes and it can summarise key points, pull out action items, set reminders, and more based on what you’ve written.

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Here are some of the things you can do with this device, per the startup’s Indiegogo page:

*Pull up the action points from today’s team meeting.

*Where did I jot down that book recommendation?

*Create a short quiz based on last week’s lecture notes.

*How much sugar do I add based on mom’s pie recipe?

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*Remind me of the key points from the team meeting last month.

*List all my book recommendations from summer.

It’s almost like having a personal assistant that truly understands your handwritten scribbles. The device makes flipping through notebooks to find what you need redundant – or so it promises.

This clever pen reconnects us to the joy and convenience of writing by hand, while eliminating the drawbacks of traditional pen and paper. With XNote, your notes transform into proactive planners that ensure you never miss a task or forget an important detail again.

Early backers on Indiegogo can pre-order an XNote pen and a special dotted notebook for $199. But to unlock the full potential of AI features like reminders and quizzes, users will need an XNote subscription for an additional $59 lifetime fee. For digital note-takers tired of typing and those who love writing by hand, XNote could be the perfect smart solution.

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