Smart Writing Set

I LOVE this! I treated myself looking for something distraction free to draw and write with and serves this purpose perfectly. You can't beat the feel of real paper and Moleskine paper is top quality (I'm not a connoisseur but compared to my £1.99 (insert supermarket brand here) notepad this feels like real quality.What you're paying for here is the Smart Pen and as a concept, it's absolutely fabulous. Once paired with your chosen device you can simply write in the notepad - your don't even need your device to be close by, the pen stores your notes in its memory until you open the app and then your notes are downloaded to your device. Sure, you can see your notes being written in real time if you have you're device on and the app open but that's not distraction- free but is a perfect demonstration of this magical little pen and notepad.At first I wondered if the pen would shift around in my hand causing problems with the IR sensor but found that the lid clips in place at two positions so the flat part of the lid rests comfortably against the index finger knuckle. The two positions seem to correspond to left and right handed use. There's a definite click when rotating the lid into these positions.Your notes can be exported to various formats including SVG vectors which I have tried with Affinity Design and Concepts with limited success and the Moleskine Notes app needs more development but is quite capable. More so than I expected actually.It's not as elegant as my fountain pen and seems to rattle a little but not during actual use.Sure, it's expensive and before it arrived I already had buyers remorse but not any more. Its a niche product and you should do your own research as to whether its right for you but wow, it's amazing.Update 20.4.25: I've come to realise that the Moleskine app is actually more capable than I first found. In particular, exporting. I wanted to export my writing and drawings to SVG and use it in Affinity Design and Concepts but had limited success. I have since found that exporting to PDF has an option to export to vector PDF which works perfectly with both of the above apps.

This is a quality system and the character recognition is extremely good, even if your handwriting isn't the best.

After being a big fan of Moleskine notebooks and sketchbooks, I was excited to use their Smart Writing System (SWS).Unfortunately, I have been extremely disappointed and have received little support from Moleskine except the sort that sends you round in circles with no solution.The transcription feature is extremely unreliable, even with slow, neat printing, where yes, you can correct it digitally, but not save the changes successfully.I have asked at Moleskine stores where they shrug and say they don't know all the products, and online I just get given the user guide which I duly follow, as I have before, with the same results.I have also been unable to sign up for an account which can only be done via the app, but every time over almost two years and trying from different devices, the answer is "sign up failed."I had thought I could at least keep the notebooks I had digitally, however, after being told to uninstall and reinstall the app, of course all my numerous previous notebooks were lost.The choice of pen nibs available is also very poor, and although I do like the notebooks, the Smart ones are even more expensive than the already pricier normal Moleskine ones, I'm tempted now to just give up on the whole SWS.My recommendation is: don't waste your money and time!

You can only use this with Genuine Moleskin e-books (to 'pick up' the data)Despite internet suggestions, i could not get mine to work with photocopied 'Neo' pages.The software is OK, and does indeed copy into a folder.Be aware that it does NOT work on Windows?Moleskine paper is high quality, so in that respect worth the premium cost.-suggest you do your research before this outlay.I does work well at what it is supposed to do.

I like that you always have a hard copy in the book in case the app crashes

Smooth writing package. Pen is great but more importantly is the editing in the app from the page. Love it!

The notebook costs £16, the pen and charger £23 But all together they cost £245. All are approximate. Have I got something wrong? Incidentally you can purchase equivalent writing systems for less than £100. My final observation is that the writing to text recognition is not great and does not compare with the Kindle Scribe equivalent.

Very impressed. I look forward to the evolution of the product and the first smart fountain pen!