Bic is going digital with the Rocketbook Core, a notebook allowing you to write by hand on paper pages that you just have to scan with a dedicated application to find the scanned text in the cloud. An original and ecological solution!
Digital has taken an important place in our lives, to the point that computers and tablets are increasingly replacing notebooks in classrooms and notebooks in offices. But as practical as these new electronic tools are, handwriting provides undeniable pleasure, a practice that is still regular – and appreciated – for 81% of French people according to an Opinionway study. but the two worlds are not incompatible, as evidenced by the market for digital writing – notebooks, pens, graphic tablets and styluses – which is growing by 5 to 10% per year.
Bic, The King – and even its inventor! – ballpoint pen could not miss this trend. And as usual, the manufacturer has come up with an original solution to combine digital and handwriting: the Rocketbook Core, a reusable paper notebook, designed to digitize, store, classify and share notes written with erasable ink. A notebook that offers many writing possibilities – and rewrite – and is aimed at schoolchildren as well as students and professionals. And which, by its reusable nature, avoids wasting paper, thus preserving forests.
Rocketbook Core: Digitize handwritten notes to the cloud
The principle of the Rocketbook Core is very simple: you write “normally” on this spiral notebook with a pen containing a special, erasable ink – the Pilot FriXion. Then you have to use the Rocketbook app – available for free on Android and iOS – to scan pages thanks to the QR codes located at the bottom of each page. Each page is thus captured and digitized in the form of an image, and the Handwriting recognition option makes it possible to transform the handwritten text directly into “computer” text, usable in a word processor or any other software. You can then send and classify these notes on the most popular cloud and sharing services (Google Drive, OneNote, OneDrive, etc.), but also by email or via messengers like Slack. Once the notes have been digitized, simply erase the ink with the provided cloth and a little water, and the notebook is blank, ready to use again! A clever system which, if it makes good use of a smartphone and connected services, is based on a simple paper notebook, without electronics….
Bic presents the Rocketbook Core as a real way to reduce paper consumption and limit waste, and specifies that a large part of Rocketbook products are made with 40% recycled materials. The firm promises “infinite” use – specifically around 1,000 uses per page. Each notebook is sold with an erasable ink pen, a microfiber cloth and QR codes to scan and store its pages in the cloud. The Rocketbook Core comes in four colors (Red, Teal, Midnight Blue, and Black) with lines or dot grids to choose from. The A4 format is priced at 40 €, and the A5 format at 8 €. The Rocketbook Core is available in Fnac, Cultura and Bruneau stores, on Amazon as well as on the Rocketbook website.