{ "id": "a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen", "sku": "a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen", "title": "A5 Digital Notebook with Smart Pen", "slug": "a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen", "price": 239.99, "currency": "AUD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "digital-notebooks", "category_label": "Digital Notebooks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "433 g", "images": [ "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/main-a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-2.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-3.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-4.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-5.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-6.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-7.jpg", "https://digitalnotebook.au/dropship-images/digital-notebooks/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Write on A5 paper, save digital notes to your phone, and switch to graphics tablet mode for computer work.", "description": "Paper is often the quickest place to catch an idea. The harder part comes later, when you need to share a page, find the right notes or remember what someone said beside a sketch. A photo can help, but it leaves you with another file to sort.\n\nThis digital notebook with smart pen keeps the paper part of that habit. You write in ink on an A5 pad while the system captures your pen strokes for the phone app. It is worth considering if you want digital copies without moving all your writing onto a screen.\n\nThe key is knowing what it does and where its limits sit. Phone-based note syncing and computer graphics tablet use are separate modes, each with its own setup.\n\nHow paper becomes a digital note\n\nThe supplied Scribo Pen PW320 is central to the system. As you write on paper, the notebook captures its strokes as vector lines. The Huion Note app receives those lines on a compatible phone, giving you a digital version of your handwriting.\n\nThis is a handwriting capture notebook, not a promise of typed text. The maker does not state handwriting-to-text conversion. If your main goal is turning pages into editable text documents, do not assume this product will meet that need.\n\nYou also need to keep using the supplied pen for capture. An ordinary pen may leave ink on the page, but digital capture works only with the included model. That distinction matters if you tend to borrow a pen or switch between several favourites.\n\nCheck your phone before choosing\n\nNotebook mode supports iOS 11 or later and Android 6.0 or later. The app is where you sync, organise and export your notes, so phone compatibility should be your first check.\n\nFor someone seeking a smart notebook for iPhone, the listed iOS requirement is a starting point. Check your phone's software version before buying. Apply the same check if you want a Bluetooth notebook for Android.\n\nBluetooth 5.0 provides wireless connectivity, and USB-C wired connectivity is also supported. The notebook charges through USB-C as well. A cable is included.\n\nThink about whether you are happy to manage notes on your phone. That is the main note library described here, rather than a direct computer-sync service.\n\nWriting without your phone nearby\n\nYou do not have to keep the phone beside the notebook every time you write. Offline storage lets you capture pages and sync them to the app later.\n\nThat can suit a desk session where you want fewer phone interruptions, or a moment when you simply have the notebook to hand. It preserves the option to write first and deal with the digital copy afterwards.\n\nThe maker states offline storage of up to 50 pages. Before relying on an offline digital notebook for important work, practise the capture and sync process with a few sample notes.\n\nA small test also helps you learn the page routine before using it in a busy class or meeting.\n\nAdding sound to your written notes\n\nA short note may make sense during a conversation and feel vague the next day. The audio feature offers a way to retain some of that spoken context.\n\nRecording takes place in the app through your phone's microphone. When you replay it, your notes redraw in sync with the sound. This links what you wrote with the discussion happening at the time.\n\nIf you want a notebook with audio recording, remember that the phone is part of that process. Offline handwriting capture does not mean the notebook records sound on its own.\n\nAlways ask permission before recording others. Workplaces, schools and private meetings may have rules about recording or storing conversations. The feature is useful only where you are allowed to use it.\n\nOrganising and sharing the results\n\nOnce notes are in the app, you can merge, split or move pages into groups. Editing tools include a highlighter. These options let you sort the digital copy after the writing session rather than having to plan every page in advance.\n\nA smart notebook for meetings could hold rough discussion notes on paper, with related pages grouped later. For study, you might organise captured pages by topic instead of leaving everything in writing order.\n\nThe listed export formats are image, PDF and MP4. Choose a format that suits the person receiving it and the way they need to view the work.\n\nNotes sync only to the phone app. To use them on a computer, export them from the app as PDF. Do not confuse that workflow with the separate computer drawing mode.\n\nWill the size suit your writing?\n\nThe notebook measures 241 x 178 x 13 mm and weighs 433 g. Its paper size is A5, while the stated working area is 186.9 x 140.9 mm. Those are different measurements, so compare the working area with the space you actually use for writing or drawing.\n\nAn A5 smart notebook may suit short notes, task lists and smaller sketches. If you usually spread large diagrams across a broad sheet, consider how much space you would have here.\n\nTry placing an A5 pad beside your current notebook before deciding. Write a typical paragraph or sketch a familiar diagram. That simple check can tell you more about the format than a product photo.\n\nAlso compare the outer dimensions with the pocket or bag compartment where you plan to carry it.\n\nPaper refills and pen care\n\nThe included A5 paper notebook has 50 pages. When it is used up, the system accepts a regular A5 pad under 10 mm thick.\n\nFit still matters. The maker recommends its own replacement pad for the closest match to the working area. A pad labelled A5 is not a reason to ignore its thickness or position.\n\nThe pen is battery-free, which removes one charging task. The notebook itself has a 1300 mAh rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a stated battery life of 18 hours.\n\nThree ballpoint refills and three plastic pen nibs are listed in the box. Follow the maker's directions when changing them. Store the pen in its magnetic sleeve so it is easier to keep the correct capture pen with the notebook.\n\nUsing it as a graphics tablet\n\nThis dual mode digital notebook has a second role beyond paper capture. Replace the paper pad with the included panel and connect it to a compatible computer to use graphics tablet mode.\n\nThe listed computer systems are Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later, and Linux using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Check those requirements separately from the mobile app requirements.\n\nThe pen specifications include 8192 pressure levels, plus or minus 60 degrees of tilt and 5080 LPI resolution. These figures describe the pen input available for this mode. They are not a promise that every drawing program behaves in the same way.\n\nA graphics tablet notebook may appeal if you want paper notes and computer drawing in one product. If you only need one of those jobs, weigh that need more heavily than the extra mode.\n\nWho is it most likely to suit?\n\nPeople who already enjoy handwriting have a clear reason to consider this format. It keeps real paper in the process while adding digital storage and sharing through the app.\n\nA digital notebook for students can help collect handwritten class work and sketches. A meeting user may care more about audio-linked playback and PDF exports. Someone drawing at a computer may put more weight on tablet mode.\n\nIt is less suited to a buyer who expects automatic typed text, direct note syncing to a computer or an app-free digital workflow. Those expectations do not match what the maker states.\n\nFor gifting, check the recipient's phone and habits first. A thoughtful match matters more than the number of functions on the specification list.\n\nEveryday care and purchase checks\n\nKeep the notebook and pen away from spills. Use a soft, dry cloth for the exterior and avoid bending the notebook or packing heavy objects against it. Follow the quick start guide for charging and mode changes.\n\nBefore ordering, confirm phone compatibility, replacement paper fit and the export workflow you need. The cover is tan brown, as shown in the photos.\n\nThe maker gives a one-year warranty. We dispatch within 2 working days, and delivery then takes up to 7 working days by tracked courier. You have 14 days from delivery to return it if it is not right. Check those details before choosing it for a deadline or gift.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis paper to digital notebook suits someone who wants to keep writing by hand and manage digital copies on a phone. It combines A5 paper capture, offline storage, audio-linked playback and several export formats, with a separate graphics tablet mode for compatible computers.\n\nChoose it for those stated features. Check your devices, keep the supplied pen with the notebook, and learn the sync routine before relying on it for important notes.", "llm_summary": "This A5 digital notebook captures handwriting made with the supplied battery-free Scribo Pen PW320 on real paper. Notes sync to the Huion Note phone app on iOS 11 or later and Android 6.0 or later, with offline capture and later syncing supported. The app offers page organisation, audio recording through the phone microphone, synchronised note playback, and image, PDF and MP4 exports. Connectivity includes Bluetooth 5.0 and USB-C. The notebook measures 241 x 178 x 13 mm, weighs 433 g, and has a stated 18-hour battery life. Graphics tablet mode supports compatible Windows, macOS and Linux computers. A 50-page A5 pad is included. The cover is tan brown.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Australian Consumer Law consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Digital Notebook Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://digitalnotebook.au/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/", "canonical_url": "https://digitalnotebook.au/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen/", "json_url": "https://digitalnotebook.au/api/products/a5-digital-notebook-with-smart-pen.json", "updated_at": "2026-11-12" }