The iSketchnote platform gives digital life to your paper creations

It’s always been a struggle to transfer your paper art to digital formats. You can take a picture of an image, but you can’t easily continue to work on it as a digital file. That’s why the iSketchnote was born.

The iSketchnote platform was one of the more clever ideas I saw at the 2015 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. You can use the device to transfer paper drawings to your iPad.

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The iSketchnote platform comes with a writing slate. You put a regular piece of paper on top of it, and then start drawing with a special pen. The sketches and notes are immediately transferred in a vector graphics format to the iPad. As you draw, the image appears in real-time on the iPad screen. You can also enhance the image by using your finger to draw on top of the image on the iPad screen. The slate comes with a leather case that you can use for carrying it with your iPad. The slate has a coating that makes it scratch-resistant and holds the paper in place. The pens are light and require no batteries.

The iSketchnote comes from iSkn, a French startup that was displaying at the Eureka Park startup section of CES. The iSketchnote pack will cost $180 with free shipping, two pens, the slate, and a leather cover. It will be available early this year, and you can pre-order it now. Once you start using it, you can share your iSketchnote creations on the company’s website using the #isketchnotecreation hashtag.