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Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen | 
| Brand: Wizcom
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy Used: $89.99
You Save: $110.00 (55%)
Rating:  11 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.1 x 2.2
MPN: SP1000P
Model: SP1000P
UPC: 630913000356
EAN: 0630913000356
ASIN: B000067BLF
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fully portable hand-held scanner | | • | Scans full lines of text in 8 languages | | • | Stores up to 1,000 pages of text | | • | Memory upgrades and language dictionaries available | | • | Expandable with Quicktionary II translation capability |
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Product Description
The WizCom SuperPen Professional is a hand held scanner for English speaking markets. The product embodies the functionalities of both WizCom's second-generation products, Quicktionary II and QuickLink Pen.The perfect "scan and define" tool for English speaking professionals requiring specialized vocabulary. Preloaded with English language dictionaries from the distinguished Houghton Mifflin Collection, users can see the definition of a wide range of "professional" terms and words. The dictionaries available include the renowned The American Heritage Dictionary Office Edition, Steadman Medical, Wall Street Words, Computer and Internet Words, Science, Geography, Abbreviations, Idioms and a Thesaurus. Built-in Text-to-Speech technology enables users to hear a full line of text or single word spoken aloud. The Scan, Store and Transfer function allows the capture of essential printed data (text, barcodes and small images) anytime, anywhere. Store up to 2000 pages of information and transfer to a PC or PDA at your leisure. Scanned text can be transferred seamlessly into any Windows based application.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Super Pen is a pocket-size scanner with optical character recognition that lets users scan lines of text and store them for later use. The Super Pen can also translate single words from English to more than 15 other languages, including Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Korean, and Japanese. No longer will you need to scribble notes on random pieces of paper or tear pages out of phone books. The Super Pen helps organize your life by storing and uploading up to 1,000 pages of text into your PDA, cell phone, or computer via serial, infrared (IrDA and IrObex), or optional USB connections. p This lightweight scanner also allows users to scan directly into supported applications in real time and recognizes a wide range of text styles and sizes including bold, underlined, italic, and inverted. The Super Pen weighs 3 ounces and measures 6 inches by 1.5 inches by 1 inch. Compatible with Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, and XP, this advanced device can easily be upgraded, with additional applications such as bar code recognition and eGems information-organizing software available. The Super Pen comes backed by a one-year limited warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Superpen = super nice August 11, 2006
B. (Toronto, ONT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Once receiving my pen, I spent at least 1 hour getting acquainted with it, the manual and its functions. I highly suggest spending at least some time with it so that you are comfortable with it before putting it to actual use. For me, I found that scanning from right to left was best and just got a kind of familiarity with the device. I found the pen to have over the 95% accuracy suggested by Wizcom after I had spent a little time with it. br / br /However, it did not connect to my computer. I contacted tech support and found that he was extremely quick to respond, even after 6pm. I was very impressed. I had a few problems to be sorted out, but the most frustrating one was that I had not clicked on "turn the pen communications on." He never thought of it, and I happened to stumble across it. So if you have issues, check that every time you start the software. Now, everything works wonderfully. br / br /In addition, I bought this pen because I have a significant learning disability and it takes me a very long time to both read and take notes. I find that this pen truly speeds up the process and makes my life a lot easier.
Useful for grad school and anyone who reads a lot. November 1, 2003
This scanner is convenient for those who need to remember large amounts of information. You can use it in place of taking notes while reading textbooks. Also, if you want to copy short passages, it can be quicker than just photocopying the whole page. One of the most helpful features is that you can beam scanned notes to your computer or organizer. There is a learning curve, so you will need to spend some time to be able to get accurate scans. I have not tried out the foreign language dictionaries, but it seems like these could potentially be a big help with translation.
 Great product for researchers August 28, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased this product because I read and pull citations from many scientific articles and texts and put them in a bibliographic citation database.brThe WizCom SuperPen definitely has a learning curve, but I found it to be short. I estimate that I'm getting approximately 98% accuracy now scanning articles with very unusual word content (paleoclimatology). This rivals the accuracy when I type these same references and is much quicker.brThe SuperPen makes some demands on the user.br1. The pen must be held at a fairly steep angle to the page; 80 to 90 degrees seems to work best.br2. Accuracy seems to increase if you switch to left-handed mode so that the scanner head is looking into the upcoming textbr3. A constant speed seems to work best, but there is little difference between given speeds.br4. The user must develop a consistent method of moving the scanner parallel to the lines of text. The largest error rate occurs when the scanner head is skewed or the path of the device is at an angle to the line of text.brI did discover one little idosyncracy. When the system is powered on, it tries to open the last file which you were editing. If that file is very large, the pen times out before the file is loaded. That behavior can be by-passed by holding down the Escape button as the power is turned on, thereby activating the main menu. At that point, go to the option which permits a longer time-out period and set it to some higher number. That is the only real problem which I have had so far.
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