The WizCom SuperPen Professional is the latest productivity tool. This completely mobile device instantly provides users with the English definitions of over a quarter of a million words.SuperPen Professional can also scan, store and transfer printed data to a PDA, PC or any Windows application making it the perfect tool for busy executive and college student alike.SuperPen Professional enables users to scan professional terms and receive instantaneous definitions from one or a number of the on-board professional dictionaries. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new words with confidence.Scan, store and transfer function enables users, on the go, to capture essential printed data (text and small images) anytime, anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, to be transferred to PC or PDA. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to the active cursor point. Collected data can be transferred to any Windows based application seamlessly.

Used just like a yellow highlighter, the QuickLink-Pen Elite allows the user to collect notes electronically from any printed text - anytime, anywhere!The QuickLink-Pen Elite is the successor to the very popular QuickLink-Pen, providing users with improved electronic note-taking capabilities. The QuickLink-Pen Elite is ideal for students, doctors, business people, or researchers who need the ability to quickly and easily take notes whenever and wherever they might be - in a library, on a plane, or in a business meeting.

The QuickLink-Pen Elite is an updated version of the very popular and successful QuickLink-Pen, providing users with new and improved electronic note-taking capabilities. The QuickLink-Pen Elite reads notes and definitions aloud, beams to smart phones as well as to PDAs and PCs, includes English dictionary definitions, and connects via USB to your PC.

Used just like a yellow highlighter, the QuickLink-Pen Elite lets you collect electronically notes from any printed text-anytime, anywhere. The QuickLink-Pen Elite is ideal for students, doctors, business people, or researchers who need the ability to quickly and easily take notes whenever and wherever they might be-in a library, on a plane, or in a business meeting.

The QuickLink-Pen Elite comes complete with several useful applications. The scan and store feature allows you to store up to 1,000 pages of text; transfer stored text to PDAs (PalmOS and WinCE), Smart phones (PalmOS and Windows Mobile 2003), or PCs via IRDA Infra red connection; transfer stored notes to PCs via USB connection (and automatically create Microsoft Word documents); and read the scanned notes aloud using the text to speech function, either through the built-in speaker or headphones. Additional scanning languages are supplied on CD-ROM and include German, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French. Scan and define allows you to display the definition of any word in the notes, using the included American Heritage Concise Dictionary, while the scan to PC function allows real-time scanning directly via the USB connection into any Windows based application, with the scanned text appearing at the cursor point. With image capture, you can scan and store small images that can then be transferred to a PC at a later time.

Handy applications are supplied on CD-ROM for optional installation. Address Book scans business cards and synchronizes with a desktop or PDA address book, such as Outlook. Table Builder scans data in spreadsheet format and transfers it directly to Microsoft Excel on a PC. Internet Links scans URLs (web addresses) and transfers them directly to your Internet Explorer favorites list.

What's in the Box
QuickLink Pen Elite, USB cable, getting started guide, user's manual, CD-ROM (includes installations for add-ons, QuickLink-Pen Elite Desktop application, USB driver, and free CharacterEyes software), Pen case with Opticard, two AAA batteries, earphones with volume control

Genius CP-BR600.Portable Business Card Scanner.Business Card Recognition and management function.

The WizCom SuperPen is a hand-held scanner and translator. This pen provides the functionality of the QuicktionaryII together with the scanning applications offered by the QuickLink Pen Elite.The SuperPen comes with over 30 downloadable language dictionaries - absolutely free! These enable users to scan full lines of text, receive instantaneous word-by-word translation/s and hear scanned English words pronounced aloud. By changing dictionaries as needed, users around the world easily become fluent. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new English words with confidence. These and other SuperPen features have made this product the reading tool of choice for students and travelers alike.This function enables users on the go to capture essential printed data - anytime and anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, which can be transferred to a PC, PDA or any Windows application at leisure. The scanning and transfer applications interface with MS Word/Excel/Outlook. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to an active cursor point. The active cursor point, allowing data to be transferred to any Windows based applications seamlessly.

With the Wizcom SuperPen translator, you can now translate documents quickly, easily, and accurately. With over 30 downloadable language dictionaries available on the Wizcom web site, you can increase comprehension, enhance communication, and store documents for later use.

Weighing just 3 ounces, the SuperPen Translator is easy to carry and fits easily into a purse or bag for convenient traveling. The SuperPen is bidirectional with English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish, while all other languages are unidirectional to English only. For those learning English, the SuperPen features integrated text-to-speech technology, which provides a word-by-word pronunciation of the scanned English text.

Supported font sizes range from 6 to 22 points and include bold, italic, underlined, and inverted. The pen has a 97% OCR accuracy rate. You can also manually input text, making the SuperPen ideal for translating signposts and other unscannable information.

Store your scans (up to 1,000 pages worth) and transfer them to your computer or PDA at your leisure. The SuperPen can transmit data via IRDA (to a PDA), 9-pin serial port, or optional USB. The included AAA batteries have a battery life of about a month, while the internal flash memory card ensures that you don't lose any stored data in case your batteries should fail. The SuperPen translator also comes backed with a one-year warranty on both parts and labor.

What's in the Box
Wizcom SuperPen, CD-ROM, serial cable, user's guide, AAA batteries

CardScan Executive is the fastest, most accurate device for scanning the printed information from business cards into the correct fields of a powerfully searchable, highly compatible electronic address book. Over 50 software features like QuickSearch, single-click address mapping, and email addressing help you use that contact information more efficiently. CardScan Executive is highly compatible, automatically syncing to Outlook and every popular contact manager, PDA and smart phone. CardScan Executive even saves your contact information online for secure backup and portability. CardScan Executive is the world leader in card reader technology.PRODUCT FEATURES:Full color business card reader;Scans business cards into your PC;Fastest, most accurate reader available;Syncs with Outlook, ACT!, Notes, Goldmine, and more;Syncs with Palm handhelds, pocket PCs and smart phones;Includes online address book, fail-safe backup and updating service;Portable, USB 2.0 certified. No power supply needed.

The Quicktionary II enables users to scan a single word or full line of printed text and translate or define single words, see and hear the scanned word(s) read aloud. Based on WizCom's proprietary optical head, sophisticated OCR and ASIC systems, the product is both fast and accurate. Most Quicktionary II models come complete with integrated Text-to-Speech technology. Users can hear the scanned word or line of text read aloud through a built-in speaker or earphone. Quicktionary II is expandable and upgradeable. Over 30 dictionaries and functional applications are available for download from the Memory Extension Kit (MEK) CD Rom.

NeatReceipts is a scanner and software combination that is built from ground up to help you manage receipts, track your expenses and quickly create expense reports.

NeatReceipts automatically extracts information from scanned receipts and creates a database linking expenses to receipts. It makes creating expense reports and managing receipts a snap!

Simply feed business cards into the CardScan scanner and within seconds, the CardScan software accurately organizes all of the information into an electronic address book. Once the cards are scanned into your computer, you can use CardScan software to manage your contact information. Alternatively, you can easily get the information into the places you keep important contact information.

The Corex CardScan Executive 500 is an ingenious device designed to help you organize all the business cards you acquire into an easy-to-use contact database. Simply stick a business card into the scanner, and the CardScan 500's OCR technology extracts such information as names, e-mail addresses, and company, placing them into your contact manager for easy reference.

The CardScan 500 integrates nicely with ACT, GoldMine, Groupwise, Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Schedule, Sidekick, and other popular programs, while also providing one-touch synchronization with Windows CE and Palm handheld devices. A PC-only device, the CardScan connects to your computer via USB or parallel ports, and can even connect to your digital phone with separately sold Fonesync software and cable.

The CardScan 500 comes backed with a one-year manufacturer's warranty.

The QuickLink Pen is an electronic highlighter that lets you copy, clip and store printed text, Internet links, tables and charts, from newspaper articles, books and documents, and transfer the data to your computer, PDA or text-enabled cell phone. You can scan information directly into any application real-time, or store up to 1000 pages and transfer it at your convenience through the serial port, infrared or optional USB adapter.

Handheld scanners are a convenient way to get printed text into an editable format on your computer, but the best devices are prohibitively expensive. Wizcom has bucked this trend with its aggressively priced QL-1000, which has more features than some products that sell for twice as much.

In our tests, we found the interface tough to learn and navigate, and editing text that's stored in the pen was a chore. However, with practice, we were able to scan pages of text with great accuracy.

An attractive feature of the QuickLink is that you don't need to hold down a button while you scan text. The device can "see" text and automatically activate the scanner when text comes into its field of view. Then, you only have to roll the pen smoothly over the line you want to capture and lift it off the page at the end of the text line. The optical character recognition (OCR) engine then translates the scanned images into editable text.

The QuickLink was as accurate as any similar device we've tested, but still far from perfect. The OCR process also took longer than it did with other products we've tested in this category. Still, these minor deficiencies are more than offset by the device's useful software tools, which, for example, let us send scanned Internet links directly to our PC's Web browser and quickly create an address book by scanning business cards. The QuickLink is less expensive than many of the products it competes against directly, making it a great buy if you need a handheld scanner. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Great accuracy with a little practice
• No need to hold a button while scanning
• Comes with great software and built-in tools

Cons:

• Cumbersome interface
• Editing text is a frustrating process

Enter business cards into your computer without typing! The CardReader 100 accurately scans business cards via USB to your PC, Palm or WinCE device and turns contacts into exportable data for popular contact applications. It is compact and USB-powered.Not just a business card scanner, the CardReader 100 solution can accurately scan and OCR a business card with up to 28 words in under 8 seconds, processing contact information from paper based contacts into potential prospect data to mine. It's designed to be compact and is USB-powered, so it's portable and requires no power cable. The CardReader 100 easily syncs to mobile devices running on Palm and WinCE and exports contact information to applications such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Excel, GoldMine and ACT. Information is automatically entered into common fields for export while the original image is viewable and all contacts are searchable.

Quicktionary-Voice automatically displays the translation of the scanned English word and pronounces it either immediately, or at the click of a button, depending on the user's preference. A loudspeaker and earphone jack are embedded in the product to enable external or private listening. The user can control the volume, pitch and speed in which the word will be read aloud. Quicktionary-Voice includes Lernout & Hauspie, advanced Text-to-Speech technology and the same extensive dictionaries that are found in the original Quicktionary products. It is an ideal tool for learning and reading English.

Easily carried in your shirt pocket, the C Pen 600C handheld scanner supplies supremely convenient scanning options for students, travelers, and professionals. About the size of your sunglasses, this scanner arrives loaded with Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, providing users with instant access to 215,000 definitions. Its four-row display shows your scans clearly, and it speeds through text at a rate of 15 centimeters per second.

Usable from your right or left hand, the scanner can store up to 3,000 pages of files in its memory, along with 1,000 entries for personal and business contacts. All of these can be easily transferred to your Windows-based PC, or Palm, Visor, or Sony PDA, via an infrared port or serial cable. Download one of 11 foreign language dictionaries, and the scanner becomes an instant translator, making it ideal for travelers.

The scanner is fueled by two AAA batteries, which supply power for up to three hours of continuous use or a few minutes each day for several weeks. Included in the box are batteries, a soft carrying case, and a detachable serial cable, as well as a software package that allows you to save, edit, and transfer your scans with ease. The manufacturer supplies a one-year limited warranty.

C-Pen is a Mobile Information Collector that reads, remembers, processes and transfers printed text to your Windows-equipped PC and PDA products. C-Pen is in essence an electronic highlighter that saves the text you are marking. Carry it with you wherever you go!Make it a habit to take your portable text collector with you, and you are always ready to read and save text from books, papers, brochures or business cards. You can easily record price-lists, timetables, wine tips or witty quotes. You don't have to tear out pages any more. With the portable dictionary you can translate and look up words immediately without carrying around a printed dictionary! Your saved text files can later be transferred to your PC. It is also possible to use C-Pen to read text directly into a Windows application in your PC.

Scan and store all your business contacts quickly and easily with the IRIS Business Card Reader II. Perfect for scanning new contact info at trade shows and fairs, or as a handy addition to your office desktop, this lightweight (just 220 grams) and portable color scanner will save you from hours of tedious data entry.

An optimized OCR engine quickly and accurately converts scanned business cards into database records and CardIris organizes the information and automatically sorts it into appropriate fields. CardIris offers automatic orientation, de-skewing, cropping, field analysis, and even zoom options.

With user interface language options in six languages, the IRIS Business Card Reader II supports you almost anywhere in the world and recognizes character text in up to 55 languages. The USB interface lets you connect easily to most computers, laptops, and PDAs. Contact info can be directly exported with a single-click into Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Symantec ACT!, IBM Lotus Notes, Palm OS, FrontRange GoldMine, vCard, HTML and comma delimited text. The IRIS Business Card Reader II also offers synchronization with Pocket PC, Outlook, ACT!, Lotus Notes, Palm OS and Goldmine.

The IRIS Business Card Reader II (IBCR II) is a state-of-the-art business card management solution to create and update your electronic address book.The scanner, small and light, allows you to scan your business cards wherever you are. It scans in color and connects via a USB port: a simple plug and play is enough to start the scanning.The software, Cardiris 3, bundled with the IBCR II, is the new version of IRIS' powerful contact organizer. In seconds Cardiris analyzes the information your business cards contain and send it to the right fields of the database. All the data concerning your contacts - company, first name, last name, address, e-mail, etc. - are encoded with no effort!

The affordable, capable business card reader
The CardScan Personal is a highly portable, convenient business card reader for users with basic contact management and lighter card scanning requirements. Use it to quickly and accurately turn business cards into sortable, searchable records on your computer, PDA, or smart phone.

Like the more powerful CardScan Executive, CardScan Personal allows you to capture cards to your computer in seconds without typing. Sort and search contacts instantly, get a map to an address, create a mailing, even sync to your PDA or smart phone.

• Makes your time more productive: In seconds, CardScan enters more cards, more accurately, than you could type in hours
• Compatible with the way you work today: Synchronize with Palm Desktop, Outlook Express version 5.0 or later, Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS, smart phones, and Windows Mobile devices
• Securely backup and store your contacts online: Access your database from any Internet-connected computer with CardScan.net.
• About the software: Works with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Palm Desktop, Palm handhelds, smart phones, Pocket PCs, more. Also includes 90-day trial of address book back-up and online access (CardScan.net) and 90-day trial of automatic contact updating (AccuCard service)
• About the scanner: Four to five second monochrome scan speed, USB powered, attached USB, 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" x 1 1/4", weighs only seven ounces

What's in the box
Scanner, detachable USB cable, software, user's guide, warranty card

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CardScan is a desktop device that quickly and accurately scans the printed information from business cards into the correct fields of a powerfully searchable, highly compatible electronic address book. In seconds, CardScan enters more cards than you could type in hours. Then, powerful software helps you search, sort, and use that contact information more efficiently.Introducing the CardScan Personal, a highly portable, convenient business card scanner for users with basic contact management and lighter card scanning requirements. Use it to quickly and accurately turn business cards into sortable, searchable records on your computer, PDA, or smart phone.

A clever idea who's time has clearly come, the CardScan Office 600c scans business cards in full color, connects to your office's PC via a USB port, and uploads the card into your database using the included CardScan software.

With simple plug-and-play installation, the machine is easy to use: simply feed a card into the slot and then watch as the software deciphers the information on the card and categorizes it into the database. The machine can accurately read cards from United States, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries. The CardScan Office includes six software licenses (expandable in 3, 5, or 10 user-licensing packs), enabling multiple users to access and update shared information from one database. Individual users can also create password-protected databases for private contacts. Other features include AutoMap, expanded connectivity to synchronize with more handheld devices and mobile phones, and access to CardScan.Net where users can access their business card database via any Web browser.

Small enough to fit in your hand, and durable enough to take to trade shows and meetings, the CardScan Executive is a great way to organize the stacks of business cards that would otherwise clutter your briefcase, wallet, or desk.

The CardScan Office is just right for a six-person team, but if you're looking for a CardScan just for yourself, check out the CardScan Executive 600c V6.

Transform your whole Office's Business Card Clutter? Business card information is an inevitable and important part of every office environment. Most companies rely on sharing contact information to conduct business, so it's vital to keep contacts organized and easily accessible. So what do you do when business cards always end up in unorganized piles on people's desks or in their drawers?Sharing contact information is easy with CardScan Office! Feed business cards into the CardScan scanner and in just seconds, CardScan software accurately organizes all the information into an electronic address book. Then you can share information with your team, department or whole company - or keep some of it private in your own password-protected database.CardScan Office includes 6 user licenses of CardScan software.

C-Pen is a mobile information collector that reads, remembers, processes and transfers printed text cordlessly to your Windows-equipped PC. C-Pen is in essence an electronic highlighter that saves the text you are marking. Carry it with you wherever you go! C-Pen 600 combines the reading capacity with translation ability that makes it the perfect companion on your travels or in your studies. Your Personal Digital Assistant makes it a habit to bring your portable text collector with you, and you are always ready to read and save text from books, papers, brochures or business cards. You can easily record price-lists, timetables, wine-tips or witty quotes. You don't have to tear out pages any more. Your saved text files can later be transferred to your PC. It is also possible to use C-Pen to read text directly into a Windows application in your PC.

The C Pen 600 is a delightful ergonomic scanner with a remarkably intuitive interface. Plus, it provides much better scanning accuracy than we thought possible from a handheld model. Although it isn't ideal for scanning long tracts of text, its dictionary, translation, and other features give the scanner a usefulness that extends beyond mere text storage.

The C-Pen 600 is much thicker and wider than a real pen, but it is still comfortable to hold. All the buttons are within easy reach. A crisp LCD on the front of the device provides real-time feedback as you scan and also displays the various icons and menus used for navigating and accessing the C-Pen's features.

The C-Pen's user interface is absolutely ingenious--a small thumb wheel at one end of the device is moved up or down to highlight menu choices, and then pressed to make a selection. It took us only 30 seconds to grasp the fundamentals. The designers were also thoughtful enough to let lefties flip the display, allowing the device to be used comfortably in either hand.

To scan text, just put the tip of the C-Pen flat on the page, hold down a button to activate the scanner, and drag the device across the text. Release the button at the end of the line and repeat the process as many times as you need to. All the text you've scanned is displayed in the LCD window, where you can edit, move, or delete the text as needed. When you're finished, the newly digitized text can be uploaded to your notebook or a PC via an infrared port. (Most desktop PCs do not have IR ports, so you may have to factor one into the cost of a C Pen).

In our test, the unit did a terrible job of interpreting text if the text was in a nonstandard font or was of poor quality. The C Pen would not be a good tool for getting information from a mangled fax into your computer, and you can forget about handwriting recognition.

We wondered how easy it would be to enter file names or edit text with the device, and the designers attempted to address this task through the use of C Write technology. The premise is you move the pen as if you were writing, and the C Write software interprets the movements and displays the corresponding letter or number. It required an hour or so of practice after calibrating the C Pen, but we eventually were able to achieve a reasonable level of accuracy with C Write. One caveat: you can't "write" on a one-color surface like a desktop or blank sheet of paper. It has to be patterned; a page of printed text works fine for a background.

The C Pen 600 stores up to 2,000 pages of text and comes with a CD that lets users choose one two-way translation dictionary, like English/French, English/Spanish, or English/German. Using the translation software stored in the C Pen's memory, it's possible to scan a word in one of the languages and translate it to the other instantly. This feature will probably add to the C-Pen 600's professional appeal, and we feel anyone who spends some time with the device will be amazed at just how accurate and useful it can be. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Surprisingly accurate compared to similar products
• Includes language translation features
• Superbly designed interface

Cons:

• Still not completely accurate
• Editing functions are cumbersome
• Requires good quality text in a standard font

Whether you're doing research, studying, working, or looking for recipes, use the C Pen 600 handheld scanner to capture the text you need. The C Pen 600 scans over printed text easily and you can instantly save and edit your work. The C Dictionary software allows you to translate a scanned word within seconds from an Oxford or Norstedt's dictionary. With other included software you can keep all your addresses in one place, read text directly into a PC document, or even write characters by moving the C Pen over a patterned surface.

Feed business cards into the CardScan scanner and in just seconds, CardScan software accurately organizes all the information into an electronic address book. The new 600c scanner scans in full color, is 40% smaller and connects through USB port with plug-and-play ease. Once the cards are scanned into your computer, you can use CardScan software to manage your contact information. The 600c scanner comes with a built-in card catcher.

A clever idea who's time has clearly come, the CardScan Executive 600c scans business cards in full color, connects to your PC via a USB port, and uploads the card into your database using the included CardScan software.

With simple plug-and-play installation, the machine is easy to use: simply feed a card into the slot, and then watch as the software deciphers the information on the card and categorizes it into the database. The machine can accurately read cards from United States, Canada, France, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, and others countries. The software also features AutoMap, expanded connectivity to synchronize with more handheld devices and mobile phones, and access to CardScan.Net, where users can access their business card database via any Web browser.

Small enough to fit in your hand but durable enough to take to trade shows and meetings, the CardScan Executive is an ideal way to organize the stacks of business cards that would otherwise clutter your briefcase, wallet, or desk. (Note that the CardScan Executive is just right for one person, but if you're looking for a unit that can help your whole team, consider the CardScan Office.)

Use your Pocket PC as a bar-code scanner with the handy Socket Communications Bar Code Scanning PocketPak. The PocketPak slides into your Pocket PC's CompactFlash slot and works with any Windows-powered PC to enter bar-code data. Socket's SocketScan software, included with each product, reads bar-code data directly into any active Windows program as though it had been typed on a keyboard.

The scanner read and differentiates among the most popular bar code symbols including UPC, Code 39, Code 128, MSI, EAN and Codabar. A two-color LED indicates laser operation and good read. The Bar Code PocketPak is plug and play and uses only milliamps of your Pocket PC's battery power.

Turn your Palm-size PC or handheld PC into a high performance mobile bar code scanner. Socket's In-Hand Scan Card brings a new level of convenience and portability to mobile data collection by combining Socket's Battery Friendly CompactFlash CF technology with a revolutionary laser scanner. Just plug the card into your Windows CE-based palm-size PC or handheld PC, launch Socket's SocketScan keyboard emulation software, and read bar code data into any Windows program. It's much more faster and accurate than manual data entry. And it only takes one hand!The In-Hand Scan Card is an ultra-portable solution for workflow automation, healthcare, retail, route accounting, asset management, market surveys, or any application that requires fast and accurate data collection at the point of activity.