The WizCom SuperPen is a hand-held text scanner and language translator.

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The WizCom SuperPen is a hand-held text scanner and language translator.

Scan and Translate: 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 and hear scanned English words pronounced aloud. By changing dictionaries as needed, users easily become fluent anywhere in the world. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new English words with confidence. These and other SuperPen Voice features have made this product the reading tool of choice for students and travellers alike.

Scan, Store and Transfer: This function enables users, on the go, to capture essential printed data anytime, anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, to be transferred to a PC, PDA or any Windows application at leisure. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to an archive cursor point. Collected data can be transferred to any Windows based applications seamlessly.

This is the same product as the SuperPen Translator which is sold in the USA.

Pre-installed Dictionaries:

When ordering on-line you can put a note in the comments box on the payments page to say what dictionaries you'd like pre-installed. The pen will hold 2-3 dictionaries at any time. Please note a dictionary is in one direction, i.e. French into English.

Dictionaries Available:

English->Arabic
English->Chinese Simplified
English->Chinese Traditional
English->Czech
English->Danish
English->Dutch
German->French
Spanish->German
English->Greek
English->Hebrew
English->Hungarian
English->Italian
English->Japanese
English->Korean
English->Polish
English->Portuguese
English->Russian
English->Slovene
English->Spanish
English->Swedish
English->Turkish
French->English
French->German
English->French
German->English
English->German
German->Spanish

Additional Features

The following features are also included in the pen:

• Address Book - scan business cards and synchronize with a desktop or PDA address book such as Outlook.
• Table Builder - scan data in spreadsheet format and transfer directly in to MS Excel on a PC.
• Internet Links - scan URLs and transfer them directly into Internet Explorer favorites list.

Features and Specifications:

• Memory Capacity: 6MB
• Voice: The product's built-in Text-to-Speech technology provides immediate word-by-word pronunciation of a scanned English word or full line of text.
• Pen Scanning Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Finnish and Swedish.
• Pen and Desktop Interface Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Hebrew, Finnish, Korean and Chinese (Simplified).
• Size: ergonomic 6 inches x 1 ½ x 1, lightweight three ounces.
• Captures up to 1,000 pages of printed text.
• Built in Text-to-Speech technology pronounces scanned English words aloud.
• Recognizes 6-22 point font size text (bold, italic, underlined, inverted). Alternative input tools are included for entering words that you can't scan (e.g., street signs).
• Transfer data easily with IRDA or USB, to a PDA or PC.
• Optical Character Recognition at 97% (based on standard font and size average). Preference setting for numerical and inverted text recognition.

• Win 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista.
• CD-ROM Drive (for installing Desktop Application).
• Available USB communications port.

• Superpen
• Protective plastic carry case with Opticard
• Earphones for private listening
• CD containing desktop software, manual and dictionaries
• USB cable
• 2 AAA batteries
• Free Ligature Character Eyes OCR Software (Trial Version)

• Free support is available