Wizcom Infoscan TS Elite Portable Pen Scanner

steve — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:03 +0000

This product is a handheld scanner shaped in the form of a thick pen or highlighter. It comes with a five line touch screen that enables you to view what you have already scanned. This item is able to define words that have been scanned that are unknown in definition because it comes with an American Heritage dictionary installed. Therefore if you scan documents that have words that you are unfamiliar with, you will be able to identify what they mean easily with one touch. Not only does this handheld scanner come with a dictionary but it also tells you how certain words are supposed to be pronounced. This is done by WIZCOM’s text to speech technology which enables you o hear how words sound and how they are pronounced. This portable scanner has a memory of 20,000 lines and after it is all filled up you can transfer scanned items into computer files. A USB cable is not required for this portable scanner but is useful if you have one. It will ensure faster transferring of scanned items to there proper locations on your PC. Infoscan TS elite pen is also able to transfer documents into your PDA which is useful for those on the go. It can also transfer files onto your computer as most scanners do. This is done through IrDA or serial ports. Mobile scanners are useful for a variety of people like lawyers, doctors, teachers, students and so forth. It enables scanning of important documents like like labs, pathology reports, legal papers, text book information, credit card statements, business cards, insurance cards, ID cards, licenses and much more. The possibilities are endless! This device has 400 by 400 dpi resolution and comes with USB ports. Users of this item however, are not as fond as the manufactures are. People say that it does not read scanned information properly and even with different approaches the product did not prevail. Although, to make up for the lack of scanning, the menu functions are easy to use. This is one of those 50/50 products that you as the buyer need to user your own discretion upon. It retails for $229.99. **Update December 2010: This model doesn’t seem to be available anymore but Amazon has the new Infoscan2 up on their website – see link below.

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