WizCom E04087 QuickLink-Pen Elite Scanner
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Product Description:
QuickLink-Pen Elite gives users all-new electronic note-taking capabilities. Used just like a yellow highlighter, the QuickLink-Pen Elite allows you to reads notes aloud, beam it to smartphones, PDAs or PCs, and so much more. It's ideal for students, doctors, business people, or researchers who need to take notes whenever and wherever they might be - in a library, on a plane, or in a business meeting. Reads your scanned notes aloud using the text to speech function, either through the built-in speaker or headphones Includes English dictionary definitions Works through USB cable or IRDA portRequires 2 AAA batteries Size -6 x 1-1/2 x 1 (163 x 38 x 23 mm) Weight -3 oz (90 grams)
Amazon.com Product Description:
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
QuickLink-Pen Elite gives users all-new electronic note-taking capabilities. Used just like a yellow highlighter, the QuickLink-Pen Elite allows you to reads notes aloud, beam it to smartphones, PDAs or PCs, and so much more. It's ideal for students, doctors, business people, or researchers who need to take notes whenever and wherever they might be - in a library, on a plane, or in a business meeting. Reads your scanned notes aloud using the text to speech function, either through the built-in speaker or headphones Includes English dictionary definitions Works through USB cable or IRDA portRequires 2 AAA batteries Size -6 x 1-1/2 x 1 (163 x 38 x 23 mm) Weight -3 oz (90 grams)
Amazon.com Product Description:
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
Features:
- Stores up to 1,000 pages of text; text-to-speech software
- Supports English, German, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French
- Exports data to Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet Explorer
- 97% OCR accuracy, recognizes 6-22 point font sizes
- USB and IrDA infra red ports, PC compatible
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Frank and honest appraisal of this junk
Honestly, believe this before you believe what anyone else will tell you about this product. DO NOT BUY IT. I'm a software developer so I'm technically savvy, and I had to scan inordinate amount of stuff for tax purposes (just simple numbers and text though, in clear and consistent fonts).
The reason I'm mentioning that is because if you read these 'oddly positive' reviews (that imply you need to practice to get it right) and you might be tempted to think that other people didn't try. ... Read More
Rating: - Yes it is that bad....
This would be a great idea if it worked. Let me first start off with the good things.It copies text that's on a flat piece of paper pretty well, as long as you keep your nerves and make sure you keep the angle right. Now for the negatives. Say for instance you need to copy text from a book, that's gonna be a problem.A book isn't absolutely flat when you open it up, it has that lump in the middle,...there goes your angle, and lots of errors.So for the students who are thinking of getting this, ... Read More
Rating: - Quicklink Elite Pen Scanner
Pen too bulky for comfort.Must hold in awkward position for it to read well.Slow, somewhat delayed reaction to see text.Software never set up properly on computer.And, of course, advertising was deceptive.
Wish we had never bought it.
Rating: 
- JUST RIGHT
I WAS PLEASED AND SUPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT THE PEN WORKED JUST LIKE THE PRODUCT COPY STATED.EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.EVRYONE CAN USE ONE.HELPS ME SAVE ALL THOSE VALUABLE SNIPPETS OF INFO THAT OTHERWISE END UP ON SCRAPS OF PAPER NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
Rating: - this was thebiggest waste of my money this year
This product sucked-I kick my self each time I think about how stupied I was to purchase
- Frank and honest appraisal of this junkHonestly, believe this before you believe what anyone else will tell you about this product. DO NOT BUY IT. I'm a software developer so I'm technically savvy, and I had to scan inordinate amount of stuff for tax purposes (just simple numbers and text though, in clear and consistent fonts).
The reason I'm mentioning that is because if you read these 'oddly positive' reviews (that imply you need to practice to get it right) and you might be tempted to think that other people didn't try. ... Read More
- Yes it is that bad....This would be a great idea if it worked. Let me first start off with the good things.It copies text that's on a flat piece of paper pretty well, as long as you keep your nerves and make sure you keep the angle right. Now for the negatives. Say for instance you need to copy text from a book, that's gonna be a problem.A book isn't absolutely flat when you open it up, it has that lump in the middle,...there goes your angle, and lots of errors.So for the students who are thinking of getting this, ... Read More
- Quicklink Elite Pen ScannerPen too bulky for comfort.Must hold in awkward position for it to read well.Slow, somewhat delayed reaction to see text.Software never set up properly on computer.And, of course, advertising was deceptive.
Wish we had never bought it.
- JUST RIGHTI WAS PLEASED AND SUPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT THE PEN WORKED JUST LIKE THE PRODUCT COPY STATED.EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.EVRYONE CAN USE ONE.HELPS ME SAVE ALL THOSE VALUABLE SNIPPETS OF INFO THAT OTHERWISE END UP ON SCRAPS OF PAPER NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
- this was thebiggest waste of my money this yearThis product sucked-I kick my self each time I think about how stupied I was to purchase
