Ectaco C-Pen 20 Handheld OCR Scanner Portable with USB Cable

by Ectaco

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00315HNCY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank

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  Electronics > Office Electronics > Other Office Equipment > Bar Code Scanners

• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 17, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

Product Description C-Pen - the hand held scanner that becomes your new reading pal! C-Pen for Study - no more laborious textbook annotations, JUST SCAN! C-Pen is the perfect tool when you study and need to extract and copy textbook content into your computer. No need for manual annotations. One Single stroke and the text pops up in editable format in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or any similar applications. C-pen for small Business office or home - Perfect to register invoices and enter OCR numbers, JUST SCAN! C-Pen is the perfect tool when you need to register paper invoices, payments or copy any other printed information to your computer. One stroke and the text and numbers pop up in your business application, database or document. C-Pen may also be upgraded to work with C-Dictionary for instant translations. C-Dictionary for instant Translations - at work, in spare time and on the trip! C-Dictionary is the perfect tool when you need to instant translations or need to copy printed text to your computer in editable format. One single stroke with C-pen and the translations pop up on your computer screen. Scan - Scan the words you want to look up and C Dictionary becomes the active application showing the scanned text. Translate - The active dictionary is instantly searched and the result is presented in the output field of C-Dictionary. Learn - Use the integrated Flashcard application to practice and learn words of your choice. Multiple Dictionaries - C Dictionary supports simultaneous use of multiple dictionaries. Text-to-cursor Mode - C Dictionary also supports scanning of text to the cursor position of any open application. System Requirements: PC with Windows 7/2000/XP/Vista 32, Pentium 1GHz with 350 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive for installation and USB-port for C-Pen connection

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A Godsend, August 17, 2010

By	X. Pert - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ectaco C-Pen 20 Handheld OCR Scanner Portable with USB Cable

I have been using the C-Pen 20 scanner since 2007. I teach university classes and engage in research, and this scanning "pen" is a great convenience. It is light, fast, and easy to use. It speeds up note-taking incredibly. With a small light in the tip of the pen, I just run the pen across type that I want to record and the text is automatically scanned into my word processing document. It is very accurate, but not quite 100%, so I need to watch and correct some of the text. It only works on standard typefaces, so italics, underlining and hand-written notes tend to confuse the scanner. Still, using the scanner is far faster than typing notes by hand. A button on top of the scanner serves as a hard return or a mouse click, and several functions can be programmed onto an optional menu / pad. The C-Pen 20 plugs into a computer's USB slot, and does not require a separate power source. It comes with its own software, and updates are available from the C-Pen web site.

As a final comment and recommendation, I will say that the C-Pen did not come with a carrying case. Since the C-Pen is all-plastic, I bought a large eye-glass case which is just the right size for the C-Pen and its cable. Now I put the pen in my computer case or brief case without worrying about it being damaged.

If you do a lot of note-taking or transferring information between documents then you owe it to yourself to give this a try.