IRIS Pen Express (PC/Mac)

by Iris

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001594RE
• Item model number: IP31BG2004081448
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,893 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #85 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management > Scanning & OCR
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 10, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The IRIS PenExpress handheld scanner is the perfect tool for quickly scanning information directly into your computer. Weighing less than 4 ounces, the PenExpress can easily be taken on the road, to school, anywhere you go. And, it features fast plug-and-play USB setup, and it doesn't require batteries or a separate power source.

The PenExpress is able to recognize up to 1,000 characters per second (or 3.15 inches per second), in as many as 55 langauges. Additionally, it offers a menu interface in your choice of five languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian or Spanish). The PenExpress hardware is PC and Mac compatible. Note that the included software (Cardiris Limited Edition) works with Windows only. A 30-day trial version of Readiris Pro is also included.

What's in the Box
IRIS Pen Express, software CD-ROM (Cardiris Limited Edition (Windows only) and 30-day trial version of Readiris Pro), user guide, warranty information

Product Description

I.R.I.S. IRISPen Express -- For students and professional researchers, there is truly no tool more essential than this Text Recognition Pen Scanner. Simply scan printed information from books, newspapers, magazines, faxes, letters, spreadsheets, etc. and instantly see all the words and numbers entered in your favorite application, wherever your cursor is. From hundreds of different types of documents to hundreds of different types of applications, the IRISPen Express captures the information you need! Easily assign keyboard commands to the 2 pen buttons Connects directly to the USB port of your Apple Macintosh computer Includes Cardiris Limited Edition for Macintosh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pen Dead on Arrival; Worse Customer Service, May 4, 2005

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M. Conley (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IRIS Pen Express (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

Software loaded OK, but scanner pen failed to be recognized by the software on all of the five USB ports on my emac and ibook.

So I called customer service and spoke to some guy named "Jessie." I told him about the scanner pen, he asked for the pen batch#, and said, well, you can return it to Amazon or I can send you a new pen. I'm a patient guy, I wanted to give the product a fair shot, so I asked for a new one. It never arrived, and I even called three weeks later and some other guy said, oh yeah, that pen will arrive today. It never arrived. Nothing like customer service types who will lie in order to get you off the phone.

The only good news here is that Amazon accepted my return and gave me a full refund. So if only IRIS could emulate Amazon's customer service philosophy, maybe they'd sell a few more pens, instead of antagonizing once interested customers.

Maybe I'll try the C-Pen next.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Mac enthusiast's perspective, June 22, 2008

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G. Ware Cornell Jr. "anotherlawyer" (Weston FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IRIS Pen Express (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

I use this this neat little pen scanner on my Apple MacBook Pro MA897LL/A 17" Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) along with its sister scanner IRIScard Pro 4 Business Card Scanner.

Now the purpose of a business card scanner is obvious. What is not so obvious is how useful a pen scanner is.

I first started thinking about pen scanners when I attended a federal judicial conference. There a judge from Iowa spoke on courtroom technology and how is chambers uses pen scanners in the courtroom. So I bought an older version of this scanner on eBay. I was not too impressed but it worked well enough for me to keep it.

Customer service is not one of the stronger departments at IRIS. I learned this when I had problems with the first scanner and called them. The problem is in getting through, but once you get through you get actual techs who know their stuff. We resolved with issue with the scanner and it turned out my eBay special was a generation behind the new scanners.

So I bit the bullet and ordered the new version.

It works incredibly well. I take it to trial and to depositions to enter information about exhibits and jury panels. I scan paragraphs from books to paste into memos. I scanner my signature to paste it into electronic documents.

I would give this product a 4.5 if I could. It is still difficult to reach customer service on the rare occasions I needed them after getting the upgraded scanner. So if they are reading this the difference between a 4 and a 5 is response time.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing handheld scanner, October 2, 2005

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CW of Maui (Maui, HI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IRIS Pen Express (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

Wanted something portable in a scanner for those ocassions away from home and the IrisPen fills the bill. Slower than a flatbed scanner but fantastic performance for such a small portable device. It set up easily, came with a printed manual and performed accurately on my first scan. I'm very pleased with it.