IRISPen Executive 6

by Iris

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 3.2 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SQMHB6
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: USOA404
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #16 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Digital Pens
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 22, 2003

Product Description

The IRISPen Executive is a powerful text recognition pen scanner. It instantaneously retypes any printed information in your word processor, e-mail software, on-line databases, etc. and in any Windows or Mac applications. Simply slide the IRISPen over the printed text you need to retype! Extremely fast and accurate, the data entry is instantaneous and the accuracy rate near perfection!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pen scanner - better than typing text into the computer, April 25, 2008

By 

tyoder (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IRISPen Executive 6 (Personal Computers)

I am a doctoral student in the humanities and I got this scanner because as I research, I like to copy passages on various topics into my computer for quick searching ability. This pen scanner has increased the speed with which I copy notes. There is a learning curve with this product. It takes a little time to get used to the feel of a scan that will turn out perfectly copied text. Also, I've found that if you take a few seconds to calibrate your pen before a copying session, it greatly improves the accuracy. I am a fairly fast typer 40 wpm, and I have typed out a passage, and corrected my errors, and then scanned the same passage and corrected the errors. I found that the pen was almost twice as fast. The software is aesthetically lacking and not completely intuitive, but it gets the job done.

While this product is not perfect in every way, it improves upon the other alternatives to digitize passages of text from books and reports.

I've used this product with both Mac and PC (XP). It has scanned text easily into Pages, and Word for me.

Customer service was a little difficult to contact, but eventually I was able to contact them, and they sent me the Mac version of the software free of charge via an e mail attachment. I don't really use the scanner for foreign languages, handwritten notes, etc so I can't really comment on those features.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pen does not work on books, October 7, 2007

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G. Loiselle (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IRISPen Executive 6 (Personal Computers)

I am an academic and thought this product would be great for rapid scanning of book passages. Unfortunately, as is the case with earlier models both of Iris and other brands, about half of what I scanned was not correctly entered. I tried numerous positions and numerous books and numerous languages (English, French, German) but the same problem kept occurring. The bottom line: It is quicker and cheaper to type.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IRISPen Executive 6, January 3, 2008

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L. Ball (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IRISPen Executive 6 (Personal Computers)

About 30 minutes after opening the box I was able to scan with my pen and get very good accuracy. I have no idea what the other reviewers are doing, but mine worked well after less than 5 minutes of practice. I use my pen to copy a paragraph or two from books in order to discuss the author's viewpoint in MSN groups. I found that the speed of the scan is important in getting accurate results. Scanning at the speed I would normally read the text gives a result that needs very little cleanup using a spellchecker. I am not the greatest typist, and this product will ensure that I probably never will get much better.

Downloading the program from the enclosed CD was effortless, and I have not changed from the factory settings. IRISPen definitely gets a thumbs up from me. My wife says it looks like magic, and she is correct. As usual.