Showing posts with label portable scanner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portable scanner. Show all posts

10/28/2012

Epson HIGH RESOLUTION DOCUMENT IMAGER ( V12H162020 ) Review

Epson HIGH RESOLUTION DOCUMENT IMAGER ( V12H162020 )
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I ordered this and then they cancled it and put the posting back on Amazon. I don't know what kind of game they are trying to play. Sure doesn't make me want to buy anything from them. I needed a camera ASAP and now I have to find another one. They offered 5% off something else from them. Are you kidding me? 5%? What a joke.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Epson HIGH RESOLUTION DOCUMENT IMAGER ( V12H162020 )



Buy NowGet 10% OFF

Click here for more information about Epson HIGH RESOLUTION DOCUMENT IMAGER ( V12H162020 )

Read More...

10/24/2012

Checkmate CMR430 POS MICR Check Reader RS232 RS485 Review

Checkmate CMR430 POS MICR Check Reader RS232 RS485
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
This is a very strange device. It comes with a power adapter and no place to plug the power adapter in. The instruction manual seems to imply there may be a cord (connector) and will be a sheet (that shows how to set it up), but no such connector cable was with it or sheet. The pin arrangement on the device seems at least to a certain degree, to be unique to the brand. If you want this particular device to work, you may end up buying a $50 cord. Even with that, how does it power up without a power port? I ended up getting a used Magtek from ebay and looking up the part numbers for the connector cable and power supply. It all came together and it can read checks.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Checkmate CMR430 POS MICR Check Reader RS232 RS485



Buy NowGet 95% OFF

Click here for more information about Checkmate CMR430 POS MICR Check Reader RS232 RS485

Read More...

9/10/2012

Wizcom Technologies WRPBEK-12 Readingpen Basic Edition K-12 Review

Wizcom Technologies WRPBEK-12 Readingpen Basic Edition K-12
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I bought this for my daughter who is in the first grade to assist her with learning to read. I read a number of positive reviews. I now wonder if those reviews were plants by the manufacturer. The product does a very poor job of scanning and is difficult for an adult to use, much less a child. It comes with a devise you must attach to it in order to "practice" before it will effectively scan. The worse thing about it is the speaker, which is barely audible. Great concept but poor quality. Definitely not worth the price. If you buy one, be sure it is from a vendor that will allow returns.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Wizcom Technologies WRPBEK-12 Readingpen Basic Edition K-12



Buy Now

Click here for more information about Wizcom Technologies WRPBEK-12 Readingpen Basic Edition K-12

Read More...

8/08/2012

E-Book TRAVELSCAN XP 600 ( PS464 ) Review

E-Book TRAVELSCAN XP 600 ( PS464 )
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
This scanner has become my pseudo-fax machine when I travel. It's small enough to fit in my carry-on, hardy enough to stash in my checked luggage, and extremely easy to use. This scanner isn't for high-quality photo scans, but to scan documents, especially when traveling, it's perfect.

Click Here to see more reviews about: E-Book TRAVELSCAN XP 600 ( PS464 )



Buy Now

Click here for more information about E-Book TRAVELSCAN XP 600 ( PS464 )

Read More...

7/31/2012

IRISPen Express Review

IRISPen Express
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
after about 1.5 hours of practice and recalibrating over and over again, this is what the first few lines scanned from the irispen manual look like:
'he IRISPen may be the biggest sensation in computeriand since the mouse \ As efficient as computers are, you have to encode your data first. If you've ever If y-u'veever rekeyed text, you kn(ng and time-consuming it can be.... The IRISPen, a unique product for every computer user, offers instantaneous vaI at your fingertips. Text rec-!nit-o-- -her; you.q want it, w-en 1 The IR nsist- oftw2 coE1P8--nts: a unique g--y-c-eHI'ell-si-e- scan=. ner and the powerful PCR-Il ("Pen Character Recognition") text recognition technology. The basic principle could hardly be easier: slide the IRISPen over a line of text and it is e :o your application in.st-ntJ-.as if-eyed in -ut up to 30 times fas!er. (JP to a 100 characters can be entered per second. Cut from paper, paste to Windows-: can you imagine a simpler way of entering text?
Is it worth it? Spell check couldn't even fix this disaster. I am a very computer saavy person, I don't think I am using it wrong, I think they just really haven't perfected the text recognition software. The one review above must be an irispen employee. I find it hard to believe right out of the box, that it worked perfectly...and then to encourage you to upgrade??? Laughable. You will spend more time fixing the scanning errors than if you just typed it yourself. Going back to amazon tomorrow!

Click Here to see more reviews about: IRISPen Express



Buy Now

Click here for more information about IRISPen Express

Read More...

7/25/2012

Pocketjet 3 Portable Printer Review

Pocketjet 3 Portable Printer
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
The product description is completely misleading. One assumes that, when you purchase such a product, it will be useable when received. Not in this case. All that you are purchasing if the body of the printer. No cables, no power source is received. When I first purchased the printer, I assumed it was a mistake and called customer service. They assured me that it was a mistake and agreed to send a new one. When i received the new one, it was exactly the same. I again called customer service and this time was told that is the way the product is sold and he admitted it might not be clear in the description. I returned both items and am now very careful when considering purchasing anything from Amazon. If it does not specifically indicate that the product comes with all necessary accessories, i do not make the purchase.
This is too bad because I have been a very active customer of Amazon and your site has always been the first one i would go to in search of a product i was interested in. That is no longer the case for other than the simplest of products.
I hope you will work out these significant shortcomings, as I find your site the most efficient and reliable site in every other way.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Pocketjet 3 Portable Printer



Buy NowGet 52% OFF

Click here for more information about Pocketjet 3 Portable Printer

Read More...

7/11/2012

iConvert Photo Scanner Review

iConvert Photo Scanner
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I was given both the Iconvert photo scanner and negative/slide scanner for Christmas a couple of years ago. I first tried to load the software on a 64 bit Vista computer and it would not work. It took me forever to figure out why it would not work, I assumed I was not doing something correctly, however once I figured out that was the problem, I decided that I would use it with my 32 bit computer, however that computer has Windows 7 loaded and again it does not work.
I was able to scan 2 pictures from the photo scanner before I became so frustrated that I gave up and the light source in the scanner washed out the entire picture so it too was of no use.
I have called Brookstone and of course because I took too long in trying different computers etc there is no way I can get a replacement and there are no upgrades available.
If I could give this no stars I would.

Click Here to see more reviews about: iConvert Photo Scanner



Buy Now

Click here for more information about iConvert Photo Scanner

Read More...

6/29/2012

Visioneer xdm2625d-wu Documate 262 48-BIT Adf Duplex Review

Visioneer xdm2625d-wu Documate 262 48-BIT Adf Duplex
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
It worked for a little while with only one paper jam per 3 scans. Now it is almost every single scan when a piece of paper jams. There is no rhyme or reason behind the paper jams (or at least I can find no pattern). I called Customer Support (which is only open until 4 PM PT) and they suggested replacing the Snap-In pad module and updating to the latest drivers. Done and done. No change. Now I need to go through the process of returning the scanner.
When it worked, it was amazing. The problem has always been that I cannot leave the scanner alone due to the high potential of paper jams. Also, when the paper jams occur, the scanner easily feeds all the papers waiting to be scanned through the scanner. Why can it not do that the first, second, third or tenth time, and have the paper scanned and not jammed?
Also, it appears that the Kofax software is simply trial software. Why include such a nice product without stating it is trial software? Why include it at all?
Lastly, and maybe the most frustrating, when paper jams, there is no way to recover the pages which have already been scanned; consequently, the entire scan needs to be redone--but of course, it will result in a paper jam 100% of the time. Yes, when the scanner jams once, it will jam again with the same papers to be scanned 100% of the time, no matter how many ways I change the way the paper is scanned.
I will return to this review when the return process is over and update it.
OK, it is May 16, 2006 and I have gone through the process of returning my scanner and getting a new one from Xerox. I change my mind and give this product 5 STARS!
So I told you I would be back to review this item after returning it and seeing how the new DM262 works.
I went to a UPS Store and had them pack and ship the scanner. It was received by Xerox on a Wednesday and I received back a new scanner (they do not have any refurbished models for this scanner, Customer Service said) on Friday of the same week. Amazingly fast.
The new scanner has no problems scanning. In fact, I missed taking out a staple from one stack of papers and an error was registered with the scanner, but it just kept scanning and pushing through the papers. In about 30-40 minutes of scanning (that is, me loading and unloading the scanner and the scanner scanning), I scanned more than 1,000 pages.
Also, I called Customer Service and they told me that the Kofax Software is not the trial--it is the full product and will not expire.
Every time I have called Customer Service, they have been respectful and helpful.
For all the above, I have changed my mind on the DM262 scanner.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Visioneer xdm2625d-wu Documate 262 48-BIT Adf Duplex



Buy Now

Click here for more information about Visioneer xdm2625d-wu Documate 262 48-BIT Adf Duplex

Read More...

6/22/2012

Hammacher Schlemmer Photograph Converter Review

Hammacher Schlemmer Photograph Converter
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I purchased this item on Woot instead of Amazon. I use Vista and Microsoft did not program Vista to recognize the drivers. I researched this problem on the internet and evidently I am not alone with this problem. No matter what I've tried - including downloading new drivers - Vista refuses to recognize it. My husband tried loading it on an older laptop that uses XP and, while it will recognize the drivers, the pictures are completely scrambled. It is going back. No wonder everyone is offering it so cheap! The old saying, "you get what you paid for" is sooo true.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Hammacher Schlemmer Photograph Converter



Buy NowGet 48% OFF

Click here for more information about Hammacher Schlemmer Photograph Converter

Read More...

6/05/2012

NeatReceipts Mobile Tax Receipt Business Card Documents PC USB Scanner and Digital Filing System Review

NeatReceipts Mobile Tax Receipt Business Card Documents PC USB Scanner and Digital Filing System
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
If you are a business professional, stay as far away from Neat Receipts as possible. As someone who relies on the scanning of documents and receipts for tax purposes I can tell you that this product is terrible. It has a lot of bugs. I have used it on an a high powered computer with XP. This software invariably freezes up often when you convert documents and receipts to PDF. And if you are scanning documents for tax purposes, be prepared for a lot of headaches as you will have to go to task manager and end the program and then start it up again and then locate the last folder where you scanned the file. As if that weren't enough the whole scanning process is very slow when you convert to PDF. And it doesn't end there as you have to correct the database often as it reads the totals wrong very often. It will invariably add an extra digit or read the dollar sign as a digit. Then comes the most unforgivable fault. It charges you to update your software just so that you can use your hardware on a newer operating system such as Windows 7. This is the first company that I have ever encountered that charges just to patch your software to work with the current operating system. It's like Delta and United Airlines charging a hundred and fifty dollars fee just to make a change to your flight. When that happened I just simply ditched them and went with another airline. In that case it was less costly to just purchase another ticket from another airline to go back home. Rather than being a sucker and paying Neat Receipts this extortion fee I decided to purchase a new scanner from another company that DOES NOT CHARGE a fee just to patch the software. I also want to add that Neat Receipts did not respond to my e-mails in regards to the ridiculous price to purchase the software. I will never purchase another Neat Receipts product and hope that you will not make the same mistake that I made.

Click Here to see more reviews about: NeatReceipts Mobile Tax Receipt Business Card Documents PC USB Scanner and Digital Filing System



Buy Now

Click here for more information about NeatReceipts Mobile Tax Receipt Business Card Documents PC USB Scanner and Digital Filing System

Read More...

5/27/2012

Irispen Translator 6 Review

Irispen Translator 6
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
It was the most horrible experience. The box promisses that the pen will translate from 11 language pairs including German - Russian. When I installed it it comes out that it translates only from English and to English. I called their customer survice in the US. They were totally incompetent and said that the box is incorrect. I talked to the fist represenatative who answered the phone and his supervisor. Next day I called their customer support in Belgium and it comes out that I had to install German language which was on the same CD. After installation it started working, however the translation is absolutely ridiculous. We had several good laughs and returning this product. It can not translate simple sentences, it gives the most ridiculuous translation of individual words and the customer support in the states should be fired if IRIS wants to stay in business

Click Here to see more reviews about: Irispen Translator 6



Buy NowGet 7% OFF

Click here for more information about Irispen Translator 6

Read More...

5/16/2012

Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen Review

Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
The product description glosses over the problems you may encounter trying to connect this thing to your PC. It only supports a male 9-pin serial port. If you do not have one, you need to buy an adapter. Even then, you may be unpleasantly surprised. I bought a 9- to 25-pin serial adapter at Radio Shack only to burn an hour trying to set it up, and finally found, deep on the company web site, an explanation that it would only support a male 25- adapter. Now I have ordered a $20 +$5 shipping USB adapter off the Wizcom website. (Don't be fooled by the "optional USB" nonsense in the product description. It is optional in the sense that you can buy the $20 adapter later, after wasting half a day wading through the poorly documented material.) I feel that this company has been deliberately vague about the issues a customer is likely to encounter in setting this thing up. Oh, and I forgot to mention the UI's on both the pen and the desktop are wack.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen

The Super Pen is a pocket-size scanner with optical character recognition that lets users scan lines of text and store them for later use. The Super Pen can also translate single words from English to more than 15 other languages, including Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Korean, and Japanese. No longer will you need to scribble notes on random pieces of paper or tear pages out of phone books. The Super Pen helps organize your life by storing and uploading up to 1,000 pages of text into your PDA, cell phone, or computer via serial, infrared (IrDA and IrObex), or optional USB connections.
This lightweight scanner also allows users to scan directly into supported applications in real time and recognizes a wide range of text styles and sizes including bold, underlined, italic, and inverted. The Super Pen weighs 3 ounces and measures 6 inches by 1.5 inches by 1 inch. Compatible with Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, and XP, this advanced device can easily be upgraded, with additional applications such as bar code recognition and eGems information-organizing software available. The Super Pen comes backed by a one-year limited warranty.

Buy NowGet 7% OFF

Click here for more information about Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen

Read More...

5/10/2012

NeatReceipts Scanner and Software for Expense Management and Reporting Review

NeatReceipts Scanner and Software for Expense Management and Reporting
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I am a consultant and am self employed and I track exepnses and bill them to my clients - or I lose money. I bought one of these about 3 weeks ago and it's awesome. It is really smart (or the software is) and when it scans a receipt it moves the amounts right into the excel spreadsheet I use. Wow, once in awhile technology really works!

Click Here to see more reviews about: NeatReceipts Scanner and Software for Expense Management and Reporting



Buy Now

Click here for more information about NeatReceipts Scanner and Software for Expense Management and Reporting

Read More...

4/29/2012

Wizcom ReadingPen TS Portable Reading Tutor (WRPTS) Review

Wizcom ReadingPen TS Portable Reading Tutor (WRPTS)
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
The ReadingPen TS works as specified.
I purchased this device for someone who has a reading disability. Their comprehension and retention is much better when something has been first read to them. After the first reading, they often can re-read text without difficulty.
What isn't immediately obvious from the product description/technical specifications is that you can only scan one line of text at a time. Therefore, if you're needing an entire page or paragraph read, you'll have to pause after each line and listen to that line being read before moving to the next line. This makes it a very slow and tedious process. I returned it because of this limitation.
The reading voice is a standard computer type voice. Nothing earth shattering but, once you get used to the voice, you can hear the words fairly easily. For me, this is acceptable since it pretty much represents the current technology capabilities of most all retail devices that read "text".
With regular frequency, I did find that a scanned line got completely messed up and had to be re-scanned. You have to be very steady and smooth when scanning a line.
We didn't look much into the other capabilities (i.e. translation, games, dictionary, etc...) since that wasn't the primary purpose for buying the device.
It didn't have any problems with different font sizes/styles.
I definitely could see where the pen could be of great use to someone with greater needs.
IMPORTANT NOTE: No problems with returning the ReadingPen and folks at J&R (vendor) were very helpful with the return.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Wizcom ReadingPen TS Portable Reading Tutor (WRPTS)



Buy NowGet 31% OFF

Click here for more information about Wizcom ReadingPen TS Portable Reading Tutor (WRPTS)

Read More...

4/22/2012

IRISPen Executive Review

IRISPen Executive
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
I had read the reviews before purchasing this item - saw the warnings and thought they wouldn't apply to me. Sometimes it pays to listen to the little warning voice in your head. I tired very hard to learn to use this scanner and never got a complete sentence out of it correct. The product simply does not do what it claims to do. You will find yourself taking more time to get a decent scan than to type what you want on your keyboard. So be warned: This is not a time saving device to typing on your keyboard! One additional thing. Read the return policy. The company Amazon uses DOES NOT allow returns. Shortly after clicking "yes" to purchase this item - the request was sent. I had second thoughts about purchasing and tried to cancel the order before the product was even sent, but could not reverse the purchase. A painful and costly lesson.

Click Here to see more reviews about: IRISPen Executive

You scan, It TypesThe IRISPen™ Executive Scanner is an outstanding and professional text recognition pen scanner that instantaneously retypes any printed information into your word processor, e-mail software, on-line databases, or other compatible program.
The IRISPen Executive works just like a highlighter. Simply slide it over the desired printed information from books, newspapers, magazines, faxes, letters, spreadsheets, or other media and that information is instantly transferred to your favorite Windows or Mac application.
Fast scan and retyping speeds The IRISPen Executive Scanner recognizes up to 3.15 inches per second and can retype translated text at up to 1,000 characters per second into a Microsoft Word document, Microsoft Outlook e-mail, or other compatible applications. Since the IRISPen is USB powered, batteries are never needed and the quick USB connection lets you capture characters at incredible speed, from a wide variety of documents.
How does it work? Simply slide the IRISPen over printed information from books, newspapers, magazines, faxes, letters, spreadsheets, or other documents. The scanned text is instantly transferred, or retyped, it into your favorite compatible Windows or Mac application--the IRISPen Executive is virtually compatible with most Windows or Mac applications. The IRISPen Executive can also read the scanned text back to you for auditive feedback or to help with language pronunciation.
Where and when to use the IRISPen?The IRISPen Executive is great for those daily tasks like copying tables with figures into a spreadsheet, scanning bar codes, copying technical text or other content for professional or scholarly use. Just slide the pen over printed information and it is automatically retyped into a Word document or e-mail 30 times faster than retyping the same information manually.
The IRISPen Executive is also useful for road warriors or graduate students. With the IRISPen Executive you can capture phone numbers, e-mail address, passages from books or manuals, bar codes, and many other types of content.
Unique pen character recognition technology The IRISPen Executive Optimizes OCR accuracy and speed, can read wavy and distorted images, and contains a unique line tracking technology. Due to its high recognition performance it can easily read text and numbers, especially those when printed on colored backgrounds. The IRISPen also boasts foreign language support, recognizing up to 55 languages and has seven user interface languages that include English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German and Dutch.
What's in the BoxGreyscale pen scanner, CD-Rom, quick installation guide, product registration card, electronic and paper manual, test sheet

Buy NowGet 15% OFF

Click here for more information about IRISPen Executive

Read More...

2/14/2012

Ectaco C-Pen 3.5 BT Bluetooth Handheld Scanner Review

Ectaco C-Pen 3.5 BT Bluetooth Handheld Scanner
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
After seeing all the positive and negative reviews for the Ectaco C-pen 20, I decided to take the dive and buy the Bluetooth version of Ectaco's handheld text scanner for my wife. I was apprehensive because there are no reviews for this product, but figured we could return the scanner if it didn't work.
My wife uses the scanner pen to scan text and notes from her law school classes. She stinks at typing, so being able to scan all the text she needs into her class outlines is a *huge* timesaver for her.
Caveats: we are on Vista as our operating system.
Pros:
Easy setup (make sure you follow the directions; DO NOT plug in the scanner prior to loading the software).
Scans accurately and quickly when plugged in via USB; see Cons for the story on Bluetooth mode.
Picks up the following kinds of text without problems: highlighted texts, text in books (make sure the pages are flat, though), or underlined text (provided your underline doesn't go through the text; see Cons)
Picks up kooky symbols, like the ones I found in some of my wife's textbooks (deltas, ampersands, etc.)
Cons:
Doesn't scan text well if you have underlined text and some of your underlining moves up through the printed text.
Doesn't scan very well in Bluetooth-only mode. Essentially, you have about 2-3 seconds to scan your line of text before the light on the scanner goes out and it transmits to your computer. I have no idea what the heck the deal is, but if the Bluetooth part of this scanner is really what you're looking for, I would recommend you *not* buy this product.
Scanner doesn't seem like the most well-constructed thing in the world, *but* it has held up well so far, so that might be a non-issue.
Overall: This text scanner does just fine when it's plugged in to the computer via USB cord. My wife really does save a lot of time in her studies. But, as I mentioned above, the Bluetooth really doesn't function very well at all. I originally gave this product 5 stars because it did exactly what it promised, but I'm changing my rating to (a very generous) 3 stars now that we've found out that the Bluetooth part of the show is so bad. Hopefully Ectaco will fix this in their next system update?

Click Here to see more reviews about: Ectaco C-Pen 3.5 BT Bluetooth Handheld Scanner



Buy NowGet 15% OFF

Click here for more information about Ectaco C-Pen 3.5 BT Bluetooth Handheld Scanner

Read More...

1/31/2012

IRISCard Anywhere 4 Sheetfed Scanner Review

IRISCard Anywhere 4 Sheetfed Scanner
Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)
Besides Beyonce's Heat and Paris Hilton's original perfume, this is another one of my favorites!!! i've been using it for over a year, it's great and lasts longer than Paris Hilton's original perfume. i get compliments on all 3 scents!

Click Here to see more reviews about: IRISCard Anywhere 4 Sheetfed Scanner



Buy NowGet 92% OFF

Click here for more information about IRISCard Anywhere 4 Sheetfed Scanner

Read More...