E-Book TRAVELSCAN XP 600 ( PS464 ) Review

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(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.

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Irispen Translator 6 Review

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(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

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Wizcom QuickLink SuperPen Review

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(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.

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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.

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Wacces MINI HANDY HAND-HELD PORTABLE SCANNER 600dpi Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great scanner. Very small and light. It works fast and the image quality is good. Some things to note: The batteries it came with were dead, leading me to believe intially that the product was faulty. But if this should happen to you, just pop in a fresh pair and you're good to go. Also, there is no internal memory for scanned items, so to do any scanning whatsoever, you need the SD card. Best get that along with purchasing the scanner.
The scanner is perfect for the office or quickly capturing an image or two off a book page, however, although small and thin, don't expect it to get into those hard to reach corners of large books. Though designed to get to most places other scanners cannot, to truly scan an entire book, you'll need to separate the binding in which case you'll be just as well off with a flat bed scanner. But the scanner is still a good accessory for the student on the go.
Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase and recommend this product.

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WizCom QuickLink Pen Handheld Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)I just purchased this handheld scanner because, as a PhD student and full-time manager, I have tons of reading to do. Before I purchased QuickLink, I either had to hand write or type notes into my PC, spend hours at a copier, or spend lots of time using a full-sized scanner to save the quotes and important text that I needed. Now, this WizCom scanner allows me to easily and quickly scan articles, books and other text no matter where I am (on a plane, in a hotel room, at work, or by the
pool). Then I can quickly upload the text into Word or WordPerfect (or other software programs) when I have the chance. Or, if I want, I can scan directly into a specific file.
Though it takes a while to get used to the pen and its menus, a previous reviewer was right on the money when they offered this tip - "Put the pen in the "left-handed" mode, turn the material upside down and then scan from right to left. This lets the user "look ahead" along the desired pen track (printed line) and helps keep the scanning down the center of the line." THIS REALLY DOES WORK and makes scanning much faster and more precise. (I'm not sure, but if you are left-handed, the reverse directions might work for you.)
Now that I have the knack of using the QuickLink pen, I love it! It saves me tons of time and I can now scan only the text I want instead of copying the entire page. For the price and convenience, it's great.

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The QuickLink Pen is a state of the art, portable, optical scanner with stand-alone OCR capabilities. The pen's open platform supports any application based on the Quicktionary OS API. Up to 1000 pages of scanned text can be stored in the pen and transferred to PC, laptop, PDA or cellular phone. The OCR engine enables the unit to store large quantities of information by converting the image to text.The QuickLink Pen comes equipped with the following applications: Notes and Data - capture, store, edit and transmit free text directly to any word-processing application. Address Book - Scan business cards. Use the QuickLink Pen as your address book or transmit the information to Outlook or other application. Tables and Charts - Transfer printed tables, schedules and charts directly to a spreadsheet application. Internet Links - Collect URLs and transfer them directly to your favorite browser Bookmarks or Favorites. Scan to Fax - Capture printed data, transmit it to your mobile phone and fax it. Language Tool - QuickLink Pen users can easily upgrade their product to include any of over 100 electronic dictionary databases, specially formatted to suit the Pen.

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Maycom AR-108AE Air Band & Weather Channel Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Maycom AR-108 AE scanner. This is a wonderful little scanner. I have used this for about a week and would highly recommend to people like myself who have a hard time programming scanners. The nice thing about this scanner is you dont have to program it at all. You can just turn it on and press SC and it will continue to scan all the airband. I live 40 miles from the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and The scanner stays busy all the time. The batterys are also going to last a long time. The instructions for the Radio are not great. You can still find all the Info you need. I wont even try to use the programming as its not needed and very complicated to use. I am very happy with the scanner. It is even easy to use for someone who is almost 66 years old. I have several other scanners but none work as great as this one. I am planning a trip to the airport soon. I love this little scanner.
Bobby Standlee

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Mustek ScanExpress Scanner (ScanExpress S40) Review

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(More customer reviews)The scanner, itself, works fine. However, the reason I purchased it was because it advertised that all you had to do was select the format and save the scan.
That's wasn't true. The scanner came with Abbyy 2.0 reader. When it would scan only to a Tiff or pdf file, and NOT to Word or Exel, I called the company.
I was told I needed Abbyy 7 reader or better in order to scan to Word or Excel.
That's not what the advertisement stated, nor what it says on the box.
If it states that it will scan to Word, then they should include all that is necessary for it to do that.
But, as a scanner.... if you want pdf or picture files, it works well.
I needed a document scanner. This wasn't it.

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Baracoda BP0002 BaracodaPencil 2 Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)The bluetooth works very well. I had no problem pairing the Pencil2 to my Nokia N800 and to my Sony Vaio laptop. The barcode scanning is rather sub-par. Many densely printed barcodes require multiple scans to register, some are never read. An inexpensive Metrologic scanner had no problem with those. The touted use as a stylus is somewhat marred by the very short point on a wide body - edges of the screen are not accessible, otherwise it is quite handy.
The (Windows only) software that comes with it is rather poor, the upgrade available on Baracoda site is effectively broken. The tech support is nonexistent, as in no answer to e-mails. The support and an upgrade of firmware are realy needed, because Pencil2 forgets the settings on wake-up. If you want a CR suffix, you get to scan the setup barcodes from the programming manual every time the device wakes up.
I use the Pencil2 to scan internally printed barcodes and to capture signatures. It performs those functions very well.

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Penpower WorldPenScan Pro Intelligent Handheld Text Scanner with Babylon translator Review

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(More customer reviews)A word of warning. The picture shown is not the PRO model.
The pro model is mac compatible. This picture shows the base model which is NOT Mac compatible.
Seeing the base model in action daily, my friend who sits next to me in a class, I am amazed by the speed, accuracy, reliability of this little device.
He uses it to scan chinese text from books and syllabus.
It is incredibly fast. The accuracy increases if your hand scans in a normal slower speed.
but if you are in a hurry, the text can come out as gibberish and take a while to review.
If you are student who needs to write a lot of book reports or do a lot of research in the library, this is a MUST have tool.
I want to buy the Mac compatible model (since I am not sure if this one listed is Mac compatible) and will add more review once I get one.
Top recommendations!!!

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IRIScan Executive 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)IRIScan Executive 2 is a compact, portable, sheet fed, color scanner. IRIScan is USB powered, thus making it easy to use anywhere. The Mac version includes the OCR software Readiris Pro 11 for scanning text documents and photographs; and Cardiris 4 for scanning business cards..
I installed IRIScan on a Mac Book G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.2. Following the installation instructions I installed the Readiris Pro 11 software then plugged the IRIScan into a USB port. I next calibrated the scanner using the provided calibration sheet and was all set to begin. I chose a text document, fed it into the scanner and waited. The scanned result was a blank page I tried again, same result. I chose another document and once again it produced a blank page. The Quick Start Guide was of little use. I checked the settings and tried several more times but nothing happened. Because it was late in the evening I put it away and decided I would check it out another day.
My next experience began the same way, so I opened up the electronic 128 page User's Manual. I spent two hours reading the manual, which didn't have any troubleshooting information and no instructions relating to my problem, making minor changes in the settings, and trying to scan. Finally success! However, I don't really know what made the difference.
The first document I scanned had several inaccuracies in the final product. The User's Manual explains that there are so many fonts and styles and sometimes there are extra dots left on the page and the OCR has trouble interpreting the text, but there is a Learn button in the program that will allow it to learn the unrecognized font or letters.

I continued scanning several documents from different sources. They all scanned word-for-word perfect. One had a format discrepancy. A nice feature of this software is all documents can be saved to any text or word processing application and be edited and adjusted.
I was happy with the text scanning results and wanted to try photos. The photo scans were a complete failure. The black and white pictures were like negatives and the color photos were blotchy with lots of white space. I gave up on photos and decided to install the Cardiris software.
Cardiris installed quickly, I connected the IRIScan, opened the software and nothing. It would not work. It was then that I discovered an update for Cardiris which I quickly downloaded and installed. It connected with the IRIScan immediately and I was ready to try scanning business cards. What a great tool. The business cards are accurately scanned and can be saved in the Cardiris database, the contact information can also be added to your Address Book. The information can be sent to applications such as Microsoft Entourage, New Contact, Microsoft Excel and others. Cardiris was very accurate in reading the cards and inserting the information in the correct places in Address Book even when scanning a "busy" card.
I still wasn't able to scan photos, so during my next session with IRIScan I checked the website for information but there is no help for Mac posted. I finally decided to email support. I received a reply back in about two hours. They had me re-calibrate. Afterwards I tried scanning black & white photos, they weren't much better. Then I changed the setting from black & white to grayscale and tried again. This setting change corrected the problem with black & white photos and the resulting scans were great, but i still didn't have a solution for the color photos.
I emailed support again late at night and had an answer in the morning. This time they said to change one of the settings from Automatic to Custom. It worked! Now i can produce beautiful scanned copies of color photographs.
The software included with IRIScan is definitely not written for Mac OS X . I found the interface to be quite awkward and the supplied user information inadequate. However, the support response was quick and courteous.
You are able to save your text scans in many different editable files, PDF, word processing, text edit, email, etc. The Windows version of IRIScan includes a photo editing program which would have been useful in the Mac version. I had to crop my photos after saving them to get rid of the extra black background surrounding the picture.
The Windows version also includes a translation program that will automatically translate from one language to another. I was able to successfully scan in a German document but the translation feature does not exist in the Mac version.
The IRIScan is lightweight, small and portable with USB connection.. You are able to scan full page documents, business cards and photos with up to 600 DPI. Colors are bright and text is clear. The speed is slow.
Though my initial start up with IRIScan was frustrating I now can scan documents, photos, and business cards almost flawlessly. Because of its size and portability it is a good tool to take along wherever you may travel. If you are considering purchasing an IRIScan for a Mac you may want to look at the IRIScan Express 2. The additional price for the Executive 2 includes software that is for Windows only.

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Slim portable Mini USB Multifunctional Business Card Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)Cons: no onboard data storage or power supply - has to be hooked to a computer to be used, which greatly diminishes the value of it being "slim and portable."
Poor image quality
poor integration with existing applications
sub-par software - insufficient OCR.
Pros: Nice packaging.
Overall: Not worth it. I've started using over the web OCR with my blackberry instead.

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Visioneer StrobePro Sheetfed Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)GOOD review follows! First, this is NOT the best choice for PERFECT scans of photos or fragile documents. It does a perfectly adequate job with snapshots and newspaper clippings, an EXCEPTIONAL job with color or B/W letter-size material. It scans for fliing/fax, OCR or color images, up to 600 DPI.
If you are careful, you can easily feed sheets into this device without trouble. Be patient. It has an included software application that allows scanning multiple succesive sheets to one document, for convienence...but you can separate the pages later! Cool. Or you can group different scans to one document later. Cooler!
The image editing software is pretty darn good. Why? Because it has a decent selection of tools while not being overly complicated to use. You can use it as a desktop-type filing system too.
Some versions of the "Paperport" software export scans to PDF! If you understand what that means, you'll jump for joy...
But you know where the Strobe REALLY excels? You can quickly scan a document, drag it to Word and have about 95% immediately recognized as an editable Word file. Very little re-typing. How many times do you need some information IN your computer at school or work that exists only in a printed form? Wow! And you did this in about 30 seconds...
The Strobe is not perfect, but it does many jobs well enough to overlook that it is not the best solution of any ONE job. But it's the 90% solution for a TON of jobs! Buy it. You will not regret it.

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The Visioneer Strobe Pro5 scanner integrates advanced paper managementsoftware with a compact sheet-fed color scanner. It scans up to 8.5 by 30 inchesof paper so you can accommodate business cards to full-length news columns. Youcan also scan color or black-and-white photographs. The software bundle willhelp you organize documents, fax instantly, copy items, or e-mail documents. TheVisioneer Strobe Pro5 is compatible with either PC or Macintosh systems with aUSB or serial cable.

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Iriscan Anywhere 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this scanner hoping for a reasonable Windows 7 compatible solution for trying to a keep a paper-less home office with regards to personal papers. I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap with IRIScan software which was wonderful for fast multi-sheet high quality scanning straight to PDF on Windows XP, but almost immediately obsolete when Vista came out and turned out to have terrible customer service. I also have an HP LaserJet all-in-one which does great quality JPGs at a very slow rate. So when IRIScan offered a great sale I tried out their new Anywhere 2 scanner.
Pros:
- Portability: It does scan without being plugged into a computer or the wall. This is wonderful when I'm going through the backlog of mail and other debris that accumulates in our kitchen.
- Compatibility: Because the SD card can pull out and be put in a card reader, and you can hook up the scanner to a computer via USB and have it recognized just as a USB drive, it will continue to be useful even when operating systems change.
- Software Compatibility: The software does run on Windows 7 64 bit as advertised (as well as on other operating systems).
Cons:
- Poor scan resolution. Although the JPG files are the same size as those created for the same document from my HP scanner, the quality is much poorer. When I print the document back out there is highly visible pixilation. The documents are still usable, but are closer to a poor photo-copy.
- Poor scan brightness. Documents printed on white paper and scanned come out with a gray background. Pictures scanned come out too dark to see all parts of the photo. The scans also show every little wrinkle in a piece of paper.
- Marginal battery life. I fully charged the scanner, unplugged it and started working through my backlog of mail. I scanned roughly 20 pages over 2-3 hours, with the scanner powering off automatically after timeouts between scans. By the end of the 2 hours the scanner was declaring low battery. Standby shouldn't take too much battery, so this suggests it may only make it ~30 pages before the battery dies.
- Picky sheet feeder. If the edge of a paper is bent at all, it's incredibly difficult to get it to feed in. And while you're trying to get the paper to catch, the wheels are turning and the feeder is counting that as part of the page scan. So when I had one page finally catch after 2 seconds, it scanned 2/3 of the page then stopped with the paper still in the scanner.
- Doesn't scan anything larger than 8 1/2 x 11.
- No multi-sheet feeder.
- Notable delay (10+ seconds?) while saving one scan before it can start the next.
- The software to convert JPGs to PDF (as well as Word and other formats) must be done one document at a time. The version that came with my ScanSnap could be set to automatically convert any PDF that landed in a directory to an OCR, text-searchable PDF. It would be great if there were a similar "convert everything" option for the Iriscan Pro 12 software so all the documents I scan could be quickly converted to PDFs.
I will probably keep the scanner, because the portability and convenience of something compatible with my computer will make the difference on me keeping up with all the paperwork around here. But it really is a poor substitute for the ScanSnap, and there is no way I will ever scan photos on this.

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PS667AS - Ambir PS667 Simplex A6 ID Card Scanner 48 bit Color - 24 bit Grayscale - 600 dpi Optical Review

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(More customer reviews)The Ambir card scanner works like a charm. We are going paperless. The scanner records the cards very clearly. Very happy with it.

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GRE PSR-800 Digital Trunking Scanner with Entire Freq Database Built-in on a 2Gb Mem Card Review

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(More customer reviews)This scanner is solidly built and couldn't be easier to program with the included software. With the attached belt clip you don't need an optional carrying case
This is my first handheld scanner and GRE scanner. Compared to Uniden base/mobile scanners the sound is tinny and background noise is much louder. If it were not for this I would have given a 5 star rating.
Am looking forward to a GRE base/mobile unit with the same advanced technology and ease of use. I'm guessing the larger speaker will take care of my sound complaints.

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Uniden USB-1 Scanner Radio PC Interface Cable Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Uniden USB-1 programming cable to complement my Uniden BCD-396XT digital trunktracker scanner. It did not come with a driver, so I searched the 'net for an appropriate driver, loaded it, and after that, and also after installing appropriate software (I chose Freescan), I installed it without any problems whatsoever (Freescan even auto-searches for an open COM port).
Does it work? Yes indeed; the cable itself is sturdy, well engineered, and seems to be immune to inferference from the computer. With this cable hooked in to my scanner, I can not only program it whenever I want, but can also control the scanner through it! What an incredible luxury to do that, in a stationary or mobile environment (autologging when traveling is an incredible tool).
Sure, you can cobble together your own cable from bits and pieces, but I think this cable was money well spent; YMMV of course .
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Radio Shack Pro-95 1000 Channel Dual-Trunking Scanner Radio Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great and very sophisticated scanner. It's capable of doing a lot and is programmable using your computer, a $30 cable and some software from the Internet, but the included manual can be difficult to use. There is an easier-to-read manual that's been put together by a scanner enthusiast and uploaded to the web. Also, be aware that the included list of frequencies is out of date.
Although many police agencies have moved to un-monitorable radio systems due to the prevalence of criminals carrying scanners, there's still a lot of interesting stuff out there that you can listen to!

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