WizCom WSP1000P SuperPen Professional | Once you get it to work it is very useful

WizCom WSP1000P SuperPen Professional | Works great

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The WizCom SuperPen Professional is the latest productivity tool. This completely mobile device instantly provides users with the English definitions of over a quarter of a million words. SuperPen Professional comes complete with a selection of dictionaries from the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Collection. SuperPen Professional can also scan, store and transfer printed data to a PDA, PC or any Windows application making it the perfect tool for busy executive and college student alike. SuperPen Professional enables users to scan professional terms and receive instantaneous definitions from one or a number of the on-board professional dictionaries. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new words with confidence. The Scan, Store and Transfer function enables users, on the go, to capture essential printed data (text and small images) anytime, anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, to be transferred to PC or PDA via Infra-red, serial (provided) or USB (optional) connection at leisure. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to the active cursor point. Collected data can be transferred to any Windows based application seamlessly. The product's built-in Text-to-Speech technology provides immediate word-by-word pronunciation of a scanned English word or full line of text. Captures up to 1,000 pages of printed text. Built in Text-to-Speech technology pronounces scanned English words aloud. Recognizes 6-22 point font size text (bold, italic, underlined, inverted). Alternative input tools are included for entering words that you can't scan. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms Dictionary of Computer and Internet Words The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary Wall Street Words - Financial and Economical Terms Optical character recognition at 97% (based on standard font and size average) Preference setting for numerical and inver

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Once you get it to work it is very useful

As many others, I wasted 2 hours before I got this device (synchronization) to work. As someone said the whole product seems as if they stopped developing 5 years ago. But keep in mind that devices produced some years ago can still be very useful ;) Plus the age is reflected in a fair price.

I'm looking forward for such a scanner to be part of every mobile phone but until then this is the product to buy.

Especially as you can avoid waisting the mentioned 2 hours if you are lucky enough to stumble apon this review :}

I really find this product very useful and time-saving. I read a lot and always highlight important passages in my books. The process of going back and typing all the highlighted passages was very tedious and time consuming.

With the Superpen, scanning the passages is now a breeze. However, one must get used to it first. For example, there is a certain way to hold the pen (a certain angle) and certain speed to scan your text. If you do it right, you might get a 100% correct output. However, if you do it wrong, you might get an output as low as 30% of the intended result. Take time and experiment and in no time you'll find yourself an expert at scanning text with this device.

One problem I found in the beginning was the synchronization process between this device and my computer. The pen just couldn't synchronize with my computer, and I spent hours going through the support web pages and installing and re-installing the software a couple of times. At the end, the problem turned out to be the USB cable not fully snapped inside the SuperPen. Make sure you hear the snap when you insert the front end of the USB cable into the SuperPen. This can easily be overlooked as the cable will seem to be snuggly inserted into the device.

If you need for any reason to change the properties of your USB driver to hardware flow, do the following in Windows XP:

Start / control panel / system / hardware / device manager

When you are at the device `manager screen' click on the `+' sign next to `Ports (COM & LPT)'. Make sure your USB cable is plugged into your computer. Then right-click on `Prolific USB-to-serial COMM port', and click on properties. Go to the `Port settings' tab, and in the `flow control' menu, select hardware.

If you often take notes and find it time consuming to type the passages you highlighted, this pen will be a required item that you won't be able to live without.

This pen also has other features such as reading a word aloud (it even comes with headphones), and giving you a definition of any word you scan. You can also scan passages in different languages, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish.

I really recommend this product, but keep in mind that you have to be patient at first and be willing to spend time learning how to use this product. Once this is done, you won't believe how you ever lived without it!

It even worked on my MacBook with BootCamp. Use Quicklink to synchronize! I never got InfraRed and AddOns to work, but thats not important.

After I found out that synched files are automatically saved as text files (.doc extension but plaintext, not only .qnt files as stated otherwise) I readily gave it 4 stars.

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Works great

I purchased the superpen mostly for my kids to able to conveniently look up words while reading to help improve their vocabulary. The pen works great at this task and even pronounces the word. The scanning is fairly reliable - most scans work on the first try but occasionally you will need to scan again. It's not a big deal to do so since you aren't required to do anything other than place the pen back on the paper and rescan - you don't need to hit any buttons. I have found it works best when you start your scanning on the last few letters of the prior word and go a little past the word you are scanning.

The only issues I have noticed are:

1)I have not been able to figure out how to scan hyphenated words (split between two lines of text)
2)I have had problems scanning words when they are on a darker background because there is not enough contrast with the text.
3)I set the option to automatically pronounce the word after it is scanned. The pen has a built-in speaker and also comes with an optional headset. If not using the headset (I don't) you will need to quickly move the speaker to your ear after scanning to hear the pronunciation because the volume is fairly low even on the highest setting. The voice definitely sounds computer generated, but pronounces the word correctly.

I have not used any of the software that it comes with and have not tried to connect it with my computer so I can't speak to those issues. Also, I really didn't read the manual so there may be ways to overcome some of the issues above that I'm not aware. Overall I've been pleased with the purchase.

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Review of WizCom WSP1000P Line Scaner

I am using the to take notes for my various on-line and research projects. While the results are about 90% correct, I can usually fill in the blanks, and it is much much better than hand written notes. I would recommend this product to any student or researcher that does not need to take entire pages of verbatim notes. For what I am using it for it is well worth the money.

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