On the whole, for the price we would say it does a pretty good job as a read aloud scanning pen. What ages is the Scanmarker Air appropriate for? Scanmarker Air doesn’t need much to run properly, essentially just needing the ability to support bluetooth. One thing to be aware of that flustered some past users is that the Scanmarker Air can’t connect to two bluetooth devices at the same time. If you decide to move away from your computer to a mobile device, for example, you have to disconnect from your computer before trying to pair it to your mobile device as your mobile device won’t “see” it. Menu and Function Selection As a rule of thumb, the device can scan text that is less than 0.4” wide (the effective scanning width of the device). How easy is it to hold? RECHARGEABLE BATTERY: features a rechargeable battery that provides hours of continuous use without the need to frequently charge

The menu is fairly simple and you can see what each tab does in the full review of the Youdao Dictionary Pen 3, but know that you can choose the languages even after the setup wizard is done and you can also connect to WiFi to update the software. There is no app, so you can use the pen scanner in offline mode most of the time. Since the Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 also needs to speak what it has scanned (making it useful for dyslexic people), as well as the translation, there is a built in speaker which gets fairly loud.The C-Pen Reader follows the same concept as the other pen scanners (it allows you to scan various paragraphs from books or any type of documents and, using the Optical Character Recognition technology, it converts the data and ports it into a digital format, which can later be read or edited), but it’s main audience consists of people that suffer from dyslexia or other types of reading difficulties and for users with visual impairments. The device does not have any built-in speaker, so you will have to rely on the app to hear loudly the text you have just scanned and, it can also be translated into 45 languages which are supported in the Offline mode (or up to 130 languages in Online mode). The Scanmarker Air will read font sizes between 6 and 24 point. This is a pretty wide range of fonts and fairly useful since almost all adult (that usually use size 8-12 fonts) and children’s books (that typically use size 14-16 fonts) will fit inside the scanning area.

The device seems sensitive to jitters and users report having to spend time learning to scan with it properly (lining up text in the center of the tip, holding the pen and such), although like us once they learned how they saw fairly good accuracy in scanning. The device is equipped with 1GB of RAM which does ensure that the transition between windows (on the display) is smooth and it also makes use of 16GB of storage for both the software and the dictionary – more than enough. The way you need to use the Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 pen scanner is by making sure that the head is almost vertical (with a very slight angle) and then by pushing it, the LED should light up and the scanned words should appear on the display. The C-Pen Reader is one of the three available devices from the same manufacturer (the other two being the Exam Reader and the Dictionary Pen, which have a larger library with more languages), all of them sharing the same dimensions and weight (measures 5.3 x 1.3 x 0.7 inches and weighs 1.7 ounces) and the main differentiating design factor is the colour: the case of the C-Pen Reader is all white. Because of the small form-factor, the device can be used by adults, but it is also suitable for children, especially because it is reasonably lightweight and it allows for a comfortable grip even with smaller hands. Hit the little blank spot before a word begins and then scan a text from side to side without jittering too much

And yes, there are also a couple of microphones built into the case, so you can talk towards the device, therefore help tune the pronunciation. The Settings. Because we found it to be a little more sensitive to non-smooth hand movements and because it took some practice before we started seeing really good accuracy, we would probably only recommend this product to students 10 and up. ULTRA-FAST SCANNING: the Scanmarker Air enters text 30 times faster than typing, saving you valuable note taking time

UPDATE 01.08.2023: The Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 has been added to the best pen scanners and digital highlighters list 1. ScanMarker Air We liked the fact that the Scanmarker Air does let you switch between right and left handed modes. Basically, if selected, it reverses the scanning direction from left-to-right to right-to-left. The pen scanner is one of the best modern pieces of technology that is able to scan an image, machine printed or handwritten text and, by taking advantage of the Optical Character Recognition technology (OCR), it can convert the scanned data into machine encoded text, therefore making it available for easy editing (the data can be immediately loaded in a text editor), automatic translation to another language, text-to-speech applications (useful for visually impaired and blind users, as well as for people that suffer from dyslexia – it is also a key element for A.I. development) and overall for a better preservation of the data (such as old books, which would require significant more time and work to survive the passage of time).

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Use your pen scanner to scan editable text directly into any computer application e.g. Microsoft Word. Note: Inside the case, the C-Pen Reader is equipped with a 600 MHz CPU and 4 GB of internal memory life. If they can do those things, they should be able to use a Scanmaker Air without much issue. Conclusion One thing that you should be aware of is that, unlike some other reader pens, the Scanmarker Air is not really a stand alone device. It doesn’t have its own built in screen or storage capability. Essentially it’s a tiny scanner, so It works alongside a computer or your mobile device through its app. So you’ll have to have one of those with you while you use it, unlike the rival C-Pen for example. In case you have to scan mathematical formulas, logos or signatures, there is the possibility of saving them as images and to do so, you will need to specifically select the option from the app (Scan to doc / app > Scan as > Image).