However, because of the extra hardware, stand alone reader pens can be a little more expensive and may not get as many new features with each update as less complex devices. A concern that parents of students with dyslexia have often have is that a reading pen (or other assistive technology) is kind of “cheating,” that their child will become dependent on it and that their reading will suffer in the long run. Fast and Effective ScanningScan a word, paragraph or even a full page, then save it to a file, which can be easily transferred to your computer.

If you’re worried about the pen being a noisy distraction in class, it does come fully equipped with headphones, allowing students to avoid bringing attention to themselves. Remember that reader pens should be held steadily and at a certain angle so as to be as accurate as possible and so size and weight can have a significant effect on how comfortable and easy to use they are to use. Once charged you’ll need to connect the NEWYES Scan Reader Pen 3 to your WiFi network, to do this power on the pen by pressing and holding the power button for 3 seconds. Although expensive, it may be that the C-Pen is worth paying for because of its potential to allow students with a reading disability to keep up with their peers and expand their vocabulary, hence improving their grades. You have to practise getting a solid swipe across the page and also need to make sure the speed is right – not too fast or too slow or it messes up.However, they are built from OCR technologies that can often make more mistakes with non-Latin characters ( Japanese kanji, for example, is often an issue). Once converted into digital form, software can recognize the text, transfer it to a computer, edit it, translate it and more. I did do one of those video reply to thingy’s to show my amended settings and translated Japanese into English perfectly. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.

The digital highlighter – alongside with the text-to-speech function – supports multi-sensory learning and aid language retention.People, particularly children and young adults, can have difficult emotions associated with reading difficulties and dyslexia. The C-Pen Exam Reader 2™ is the next generation exam support, designed to assist users through their learning journey.

In the settings menu you can change toggle on/off Bluetooth (for headphone use only), adjust volume sound, display options, left/right hand pen usage, and other user options. It has a good selection of different uses because it does speech out loud, saves it to PDF and also has dictionary which is very useful. I’ve been lucky to review a few NEWYES items on this site over the years, usually they’re high quality and affordable products, and I had seen a few adverts for the NEWYES Scan Reader Pen 3 too.

The concept of the C-Pen is built around the need to help students improve their reading skills, such that in 2015, PISA identified that 18% of 15-year-olds in England still fail to achieve the minimum level of literacy proficiency. As dyslexia advocate and co-founder of the non-profit Dyslexia Advantage, Ferette Eide, eloquently states: “Assistive technology is not a crutch.

If you feel that your reading list contains a good deal of handwriting or unusual fonts, these devices might not work as well as they should. Based on "your own" words, C-Pen Reader 2 provides instant words games allowing you to practice pronunciations and definitions. Having a reading difficulty can seriously limit one’s available opportunities and damage their well-being and confidence.We’ve kept everything you loved from the award-winning ReaderPen and packed the C-Pen Reader 2 ™ with a wealth of new features to enhance user accessibility even further, all while keeping the same sleek design.