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I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL WHEN ORDERED THE SCANNER. I READ HUNDREDS OF REVIEWS FOR DIFFERENT SCANNERS AND FOUND THIS TO BE A BETTER OPTION.I CANT TELL YOU HOW SURPRISED I AM AT THE SPEED. I USE IT FOR SCHOOL AND NEED TO ALMOST LITERARY RE-WRITE THE BOOK FOR MY OWN NOTES.THE SCANNING SPEED IS FASTER THAN ME USING A HIGHLIGHTER.SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS ARE NEEDED, BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT
This scanner pen has become a precious tool in my research work. It definitely saves me time - scanning words at a much quicker rate than I could type them. It is not always perfect (sometimes struggles with underlined text), and it took some getting used to, but, overall, it is a spectacular little gadget.
Same components but just as bad. After installing the drivers, my trackpad would not operate correctly. No Dice. I RMA'd on arrival. The first pen came in a plastic package that was taped together with scotch tape.
For a NEW item, it was pretty crappy looking. Also my LAN network icon in network settings disappeared. First off, I ordered the pen from two different sellers. The box is small and the CD-Rom install has to fit in diagonally to fit.
The Pen would eventually show up as "hardware found" but when I went to the drivers directory from the install, windows would say "windows cannot find the software to install the device". Very hard to uninstall something in windows without a left click. The second pen came in a box, you would think much better. This basically means the pen and wires in the box push against the CD-Rom the whole time. So all in all,Lousy packaging, junky product, software actually did worse than nothing by harming my computer, and according the seller "that's just how they ship the product to us".So not to leave out blame, horrible manufacturing company for such a cheaply un-thoughtout product, and of course to those third party sellers.
Ok, well I bought this pen and I regret the trouble it has caused so far. BUT that's not all. There's More. I could not longer left click with it. In this day and age, what lack of attention does it take to pack something so poorly that it bends the cd.So not having drivers, I went to the install website and downloaded the drivers and software. They are trying to sell us something they know is sub-par for $100. The contents were just kinda shuffled inside and the cardboard label inside was in backwards.
They just hope it is too much of a hassle for you to RMA once you get what you aren't expecting.p.s. When I tried to install the drivers I found out that I couldn't because the CD-ROM was BENT. I installed them and attached the pen. I think the drivers installed caused massive hardware conflicts. This is the most negative review I have written for a product (which it deserves) and I have about 18 years of extensive computer experience.
I tried ECTACO's own translation software on a trial basis and found it much inferior to what you can use for free online. While I've only had it a few days, I am pleasantly surprised at how accurately it captures the scanned text. I purchased this after reading a lot of reviews on this product and the competition. The best online translator I have found is "IMTRANSLATOR." Keep in mind that none of the electronic translators will provide perfect results, but rather give you a general idea of what is being communicated. You just have to keep your hand steady and learn not to release preasure until you are at the end of the line. I use it primarily to scan Russian text, which I paste into an online translator. The English text that I scanned with the C-Pen was error-free provided I kept a steady hand. I would definitely recommend based on my few days of use.
Works great. I am about to buy a second one to use at home. Saves me the trouble of having to transcribe long passages from textbooks or other material into my documents.
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