ReadingPen2

• The Readingpen2 is designed specifically to help both school-age readers and college level and adult readers improve their English reading skills. This fully portable scanning device helps with reading fluency and comprehension by providing immediate definitions from the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary and Thesaurus, American Heritage College Dictionary and Roget’s II Thesaurus. In addition, it provides translations from Wizcom’s English to Spanish dictionary. Scanned text and definitions can be read aloud, allowing readers to maintain their reading flow, even when encountering unfamiliar words.
  
• Portable scanning translator to improve reading fluency and comprehension.
  
• Innovative portable learning tools for students of a second-language and for people with reading difficulties (such as dyslexia). Adapted for both school-age readers and for college level and adult readers, these tools provide reading autonomy and fluency, and enhance text comprehension.
• Users can scan text, hear it spoken aloud and obtain definitions and correct pronunciation within seconds.
• Displays scanned text in large characters. Displays syllabic division of words, reads scanned words aloud using Text-to-Speech technology and spells words letter-by-letter.
  
• Enhances the reading experience by increasing fluency and vocabulary
  
• Reads any printed material. Use with books, magazines and newspapers.
  
• Defines and translates. Includes English dictionary, thesaurus, and English-Spanish dictionary.
  
• Simple to use, with intuitive user-friendly interface.
  
• Take the Readingpen2 wherever you go. This small, portable, handheld device is designed to fit in your pocket.
  

Wizcom Scanning Demo - New window opens

• View the demonstration clip to learn how to scan with your Wizcom Pen.
• The scanning demo provides step-by-step instructions on how to scan and provides useful pointers for achieving optimal scanning results.

ReadingPen 2 Features

• Scans single words or full lines of text.
  
• Displays selected word in large font to enable easier, clearer viewing.
  
• Displays definitions, synonyms and translations of the scanned text on the LCD screen
  
• Reads the scanned text aloud, including its definitions and synonyms with Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology using built-in speaker or earphones.
  
• Spells out scanned words, highlighting individual letters.
  
• Displays syllabic division of selected word or phrasal verb.
  
• Recognizes over 500,000 words from the American Heritage® College Dictionary, 4th Edition and Roget's II The New Thesaurus.
  
• Comprehensive translation that extends beyond the simple, most frequently used meaning of the word.
  
• Direct look-up of idioms/phrases.
  
• Identification of inflected words and display of their corresponding entries.
  
• History option enabling retrieval of the last 80 reviewed words.
  
• Recognition of a wide range of printed font types and sizes (6-22 points, up to 8mm).
  
• Recognition and automatic merging of hyphenated text.
  
• Two display modes: Toggle between abridged and complete definition/translation display.
  
• Easy to use buttons and straightforward menus.
  
• Built-in scanning tutorial to improve scanning technique.
  
• Right/left handed support.
  
• Auto shut-off feature to preserve battery life.
  

Unique products

ReadingPen2 US

• Uses the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and Thesaurus, American HeritageCollege Dictionary and Roget's II Thesaurus.
• Recognizes over 500,000 words from the American Heritage College Dictionary, 4th Edition and Roget's II The New Thesaurus.
• Provides translations from Wizcom's English to Spanish dictionary.
• Provides audio word pronunciation (American pronunciation).
• Built-in scanning tutorial to improve scanning technique.

ReadingPen2 Oxford

• Recognizes over 240,000 words from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English.
• Reads the scanned text aloud in a British accent.

ReadingPen2 Duden (German)

• Contains over 250,000 entries and definitions from the Duden Dictionary (Deutsches Universalwörterbuch).

ReadingPen2 Van Dale (Dutch)

• Recognizes over 800,000 words from the Groot woordenboek Hedendaags Nederlands by Van Dale.1
• Comprehensive translation using Wizcom's bidirectional English-Dutch dictionaries that extends beyond the simple, most frequently used meaning of the word.
• Direct look-up of idioms/phrases.
• Transfer of the History list of last reviewed words from Pen to PC, allowing easy reference for further study and practice.
• Notes application enabling text to be scanned into the Pen and stored for easy
• To purchase the ReadingPen Van Dale or for further information in the Dutch language please contact us.

ReadingPen 2 SpecificationS

Manuals - New window opens

• Download ReadingPen 2 Easy Steps Guide (English)
  
• Download ReadingPen 2 Manual (English)