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WizCom QuickLink Pen Handheld Scanner
The QuickLink Pen is a state of the art, portable, optical scanner with stand-alone OCR capabilities. The pen's open platform supports any application based on the Quicktionary OS API. Up to 1000...read more
$169.99
Average Customer Rating
3 out of 5 |
Product Features
- Fully portable handheld pen scanner
- Scans full lines of text in 8 languages
- Stores up to 1,000 pages of text
- Transfers text to PC, laptop, PDA, or cellular phone
- Supports memory upgrades
Product Description
The QuickLink Pen is a state of the art, portable, optical scanner with stand-alone OCR capabilities. The pen's open platform supports any application based on the Quicktionary OS API. Up to 1000 pages of scanned text can be stored in the pen and transferred to PC, laptop, PDA or cellular phone. The OCR engine enables the unit to store large quantities of information by converting the image to text.The QuickLink Pen comes equipped with the following applications: Notes and Data - capture, store, edit and transmit free text directly to any word-processing application. Address Book - Scan business cards. Use the QuickLink Pen as your address book or transmit the information to Outlook or other application. Tables and Charts - Transfer printed tables, schedules and charts directly to a spreadsheet application. Internet Links - Collect URLs and transfer them directly to your favorite browser Bookmarks or Favorites. Scan to Fax - Capture printed data, transmit it to your mobile phone and fax it. Language Tool - QuickLink Pen users can easily upgrade their product to include any of over 100 electronic dictionary databases, specially formatted to suit the Pen. ....read more
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Product Details
Brand: WizcomModel: QL1000
UPC: 630913000141
Product Code: QL1000
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fantastic for phd studies and journal articles
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I used this for my PhD work and quoting sources in my journal articles unfortunately I had to stop using it because I recently bought a MAC halfway through my studies. I thought the speed was fine – especially compared with other scanners I had used and the accuracy was brilliant – the quicker I scanned the more accurate it was really. The best part of this product was the customer support. when I bought my VISTA they sent me the new software and cable free of charge and then walked me through the set up process for both computers I was using at the time. I highly recommend this product!
Wiz- Com: Over- Hype, Under- Deliver
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Wiz- Com was one of the 1st to come out w/ a handheld pen scanner, and the thought is fantastic…
The sell- point for me was convenience and the thought that I would be able to speed up processing data for school. Unfortunately, the software app. for this scanner sucked, the interface was a total pain in the a** to get functioning correctly, and text- editing was a nightmare. I finished up wasting more time trying to get it to work than it was worth. Total waste of my time and money.
Save your $$$ and wait until better models come out in the future. This was a case of rushing a fantastic thought to market before the technology was ready for consumer application.
fantastic for researchers
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The wizcom scanning pen is fantastic for people who do a lot of reading and need to save 1-10 line passages every page or two.
It would be nice if the scanning accuracy were always 100% (I use foreign languages that have different characters thrown in sometimes) but it still saves enormous amounts of time since I don’t have to type what I want into my laptop meaning I’m free to keep my eyes on the text without distraction.
If you don’t care to have your laptop with you, just take the pen and store all the info to transfer over to your PC later.
If you want you can scan directly into your computer. I often scan directly into a small notecard program which means once I’ve finished my article or whatever. All my notes are saved together and are searchable. If you need to search for elements of text this is very handy.
It’s excellent for humanities people like myself though I do reckon improving the technology could always continue.
It works, but very slowly
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I bought and used the pen for a while just to see if I liked the system. It does work as advertised, but it is too slow to really be of any use. A better choice would be to save the money and spend it on omnipage. I priced things after using the pen and realized that I could buy a better scanner 9×12″ with omnipage for under $90. Even the lite version that came with the scanner is better then the pen. I was able to resell the pen to someone else since I had no use for it.
Throwing money away
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This is one of the worst gadgets (if you could call it that) I have ever bought in my life. It is really useless. Yes, I could scan, but I have spent 5 hours trying to get it to communicate with my computer. The program does not even attempt to communicate. I am now sending it back. You would be better off throwing your money out of the window. At least someone could pick it up and use it for something worthwhile.