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Classroom Sets Individual Readingpens  

Readingpen Classroom  Set
WizCom  Technologies is pleased to be able to announce the Readingpen Classroom  Set is now available for shipping. The Classroom  Set is designed to give you a great option to offer schools—a set that  makes organizing and storing Readingpens in the classroom a  breeze!
Classroom Set

The Classroom  Set is available in two versions Readingpen  Basic Edition K-12 (WRPK12CS) Readingpen  Advanced Edition (WRPACS)

Each Classroom  Set comprises:

  • Custom hard  carry case with pre-cut foam interior
  • 10 Readingpens (Basic K-12 or Advanced)
  • 10  Headphones
  • 10  3rd party headphone adaptors
  • 10  sets of AAA batteries
  • 10  Scanning training devices
  • 3  Quickstart guides
  • User manual on CD
  • Teacher's Guide CD
 
Save over $400.00
 
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ReadingPen Basic Classroom Set
$1575.00
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ReadingPen Advanced Classroom Set
$1575.00
 
 
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InfoScan TS Elite Classroom Set
$1399.00
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ReadingPen TS Classroom Set
$1845.00
 
 
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SuperPen Professional Classroom Set
$1399.00
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SuperPen Translator Classroom Set
$1399.00
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Quicktionary TS Classroom Set
$1499.00

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  • Improves Reading Skills
    Increases fluency, vocabulary and comprehension
  • Reads Any Printed Material
    Use with books, magazines and newspapers
  • Defines and Translates
    Includes English dictionary, thesaurus, and English-Spanish dictionary
  • Simple to Use Anywhere
    Includes intuitive user-friendly interface. Portable and discreet – use wherever needed, classroom, library or home

Readingpen Basic Edition  

The Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 is designed specifically to help school-age 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 and 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. Click here to download a brochure.

Reading Pen™ Portable "Scan, See, Hear and Define" Technology

The Reading Pen is a portable assistive reading technology product that reads words aloud. The New Reading Pen brings portable "Scan-See-Hear-Define" Technology to the World of Learning. Finally, there is a truly portable assistive reading technology to help people with reading difficulties and foreign ESL students. The Reading Pen is a convenient, easy to use device that can be used anywhere.

  • Helps tackle school tasks with ease.
  • 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.
  • Improves childrens' reading skills, enabling them to become autonomous readers and discover that reading is rewarding.
  • Increases fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
  • 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 Readingpen® Basic wherever you go. This small, handheld device is portable, discreet and designed to fit in your pocket.
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New Improved Model
$199.00

Readingpen
Basic Edition K-12

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Click here to download a brochure.

 Scan
a word or sentence from any printed text
 See
the word or words displayed in large characters
 Hear
the word(s) read aloud from the built-in speaker or from the headphones
 Define
a scanned word with one push of a button
Readingpen Advanced Edition  
 
  • 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 Readingpen® Advanced wherever you go. This small, portable, handheld device is designed to fit in your pocket.
pen
New Improved Model
$199.00

Readingpen
Advanced Edition

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Click here to download a brochure.

 Scan
a word from any printed text
 See
the word displayed in large characters
 Hear
the word read aloud from the built-in speaker or from the headphones
 Define
the word with one push of a button

SuperPen™ Ultimate Mobile Text Scanner

Our SuperPen is the ultimate mobile text scanner. You can capture information, transfer it to your PC/PDA or translate from English to MANY other languages.

The SuperPen is a hand-held scanner and translator. This pen provides the functionality of our QuicktionaryII together with the scanning applications offered by our QuickLink Pen Elite .

Scan and Translate: The SuperPen comes with over 30 downloadable language dictionaries - absolutely free! These enable users to scan full lines of text, receive instantaneous word-by-word translation/s and hear scanned English words pronounced aloud. By changing dictionaries as needed, users around the world easily become fluent. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new English words with confidence. These and other SuperPen features have made this product the reading tool of choice for students and travelers alike.

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Scan, Store and Transfer: This function enables users on the go to capture essential printed data - anytime and anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, which can be transferred to a PC, PDA or any Windows application at leisure. The scanning and transfer applications interface with Word, Excel and Outlook. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to an active cursor point. The active cursor point, allowing data to be transferred to any Windows based applications seamlessly.

System Requirements for Desktop Application:

Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP.
CD-ROM Drive (for installing Desktop Application).
Available Infra-red (IRDA) or USB port.

  • Pen Features and Specifications:
    Available Dictionaries: English to/from: Spanish, French, German, Portuguese. German to/from: French, Spanish English to: Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Swedish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Russian, Arabic Greek and Slovenian, Turkish, Dutch
  • Built in Text-to-Speech technology provides immediate word-by-word pronunciation of a scanned English word or full line of text.
  • Pen Scanning Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Finnish and Swedish.
  • Pen and Desktop Interface Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Korean and Chinese (Simplified).
  • Size: ergonomic 6 inches x 1 ½ x 1, lightweight three ounces.
  • Captures up to 1,000 pages of printed text.
  • Recognizes 6-22 point font size text (bold, italic, underlined, inverted). Optical character recognition at 97% (based on standard font and size average). Preference setting for numerical and inverted text recognition. Alternative input tools are included for entering words that you can't scan (e.g., street signs).
  • Transfer data easily to PC or PDA via Infra-red (IRDA) or USB.

The SuperPen is a fully portable, pen-shaped scanner that enables you to scan full lines of printed information, store it and then upload it to your computer, PDA or text-enabled cellular phone at your convenience. You can also scan information directly into any application real-time, or beam notes and addresses to your PDA. The SuperPen is the ultimate TRANSLATOR! Simply scan any word in English and receive the tranlsation on-screen. SuperPen comes with more than 15 dictionaries ready for your use including Spanish, German, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, French, and MANY MORE! SuperPen is lightweight and fits neatly in your pocket, so users have the freedom to collect text and translate anytime and anywhere. It is compatible with PCs running Win 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP and connects via serial (cable included), infrared (IrDA and IrObex built-in) or USB (optional, additional cost).

 SuperPen - Ultimate Mobile Text Scanner
 SuperPen Translator
 $219.00
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Our SuperPen Professional is the latest productivity tool. This completely mobile device instantly provides users with the English definitions of over a quarter of a million words. SuperPen Professional comes complete with a selection of dictionaries from the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Collection including:

  • The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
  • The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
  • Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
  • The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary
  • The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography
  • The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms
  • Dictionary of Computer and Internet Words
  • The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary
  • Wall Street Words - Financial and Economical Terms

SuperPen Professional can also scan, store and transfer printed data to a PDA, PC or any Windows application making it the perfect tool for busy executive and college student alike.

Scan and Define: SuperPen Professional enables users to scan professional terms and receive instantaneous definitions from one or a number of the on-board professional dictionaries. Integrated Text-to-Speech technology enables users to pronounce new words with confidence.

Scan, Store and Transfer: This function enables users, on the go, to capture essential printed data (text and small images) anytime, anywhere. The product can store over 1,000 pages of printed text, to be transferred to PC or PDA via infra-red, serial (provided) or USB (optional) connection at leisure. Users working with their computer can scan printed text directly to the active cursor point. Collected data can be transferred to any Windows based application seamlessly.

The SuperPen provides executives with the most flexible and comprehensive note-taking/definition tool, allowing the user to have both the scan, store and transfer note-taking combined with multiple “professional” English dictionaries:

  • Medical
  • Wall Street
  • Computer and Internet
  • Science
  • Geography
  • Abbreviations
  • Idioms
  • Thesaurus
  • Office

Pen Features and Specifications:

  • Voice: The product's built-in Text-to-Speech technology provides immediate word-by-word pronunciation of a scanned English word or full line of text.
  • Size: ergonomic 6 inches x 1 ½ x 1, lightweight three ounces.
  • Captures up to 1,000 pages of printed text.
  • Built in Text-to-Speech technology pronounces scanned English words aloud.
  • Recognizes 6-22 point font size text (bold, italic, underlined, inverted). Alternative input tools are included for entering words that you can't scan (e.g., street signs).
  • Transfer data easily using Infra-red (IRDA) or USB.
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) at 97% (based on standard font and size average).
  • Preference setting for numerical and inverted text recognition level.

System Requirements for Desktop Application:

Win 98/NT/2000/ME/XP.
CD-ROM Drive (for installing Desktop Application).
Available Infra-red (IRDA) or USB port.

 SuperPen - Professional  
 SuperPen Professional
 $219.00
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  • Includes multiple dictionaries
    The QuicktionaryTS Spanish comes preloaded with English-Spanish-English for instant transaltion as well as the American Heritage® dictionary for English definitions. View both the original word and translation on the integrated LCD display.
  • Word Games
    The QuicktionaryTS Spanish has built in word games that help build vocabulary and language skills
  • Simple to use icon based interface
    The QuictionaryTS Spanish provides an easy to use icon based user interface allowing quick and simple access to all features directly from thescreen at any time.
  • Hear Words/Lines
    The QuicktionaryTS Spanish will read aloud scanned words or lines of text in English
  • Works with any printed text
    The QuicktionaryTS Spanish's small size hides a unique technology that scans any printed material! This powerful tool fits in a pocket.
  • Enter data with new on-screen, touch keyboard.
    The on-screen touch keyboard allows entry of non-scannable words, so now ALL words are translatable
  • Use just like a highlighter
    WizCom's QuicktionaryTS Spanish makes translating as easy as using a standard highlighter. Roll the QuicktionaryTS Spanish across printed text to instantly recognize and translate
QuicktionaryTS
QuicktionaryTS Spanish $209.00
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QuicktionaryTS Multi $219.00
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Quicktionary II Features and Specifications:

Dictionaries: Product available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish and Hebrew. (Latin and Germanic languages are bi-directional with English. All other languages are from English to the destination language).

Voice: The product’s built-in Text-to-Speech technology provides immediate word-by-word pronunciation of a scanned English word or full line of text.

Text Recognition: QuicktionaryII recognizes over 300,000 words and expressions and offers numerous translation and definition combinations (see above). QuicktionaryII reads a wide range of printed fonts and sizes, including inverted and hyphenated text.

Alternative input tools are included for entering words that you can’t scan (e.g., street signs).

Left-handed support: If you’re left-handed, don’t worry! QuicktionaryII can be set for convenient left- or right-handed use.

Light and small: QuicktionaryII is designed to fit in your pocket. At only three ounces, it is much lighter than regular dictionaries.

Optical Character Recognition at 97% (based on standard font and size average). Preference setting for numerical and inverted text recognition.
Benefits:

Stay focused on your reading material instead of searching through a paper dictionary. With QuicktionaryII, you will get immediate translations and definitions so that you can continue reading without losing your train of thought!

  • QuicktionaryII helps expand your vocabulary. By retaining the last 80 words scanned, it assists you in learning the words and understanding the text.
  • Perfect for language students, English as Second Language students, travelers, and people working in multi-lingual environments.

InfoScan TS Elite
Portable scanner for easy note-taking.
A portable hand-held Scanning Pen and electronic English dictionary with an easy to use touch-screen and icon-based menu. The InfoScan™TS Elite is ideal for scanning, storing, defining, hearing and transferring printed text to a PC, laptop or PDA.

This completely mobile Pen can scan up to 500 pages of text at a time, provide word definitions from the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language and read scanned text aloud in English from within the Notes application.

The InfoScan™TS Elite is an ideal tool for students, researchers and business people who need to scan data when they are away from their computers and then transfer it later to a PC as a text file. The Pen can also be used to scan text directly into most Windows-based applications.
No more highlighting, taking notes by hand, or photocopying. With the InfoScan™TS Elite you can scan and store up to 500 pages of text. Use it just like a yellow highlighter.
Easily get a definition. With the InfoScan™TS Elite you can scan text and select a word to view its definition. Enter words on the virtual keyboard and get an instant definition. Take the InfoScan™TS Elite anywhere you go. This small, portable, handheld device is designed to fit in your pocket.

Scan, Store and Transfer
InfoScan TS Elite
$219.00
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  • Store and transfer to a PC or PDA, multiple files of text, up to a total of 500 pages.
  • Scan directly into any Windows based application.
  • Supported scanning languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Includes the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Defines English scanned words in the notes application.
  • Recognition of a wide range of printed font types and sizes (6-22 points – up to 8mm), including inverted text on contrasting backgrounds (except red on white, white on red, blue on black and black on blue).
  • Recognition and automatic merge of hyphenated text.
  • High resolution touch-screen with up to 5 lines of text.
  • Virtual keyboard, for manual insertion (using a stylus) of words or text editing.
  • USB or IR connectivity enabling transfer of data to PC, Palm/PDA or Smart phones.
  • Audio word pronunciation in English with Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology using built-in speaker or earphones.
  • Easily adjustable for Right/left handed use.
  • Auto shut off to preserve battery life.

System Requirements:

  • Windows 2000/XP/Vista
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Available USB port
  • Pentium 500 MHz with minimum
    256 MB RAM and 100 MB free disk space.
 
 
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 Ventura Educational Systems
P.O. Box 1622
Arroyo Grande , CA 93421-1622
 
sales@venturaes.com

 Sales: 800.336.1022
 Fax: 800.493.7380