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In The Press

December 2005

Limited budget.... But no limit to initiatives / the Lamplighter, Volume 22

In what ways can technology enhance student learning and encourage student achievement? .... Computers and Internet tools are not the only technology included in this year's initiatives. In collaboration with an Acton company WIZCOM, we have begun a pilot program using scanning pens.

19/12/2004

PC Magazine QuickLink Pen Elite

www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1736815,00.asp

September 18, 2004

Handy scanners come of age / John M. Moran - The Hartford Courant

"A good example of how far these devices have come is the InfoScan pen scanner by Wizcom Technologies Inc., which calls the device an 'electronic note taker'." To read the article please click here (PDF 331Kb)

September 2004

British Woman and Home Magazine Chooses WizCom's SuperPen for its Gadget of the Month

Gadget of the Month - POCKET SCANNER
The WizCom SuperPen is ideal for anyone who has ever looked at a poster for a play, for example, decided to find out about it - and then forgot what they wanted to see by the time they got home. This nifty gadget allows you to scan information from printed material, which you can then download onto your PC. It can also translate from 30 languages. You just scan the poster and the translation automatically appears on the display of the pen.

July 19, 2004

The Austrian Dyslexia Association (ADA) tests WizCom's Readingpen Der Erste Österreichische Dachverband Legasthenie (EÖDL) prüft den WizCom Readingpen

The Austrian Dyslexia Association (ADA) tested WizCom's Readingpen and concluded that it is a very efficient training tool for dyslexic children and adults. The ADA has trained more than 2,500 dyslexia specilalists from 27 countries.
For further details regarding training techniques while using the Readingpen, please visit www.legasthenieverband.com/readingpen/lesetechnik.html
For more information about ADA please visit www.legasthenie.at

Der Erste Österreichische Dachverband Legasthenie (EÖDL) prüft den WizCom Readingpen und für äuβerst wertvoll für das Training mit legasthenen Menschen befunden. Der EÖDL bildet und bildete mehr als 2,500 Legastheniespezialisten in 27 Ländern aus. Diese Website zeigt besonder effiziente Trainingstechniken mit den Pen: www.legasthenieverband.com/readingpen/lesetechnik.html

Weitere Informationen über die Erste Österreichische Dachverband Legasthenie (EÖDL) finden Sie unter www.legasthenie.at

Spring 2004

Scanning and Storing at Ease

It's hard to believe but there are a couple of handy little mobile gadgets that are ace at scanning and storing almost anything and everything you want. These are the WizCom InfoScan and WizCom SuperPen which allow the user to scan and store up to 2,000 pages of printed text and, when wanted, transfer via serial or USB connection to a PC or a notebook computer. The information can also be beamed instantly into a PDA such as Palm or a Pocket PC device. Similar in operation to a highlighter - without physically marking the page - these powerful, handheld tools resemble an ordinary pen, weigh just three ounces and are convenient to carry and use. The InfoScan ships complete with two megabytes integrated flash card. The SuperPen has 30 downloadable language dictionaries and its Built-in Text-to-Speech technology enables users to hear a full line of text or a single word spoken aloud.