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IRIS Pen Express Handheld Scanner | List Price: $149.99
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Platform: No Operating System
Brand: Iris
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2003-11-15
Features: - Instantly scans text and numbers into your computer
- Recognizes up to 1,000 characters per second
- Accurately recognizes up to 55 different languages
- 2 programmable pen buttons
- USB interface; Windows and Mac compatible
It works as promised [Posted on 2005-03-20]
I received the IRIS Pen Express a day ago, installed the software and the pen and started using it right away. I am pleased with the pen scanner. It works as represented and is quite simple to use. I wanted the pen scanner for small scanning jobs out of books etc (I practice law and will use the product in legal research and writing projects). For larger jobs, I will continue use a flat-bed scanner.
The IRIS pen is fast and amazingly accurate right out of the box. I carefully considered competing pens and decided to go with IRIS--so I have no experience with QuickLink or other competitors.
I think the reviews which are very tough on the IRIS Pen are unwarranted. The IRIS Pen is a very good product. I'm rating this a 4 out of 5 stars but it may be a 4.5 (and nothing is a 5).
Completely disatisfied... [Posted on 2005-07-06]
The iris pen scanner says that it needs a USB port and CD drive. Unfortunately, they failed to mention that most USB drives do not have enough power to run the Iris pen's scanner. I tried 2 computers and called technical support 3 times. Each time it was the same story... not enough power. I told them that I had a brand new, expensive computer with only 2 other USB devices hooked up and he still said it wasn't enough. Anyway, I had to return mine and I would highly suggest looking for another product because the Iris Pen Scanner does not live up to its claims.
Perfect Product - nothing less...! [Posted on 2006-02-17]
I used the IRIS Pen to scan all the printed text-media I gathered from work last year (about 300 pages of valuable data), in order to put it on a CD rather than having it in form of a huge pile of paper...it took me only 3days! Typing all of that information myself would have been a task unable to finish without this product.
Simple and Fast [Posted on 2006-03-04]
The pen is somewhat awkward to hold but once you get used to it, then everything is a breeze. Recognition is good (not perfect) and integration with MS Word is seamless. Overall good product.
Disapointing product, horrible support [Posted on 2007-10-06]
The pen works well for a while but then, it crashes Windows XP :( I also tried it on a mac and it often doesn't recognize the device at all! Moreover, I tried to get some driver updates and I couldn't find them. So, I wrote their customer support people, they replied once to get some more info about my settings and then... nothing!
If I could return this pen, I definitely would!
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