| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: PENPOWER | | Mfg Part#: SWLEA0012 | | UPC: 04710837756006 | | Buy.com Sku: 206611381 | | Item#: C5MJXE | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 82224 | | See more in Handheld Scanners | |
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| | | Penpower Chinese Expert is a complete Chinese learning tool. By integrating mini ScanEYE (pen scanner), you can fast scan any document into Penpower Chinese Expert and utilize all the listening, reading, speaking, writing, and translation features this software has to offer.
The included PENPOWER mini ScanEYE II can scan and recognize Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English into your computer via the USB interface. Effortlessly scan in with the transparent scan tip. Whatever you see, you can scan.
| | Features |  | Three Main Interfaces | | The three main user-friendly interfaces are designed to help users access and understand the functions of Penpower Chinese Expert, making learning Chinese easier and faster. | | The best Chinese input and translation device | | This software tool connects to the computer through USB port and bundle in a 3 in 1 function of scan, recognition and translation. When scanning, it can recognize both horizontal and vertical aligned characters. Once in the file, the software can provide you with pronunciation and phrases structure of the text, plus the correct writing sequence of the characters. | | Thousands of Chinese Characters Recognized | | The pen scanner recognizes more than 13,000 Traditional Chinese characters and more than 6700 Simplified Chinese characters as well as English words, numbers and punctuation. | | Listening comprehension | | We employ the latest TTS (Text to Speech), and intelligent syntax technology, so you can listen to the correct pronunciation of single characters, phrases or sentences. It can also record pronunciation from real people so you can review real pronunciation at any time. Before long, your ears will be as discriminating as any native Mandarin speakers’. | | Reading | | Have trouble reading books, newspapers or magazines on hand? Scan them into PC with our pen scanner, our software will show you everything about unknown Chinese characters such as their pinyin/zhuyin, their radicals, total number of strokes etc. and their meaning in English. You also have on-demand bidirectional English and Chinese dictionary. | | Speaking | | With our speech recognition technology, you can practice speaking Chinese phrases or taking quizes with your PC and be confident that you will sound more and more like a native Chinese speaker after each session. | | Writing | | We will show you how to write any Chinese character in the correct stroke order. We also provide you with alternative inputting methods for your composing pleasure: You can use hanyu pinyin, zhuyin or strokes when you write an essay or a report in Chinese. | | Translation | | We use a state-of-the-art machine translation module for your exploration of the Chinese language. You can translate between Chinese and English by word, phrases or whole sentences. You can learn more by playing more. |
| | Tech Specs | | Miscellaneous | | Scanner Type handheld | | Interface Type USB 2.0 | | Scanner Details | | Scanner Details - Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec | | - Character size:5~22 pt | | Interface Details | | Interface Details - Interface: USB 2.0 | | Software Details | | Software Details System Requirements | | - Pentium II 300 CPU or above | | - 128MB of RAM? 220MB of available hard disk space | | - Windows 2000/XP/vista 32bit | | - USB port | | Additional Details | | Additional details - Weight: 45g (excludes USB cable) (1.5 oz.) | | - Dimension (WxHxD): 131×31×19 mm (5.15"x1.22"x0.74") | | Additional Information | | Package Contents - Scan and Translation Pen | | - Software CD | | - User manual | | - Registration card | | Manufacturer Information | | Parts Warranty 1 year | | Labor Warranty 1 year | | Warranty Details Limited Warranty |
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| Customer Reviews |  | | Value |  4 | | Performance |  4.5 | | Ease of Use |  3.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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5 of 5 quite the thing! Saturday, June 20, 2009
mej from Seattle, WA
I bought this when about to take a class in Mandarin Chinese. Boy, I love gadgets! I would suggest you wait to see if you need something like this!!!
The pen is identical to the "last version" of something called a C-Pen. Reviewers say the PenPower model version is better than the current one. Both cost about $109 and are from a German company. Google and eBay!
What makes this gadget unique is the software, which PenPower sells for about $75 by itself. There is also a boxed version with a tiny tablet that comes with the software for a similar high but slightly lower price. I bought the tablet stand alone for $50, but the software doesn't recognize it as the integrated version, but I don't know if it matters! Was this review helpful?  
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great Chinese learning gadget Thursday, May 08, 2008
Steve from Union city
I'm very pleased with this Chinese learning tool. This pen scanner is high-tech and amazing to recognize Chinese character fast. I don't waste time typing. For this software, my son practice his Chinese speaking and reading on his own. There is no doubt this product is good for learner to studying at home. It is a reliable deal and save my money.
Actually, I had several of this company's product such as Handwriter. This is another reason why I want to try this learning product. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Good gadget Friday, April 11, 2008
Brian from NH
Good for learning. Chinese is very difficult for me and it helps me read magazine. Pen Scanner is very convenient and I can read any kind of material. Great Voice recognition. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 help me a lot Wednesday, April 09, 2008
A Customer from Manchester NH
Very convenient for me to learn Chinese. I like to read magazine by pen scanner. It is helpful to understand meaning of articles. I can practice by myself such as pronunciation and stroke. Share my file with my studying group. It really gives me a lot of fun. Was this review helpful?
4 of 5 Help me to read document Friday, April 04, 2008
A Customer from Boston Ma
I'm so happy to buy this pen scanner version. I have to deal with some Chinese companies and read a lot of documents. This pen scanner makes it easy and quick. Typing is totally wasting time and scanning is helping me a lot. Through this software I also could see every meaning without any dictionary. More important is that this gadget pronounces for me and I know some Chinese phrases. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Very helpful Chinese learning tool Wednesday, December 19, 2007
A Customer from Pittsburgh, PA
I was given one of this as a birthday gift since my Chinese friend knew I am learning Chinese. At first, I wasn't so sure how this can help me. But after getting used to it, I found it really useful. I used to download some of the free software from the internet that can either pronounce the Chinese characters, or translate a word or a phrase. But now I have a complete tool that can do all those things in one package. How cool is that! Was this review helpful?
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