WizCom QuickLink Pen Handheld Scanner

WizCom QuickLink Pen Handheld Scanner
alaScore 67

56 reviews

May, 2013

We have collected and analyzed 56 user reviews from international sources. Users rate it 62/100. The average review date is Feb 4, 2003. We have compared these reviews to 55163 reviews from other Scanners. The alaScore™ for this product is 67/100 = Good. Last update: May 24, 2013.

Review analysis

(Based on 56 reviews)

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great for phd studies and journal articles

 

great for phd studies and journal articles

I used this for my PhD work and quoting sources in my journal articles unfortunately I had to stop using it because I recently purchased a MAC halfway through my studies. I thought the speed was fine - especially compared with other scanners I had...

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Wiz- Com: Over- Hype, Under- Deliver

 

Wiz- Com: Over- Hype, Under- Deliver

Wiz- Com was one of the 1st to come out w/ a handheld pen scanner, and the idea is great... 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...

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Wiz- Com: Over- Hype, Under- Deliver

 

Wiz- Com: Over- Hype, Under- Deliver

Wiz- Com was one of the 1st to come out w/ a handheld pen scanner, and the idea is great... 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...

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great for researchers

 

great for researchers

The wizcom scanning pen is great 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...

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great for researchers

 

great for researchers

The wizcom scanning pen is great 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...

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It works, but very slowly

 

It works, but very slowly

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...

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Throwing money away

 

Throwing money away

This is one of the worst gadgets (if you could call it that) I have ever bought in my life. It is totally 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...

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Device Fine, Software lousy

 

Device Fine, Software lousy

I found the scan effectiveness worthy of praise, but trying to get the content to my laptop unbearable. The software wouldn't install well or access the scanned text on my Win XP laptop, or my Win2000 laptop, and when I went to my old Win98 laptop it...

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Exactly What I Needed

 

Exactly What I Needed

I just received my QuickLink pen and right out of the box I am getting about 99-100% accuracy. The QuickLink is 100% what I was expecting and I'm perfectly happy with this little gadget.I bought this pen as an aid to writing research papers. It allows...

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Exactly What I Needed

 

Exactly What I Needed

I just received my QuickLink pen and right out of the box I am getting about 99-100% accuracy. The QuickLink is 100% what I was expecting and I'm perfectly happy with this little gadget. I bought this pen as an aid to writing research papers. It allows...

Product Specifications

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.
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