Reading pens

From ITCH

Quicktionary 2 Reading Pen

Available from Inclusive Technology at a cost of £180 exc. VAT

The Reading Pen is a portable small device that comes in a small case and can come out when difficult words are spotted on noticeboards or in text. It scans a word or a whole line from printed text and then displays it in large characters. It will read the word and then show or read a definition from the Oxford Concise Dictionary. It will also read the definition and offer synonyms.

If the user is left-handed it flips its display over.

It has an English voice, simple menu operation and enhanced scanning. It will display syllables, spell words letter-by-letter, read reversed out words -and even words split between two lines.

Ithas adjustable speech volume, speed and pitch. Batteries included

Contains over 240,000 entries and definitions from the Concise© Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University press 2001. Retains a history of last 80 words scanned -for easy review.

Suppliers include Inclusive Technology

Developer: http://www.wizcomtech.com

United Kingdom Scanning Pens Ltd. Exclusive Partner & Distributor for Reading Pens and QuicktionaryII

PO Box 1259 London, SW1V 4BR, UK Tel.: +44 (0) 870 720 3310 Fax: +44 (0) 870 720 3301 Contact: Mr. Jack S. Churchill

E-mail: jack.churchill@scanningpens.co.uk Website: www.scanningpens.co.uk