[bksvol-discuss] Re: Almost on topic, DocuPen

  • From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:14:03 -0500

The DocuPen is a handheld scanner that looks kind of like a windshield
wiper.  It's not as big around as a disposable lighter, is about 9 inches
long and has a flat edge with tiny rollers to help it move along.  You start
at the top of a page and manually run it down the page, taking about 4-5
seconds to clear the page and it then retains the scan in its memory.  It
will hold about 50 pages of text according to its literature.  You then
connect it to your PC via a USB cable and download the scanned material.
You can then use any OCR software to convert the images to text.  It's
software comes with OmniPage, but you can use Openbook, Kurzweil FineReader,
etc. as you wish.

I bought it so I could have access to scanning on the road.  Of course, I
almost always travel with a laptop for handling the download and conversion
part, so this will work for me once I figure out how to use the initial
download software.

Someone has discovered that you can use it to scan labels on cans if you
hold it and roll the can under the camera.  I think many uses will be found
for this little cutey.

Peace and Hope,

Donna

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