Product Description
Wizcom WRP2 ReadingPen 2 - Portable Handheld Scanner: Electronics. The ReadingPen 2 is designed specifically to help readers improve their reading skills. Scanned text and definitions can be read aloud, allowing readers to maintain their reading flow, even when encountering unfamiliar words. According to Higgins and Raskind 2005, on average, children scored 7 points higher, more than a grade point higher, when using the pen. The ReadingPen 2 Portable Reading Tutor is the preferred assistive technology for learning English by educators and administrators in K-12 and college, English language learners, English as Second Language, students with Dyslexia and special education communities.
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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Technical Details - Scans single words or full lines of text.
- Reads the scanned text aloud, including its definitions and synonyms with Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology using built-in speaker or earphones.
- Spells out scanned words, highlighting individual letters.
- Recognizes over 500,000 words from the American HeritageŽ College Dictionary, 4th Edition and Roget's II The New Thesaurus.
- Easy to use buttons and straightforward menus.
- Displays scanned text in large characters. Displays syllabic division of words
- Reads scanned words aloud using Text-to-Speech technology
- Spells words letter-by-letter
- Reads any printed material. Use with books, magazines and newspapers
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