Query: Study pen for scanning cyrillic

[David Powelstock]

I've never used one myself, but have been curious about the C-Pen.  I
believe that only one model, the "C-Pen 600MX," read Cyrillic.  I found a
review at: http://www.pcmag.ru/?ID=35830.  One may have trouble ordering
this model in the US.  The Study Pen site lists it as "out of stock," and a
cursory Google search did not turn up any other US vendors.  I, too, would
be interested to hear from anyone who's actually used one.  I have used an
HP "Capshare" battery-operated portable scanner, which works great but has
been off the market for something like three years now.  You might be able
to get one on eBay, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't work with Mac.  In
general, hand-held scanners seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur.

David Powelstock
powelstock at alumni.princeton.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jschill [mailto:jschill at AMERICAN.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, 13 March, 2003 11:48 PM
> Subject: Query: Study pen for scanning cyrillic
>
>
> I've received a brochure from the Study Pen company in
> Reston, VA which advertises a scanning pen for both PC's and
> Macs that is the size of a highlighter, has a digital
> scanner, processor, and memory components that transfer text
> directly to the PC--and stores up to 2000 pages of text.  The
> pen is cordless, can scan over 15 languages--including
> Russian --and various models with increasingly expanded
> features range from $99 to $219.
>
>     This would seem to be a marvelous tool for working in
> archives where photocopying can be quite expensive, but...has
> any SEELANGER used one of these with success?  With a Macintosh?
>
>
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