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Word Scanner

A tool that copies text from a written document directly onto a word processing file-
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You're reading a summer reading book and you need to copy quotes into the computer to create a table. You're bored, and sick of constantly highlighting, and then copying the text into the computer. Your scanner doesn't put the text into a usable form. You could use a Word Scanner. This handy little pen shaped scanner, would be used like a highlighter over the text that needed to be copied. It would save the text, and when hooked up to a computer would directly copy the words into the computer. Quick, simple, affordable, and easy. No more tedious quote typing for you!
sumidog123, Aug 16 2002

Like this? http://www.maplin.c...eImages/25682i0.jpg
I have one of these. Works precisely as described. £30. ($45 US, $90 AUS) [angel, Aug 16 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Manufacturer's site for the above item http://www.pocketreader.com/
[angel, Aug 16 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]

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       OCR scanner, maybe? Hmm..
Mr Burns, Aug 16 2002
  

       These pen-like OCR scanners exist. My father-in-law, who has become a Chelsea Pensioner, bought one.
Aristotle, Aug 16 2002
  

       PocketReader is no longer available - at Manufacturer's site, anyway. I could *really* use something like this.
thumbwax, Aug 16 2002
  

       Maplin still list it (my first link); failing that, there's the C-Pen (Ithink), which is a lot more expensive.
angel, Aug 19 2002
  
      
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