Scanmarker Air Pen Scanner - OCR Digital Highlighter and Reader - Wireless (Mac Win iOS Android) (Blue)

My Scanmarker arrived 10 days ago. While I had spent some hours online looking at comparable products and reading customer reviews I was apprehensive since customer responses seemed so uneven. I needed it for transferring short quotations from books into a MSWord based text file.Having had nearly two weeks of pracice I can say it is a very good product and saves me lots of time.Some people complained abut accurracy. I have found only two sources of problems:1) user skill. It works best when moved in a swift smooth straight line across the printed page. My skill in doing this is very good after a week or so of practice.2) If the page cannot be laid flat, sometimes the end of the text line won't scan perfectly. This is mostly an issue with softcover books which won't lie flat when open.Most hard bound books can be laid almost flat and scanning is very easy. Even with softcover , with a little effort the book can be placed on the desk and held firmly with one finger while scanning with the other hand.I didn't buy it for translation but I have amused myself scanning some of President Trump's tweets into Spanish and Italian and the result is, to my eye, quite acurrate and interesting! I have not done a thorough check on other langugaes.

It's OK when it works. BUT it disconnects frequently - very frequently. In addition I have found that the scanmarker turns off too quickly. I use it for accounting to transfer data from invoices I receive and putting it aside for two minutes to sort out papers and grab it - boom, turned off and you have to reconnect again. The fact that the software displays on the side of the screen for 'convenience' is utterly frustrating as well. I just don't need to see it. I am sure many people are very happy for their use and I am happy for them but sadly it's not the best tool for business purposes. My bluetooth receiver is also close to the scanner so no interference.

Having read some of the reviews I became a bit scared and was quite prepared to send this back. However I managed to get it working within a few minutes on my Mac. Do not follow the instructions on the leaflet go to the Scanmarker website and download the appropriate software. I have had none of the problems mentioned by the other people. It has already translated some documents from Spanish to English for me. So far it appears fairly accurate although as with any translation device it’s better to read with a bit of caution.

Device is useless. Impossible to use with soft paper books (most books these days). Scanner is tearing paper down. Extremely hard to use with a small script books (all books these days). Bright light on the end of the scanner is blinding. I suggest to avoid it if you care about your eyes.

I have been a researcher since the mid 1970's at a time when my research notes were written long-hand, eventually taken over by word processors and finally in 1997 by Word documents.Since using Word I've carried on my work whilst at the same time converting older research notes into the same format.I purchased Scanmarker Air based on the promises of it being easy to use and accurate. Once I installed the software the scanner was very straight forward to use. Being able to scan sentences at a time I have been able to edit my original notes as I've gone along and have found the product fantastic in this capacity.The area where I feel a little let down is that despite what I would call a good, consistent scanning technique on my part, it would occasionally do any or some of the following:a) not acknowledge that I had scanned anything at allb) pick up only the first few words from the line I had scanned or miss the last few words.c) send a load of gobbledygook to the screen (which seemed to be based on something but absolutely nothing to do with what I'd scanned)So, it is definitely a lot faster than typing up the notes from a page with a ruler sitting on it indicating where I'm at but I haven't been able to trust that it's done its job and the scan is 100% correct. If this was the case, I could scan line after line without having to make sure of its accuracy.It's still a useful tool for my needs but............

This is a good product in principle, although it feels plasticky in the hand. Despite stating otherwise, this digital highlighter does not connect on iOS using the provided apps - the apps simply don't worry. They install fine but the functionality ends there. It works as expected with a MacBook if you're using the software, but please be aware there is no iPhone or iPad compatibility, certainly for the iPhone 13 or iPad mini 5. I expect there was previous compatibility several iOS updates a go but we're talking years not months here. Disappointing to be honest. In terms of scanning, the accuracy is fairly good but I worry about the longevity of the product due to its light and flimsy feel. I would recommend the C-Pen Reader 2 over this hands down, even with the price difference.

I recently purchased the Scanmarker. I'm academic (and dyslexic) and this helps saves a lot of time of coping/re-typing quotes out of publications - it is so awesome it types/scans straight into word document so no cutting and pasting. I'm still learning all that it can do but seems great with translation and reading aloud words i'm unsure how to say. (foreign ones particularly). It seems to translate well and has different voices for different languages. Like any tool it does take a bit of time to learn how to use it correctly but once going it works a treat. I had a wee issue with activation (my own fault) and they got back to me sorting it within 5 mins. Great, customer support. I'd highly recommend this scanmarker!