{"product_id":"digital-air-pen-scanner-highlighter-and-reader","title":"Digital Air Pen Scanner, Highlighter and Reader","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ge-pdp{--ink:#232838;--mut:#4A5064;--fnt:#79808F;--rule:#E2DFD8;--paper:#FAF8F4;--paper2:#F2EFE9;--acc:#5C7285;--accd:#41586B;--ok:#2F6B4F;--serif:Georgia,'Iowan Old Style','Times New Roman',serif;--sans:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-family:var(--sans);color:var(--ink);margin:44px 0 0 !important}.ge-pdp *{box-sizing:border-box}.ge-pdp img{max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block}.ge-pdp{container-type:inline-size}html:has(.ge-pdp) body{overflow-x:hidden !important}.ge-pdp .fw{width:100%;margin-left:0;margin-right:0}.ge-pdp .in{max-width:1080px;margin:0 auto !important;padding:0 22px}.ge-pdp .nar{max-width:760px;margin:0 auto !important;padding:0 22px}.ge-pdp .band{padding:72px 0 !important}.ge-pdp .band.t{background:var(--paper)}.ge-pdp h2{font-family:var(--serif) !important;font-size:34px !important;line-height:1.2 !important;font-weight:700 !important;letter-spacing:-.012em !important;color:inherit !important;margin:0 0 18px !important}.ge-pdp p{font-family:var(--sans) !important;font-size:17px !important;line-height:1.65 !important;color:var(--mut) !important;margin:0 0 18px !important}.ge-pdp p:last-child{margin-bottom:0 !important}.ge-pdp .eyebrow{font-size:11.5px !important;letter-spacing:.16em !important;text-transform:uppercase !important;font-weight:700 !important;color:var(--acc) !important;margin:0 0 12px !important}.ge-pdp .lede{font-size:19px !important;line-height:1.6 !important;color:var(--mut) !important}.ge-pdp .ctr{text-align:center}.ge-pdp .ctr p{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.ge-pdp .row{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:44px;align-items:center;margin-bottom:34px}.ge-pdp .row:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.ge-pdp .row.flip .txt{order:2}.ge-pdp .row img{border-radius:14px}.ge-pdp .blist{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:26px 0 0}.ge-pdp .blist li{position:relative;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom:15px;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--mut)}.ge-pdp .blist li:before{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:0;top:8px;width:11px;height:11px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--acc)}.ge-pdp .blist strong{color:var(--ink);font-weight:700}.ge-pdp .close{text-align:center;padding:76px 0 !important}.ge-pdp .close h2{font-size:38px !important}.ge-pdp .rea{display:flex;gap:26px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px;color:var(--fnt);font-weight:600}.ge-pdp .rea span:before{content:\"\\2713 \";color:var(--ok);font-weight:700}.ge-pdp .sgrid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:0;margin-top:28px;background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden}.ge-pdp .sgrid\u003ediv{display:grid;grid-template-columns:38% 1fr;gap:14px;padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule);align-items:start}.ge-pdp .sgrid\u003ediv:last-child{border-bottom:0}.ge-pdp .sgrid span{font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:var(--mut);letter-spacing:.02em}.ge-pdp .sgrid b{font-size:15px;font-weight:600;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.45}.ge-pdp .note{margin-top:22px;font-size:15px;color:var(--mut);line-height:1.6}@media(max-width:860px){.ge-pdp .band{padding:52px 0 !important}.ge-pdp h2{font-size:27px !important}.ge-pdp .close h2{font-size:30px !important}.ge-pdp .row{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:22px;margin-bottom:40px}.ge-pdp .row.flip .txt{order:0}}@container (max-width:860px){.ge-pdp .band{padding:52px 0 !important}.ge-pdp h2{font-size:27px !important}.ge-pdp .close h2{font-size:30px !important}.ge-pdp .row{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:22px;margin-bottom:40px}.ge-pdp .row.flip .txt{order:0}}@media(max-width:560px){.ge-pdp .sgrid\u003ediv{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ge-pdp\"\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nar ctr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eHandheld pen scanner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDrag it along a line and the words appear on your screen\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eIt is a small black wand about the size of a fat marker pen, with a lit window in its angled foot. Rest the foot on a printed line, draw it across at a steady walking pace, and the sentence types itself into whatever you had the cursor in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the whole product. There is no screen on it, no memory in it and nothing to read back from it. It is an input device: a keyboard whose keys happen to be a page of print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"in\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"txt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eHow it actually works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIt reads the line, it does not photograph the page\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small LED in the foot lights a narrow strip of paper and a sensor behind the clear window reads it as you move. Software on the other end turns those pixels into characters and sends them through as keystrokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause it works a line at a time, it is good at the thing a phone camera is bad at: pulling one sentence out of a page without capturing the whole page, and doing it into a document you already have open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt scans printed text. It is not built for handwriting, and it does not scan pictures or lay out a page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/assets.gearelevation.com\/pdp-digital-air-pen-scanner\/03_detail_scanning_tip.jpg\" alt=\"Extreme close up of the pen scanner's clear scanning window inside its amber orange shoe, its internal LED throwing a bright pool of light onto the paper directly beneath it\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"in\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row flip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"txt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eGetting it connected\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBluetooth, or the cable in the box\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt pairs over Bluetooth with a computer, a phone or a tablet. If your Windows PC has no Bluetooth built in, the small USB dongle in the box gives it some. On a Mac it connects to the Bluetooth already in the machine, and the dongle stays in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a USB cable too, which both charges it and gives you a wired connection if you would rather not pair anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pen on its own does nothing. The manufacturer's companion software has to be installed on the device you are scanning into, and it is that software, not the pen, that decides which languages it can read and what it can do with the text afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/assets.gearelevation.com\/pdp-digital-air-pen-scanner\/06_detail_box_contents.jpg\" alt=\"The black pen scanner arranged on a pale grey surface beside the short coiled black USB cable and the small black USB Bluetooth dongle that ship with it\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nar\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eReading it back out loud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe app can speak what you scanned, and that is all we will say about it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe companion software has a text-to-speech function. Scan a passage and it can read it aloud through your computer or phone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlenty of people prefer hearing a paragraph to reading it, and plenty of people work faster with both at once. That is a genuine reason to want this and it is a preference, not a therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat we are not going to do is tell you what it will do for anyone's reading, learning or concentration. This is a consumer gadget. It has not been assessed or approved as an assistive or a medical device and we do not sell it as one. If you are looking for reading support for a diagnosed difficulty, the people who made the diagnosis are the right people to ask what would actually help, and this page is not evidence for anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"in\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"txt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eBeing straight with you\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe numbers we took off this page\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis listing used to carry a speed comparison against typing, a language count and an accuracy adjective. None of them came with a source we could stand behind for the unit we ship, so all three are gone rather than restated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the honest version. How well it reads depends on the print in front of it: crisp black text on white paper at a normal book size reads well, and faint print, glossy stock, tight columns, unusual typefaces and a shaky hand all make it worse. Most people are clumsy with it for the first ten minutes and fine after that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will still correct the odd word. That is normal for this kind of device and anyone telling you otherwise is selling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/assets.gearelevation.com\/pdp-digital-air-pen-scanner\/02_lifestyle_desk_scan.jpg\" alt=\"Person at a light wooden desk drawing the black pen scanner along one line of an open book, with an open laptop and a mug beside them in soft window light\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nar\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat is actually known\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sgrid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhat it is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHandheld pen scanner. Reads a line of printed text and types it into the device it is connected to\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout 5 in long, roughly a fat marker pen. It is held like a highlighter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eConnection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBluetooth, or the supplied USB cable\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBluetooth dongle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded, for a Windows PC with no Bluetooth of its own. Not needed on a Mac\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSoftware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe manufacturer's companion software, for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. Required\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLanguages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet by the companion software, not by the pen. We do not print a count here because we cannot source one for this unit\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAccuracy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo figure is published and we are not inventing one. It depends on the print and on your hand\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eReads aloud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYes, through the companion software's text-to-speech\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRechargeable over the supplied USB cable\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eIn the box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pen, a printed reference guide, a Bluetooth dongle and a USB cable\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"note\"\u003eThe length is approximate and taken from the supplier's own photography rather than a published dimension sheet. Where a number is not in this table it is because we could not verify it, not because it does not exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"fw band close\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nar ctr\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFor the sentence you want out of the book and into the document\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo screen, no photographs, no retyping. Rest it on the line and pull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rea\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTypes straight into any program\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBluetooth or USB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReads aloud in the app\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDongle and cable included\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Manual","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44375591518295,"sku":"699099_OLJJ0HV","price":310.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/0256\/1367\/files\/01_hero_pen_studio.jpg?v=1790709782","url":"https:\/\/chigous.com\/products\/digital-air-pen-scanner-highlighter-and-reader","provider":"Secure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}