The ReadingPen 2 is accurate and easy to use. Hear text read to you. Just scan a word or line of text, and the ReadingPen 2 reads it aloud (earbuds included, for privacy). Completely mobile and self-contained; no computer necessary.

Helps with reading fluency and comprehension by providing immediate definitions from the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and Thesaurus, American Heritage College Dictionary, and Roget's II Thesaurus.

Motivates and supports independent readers

With the privacy and visual/auditory support provided by the ReadingPen2, frustration and embarrassment disappear. Both struggling and fluent readers rapidly improve their skills in:

• Fluency.
• Vocabulary comprehension.
• Spelling.
• Pronunciation.
• Academic vocabulary.
• Grammatical structure.
• Understanding assessment instructions.

Provides in-depth instructional support

• Scans words or full lines of text instantly.
• Pronounces and displays words on built-in LCD screen.
• Displays and reads definitions and synonyms.
• Shows syllabication.
• Spells words, highlighting letters.
• Built-in tutorial.
• Includes built-in speaker and headphones.

The ReadingPen2:

• Works with any printed text.
• Scans, defines, translates, and pronounces words from any printed material.
• Scans single words or full lines of text.
• Has an intuitive, friendly interface.
• Allows you to adjust the reading speed.
• Is easy to handle.
• Fits in a pocket.
• Has a battery status indicator, so you can recharge or replace batteries when convenient for you.
• Includes built-in speaker and headphones.
• Includes The American Heritage® College Dictionary, 4th edition and Roget’s II The New Thesaurus.
• Recognizes over 450,000 words.

Special feature for teachers: You can lock dictionary, so students cannot look up word meanings during a test. But they can still use the ReadingPen 2 to help them read.

Neat tricks it does:

• After you scan, you can have it spell the word aloud, a letter at a time.
• It teaches you how to use it! That's right. It has a built-in tutorial. For school teachers, that means this reading assistive pen assists you in assisting your students.
• Displays syllable breaks, definitions, synonyms, and translations of the scanned text on the screen.
• Reads the scanned text aloud, including definitions and synonyms.
• Translates English words to Spanish using WizCom's English to Spanish dictionary.

Use the ReadingPen as your reading assistant, inside or outside the classroom. This versatile device may improve reading skills dramatically. Featuring the American Heritage Dictionary (English 4th Edition) and Roget's II Thesaurus, it provides a simple and easy way for people with reading difficulties, learning disabilities, or dyslexia to get immediate word support when they are reading.

Easy to use! You run it across a line of text just as if it's a yellow highlighter.

Q: How does it read back to you?

A: It reads back the words one at a time. If you scanned several words in sequence, it says them in that same sequence. So if you scan, "The dog jumped the fence" that is exactly what you'll hear when you play back the scan.

Other notes about the ReadingPen2:

• The synthesized voice is pleasant, not robotic.
• If you scan a sequence of numbers, it will render that as a word. So for example, scanning "123" results in "one twenty three" not "one two three."
• The ReadingPen "recognizes" one word at a time. As you scan, it optically recognizes each letter. When it comes to a space or punctuation mark, it considers that sequence of letters to be a word. It looks up the word and speaks it. This all happens so fast that for the user, it's just "scan and hear."

Package Contents:

• Two "AAA" batteries
• "Getting Started" document on the back of the packaging
• Carry case
• Earphones
• Training foot
• Instruction manual.

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