Review of the IRISPen Air 7, a wireless scanner in the form of a pen

A few days ago having a scanner to be able to transfer the information available on paper to the computer, required large devices that were not exactly cheap. As the years went by, the price of these devices was reduced considerably as well as their size, until they were integrated into printers, forming a set that allowed us to get out of the way from time to time.

But over time, this type of AIO, took up too much time and have stopped being as popular as at first, mainly to the space they occupy, in addition the need to print has been considerably reduced, due to the fact that each time there are the organisms that allow actions to be carried out electronically.

However, many are the people who are forced, either by organization or by necessity to have a portable scanner, to be able to take it with them to the library, to an official body, or simply in the office to be able to speed up the day to day. In the market we can find bulky scanners that allow us to scan a page, from which we only want to extract a couple of paragraphs, so it is not the right option for this type of person. This is where the IRISPen 7 comes in, a digital marker that scans all the text we pass it through, just as we would when we want to highlight the most important information in a book, a document ...

Who is IRIS?

The IRIS company is not unknown in the world of image or text recognition through devices, in fact, it has been offering this type of device on the market for more than 25 years, it is also part of the Canon company, a company that For many years it has offered desktop scanners to the market in addition to being one of the best photography companies, which together with Nikon dominate the digital photography market.

Comfort and productivity

Thanks to IRISPen 7, we can scan entire paragraphs of text to later paste them into our favorite text editor, notes application or directly on our Smartphone, something that until now was not possible with a scanner. IRISPen 7 gives us the mobility and productivity that many users need on a day-to-day basis. Mobility due to the little that the device occupies and productivity because we do not have to use the applications for smartphones that allow us to scan documents to extract a small part, with the IRISPen 7 we can extract only the part that interests us from the text.

Fast and versatile

When we are preparing a job for the university, conducting research for our work or simply want to have a copy of the information that interests us the most and that we can obtain through the internet, the IRISPen 7 is the appropriate device to do so, since the scanned text is automatically passed to the devices to which it is connected, be it a Mac, a Windows PC, an Android or iOS smartphone, the application is compatible with all operating systems on the market, a feature that makes it the device for most versatile scan on the market.

Compatible with any surface

If we are in the habit of scanning documents, surely you have encountered the problem of some types of high gloss paper. This brightness highlights a lot the background are the letters, so character recognition programs (OCR for its acronym in English) cannot offer us good results. However, IRISPen 7, is compatible with any type of paper and surface whether they are books, magazines, newspapers, faxes, letters, bound documents ... This device is ideal for when we are forced to go to the library or they lend us a book that we can't put through the tough process of smashing it against a desktop scanner.

No wires

The IRISPen 7 is a very small pen-shaped device, measuring 13,97 cm long by 3,5 cm at its widest point, where the reader is located, making it an ideal device for carry in our backpack, bag or even in your pocket. It only weighs 28 grams and fits perfectly in the hand. As I mentioned above, the IRIS Pen 7 shows us almost instantly all the information that we scan via bluetooth to our PC, Mac, Tablet or smartphone (iOS or Android).

Integrated translator and read aloud

Once we have all the information that we have copied on our device, the application is capable of translating it into more than 130 languages ​​as well as reading all the content aloud, ideal for those with vision problems. The translation function is ideal for when we go on a trip to a country where the language is a real problem, since thanks to IRISPen 7 we can translate any text in seconds without having to write it beforehand without the need for an internet connection.

Requires at least iOS 7 or higher.

Requires at least Android 4.4.2 or higher.

Compatible with CMC-7 barcodes

As if the features offered by the IRISPen 7 were few, this device also offers us compatibility with the MICR-CMC-7 codes, codes used in banking, and where you can find bank codes, account numbers, check amounts, indicators of control…

Box contents

Inside the box we will find everything you need to be able to quickly start using the IRISPen 7, since in addition to the scanner pen, it also includes a Dongle so that our PC or MAC has a bluetooth connection, if it did not have one. In addition, we also find the cable to recharge the device through the USB port of our computer.

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