Scanning and OCR – Easy and Convenient

With the Ectaco C-Pen 3.0 you can scan and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) printed text into your computer. A brief sweep with your Ectaco C-Pen and the text instantly appears in any open application on your computer. Easy to use with translation software, text-to-speech applications, internet banking, etc. These applications are NOT included in this package.

USB connected – simple and reliable

The Ectaco C-Pen 3.0 is a USB connected device. Simple to install, easy to use, and powered by your computer so it never runs out of battery.

Ergonomic Design

The Ectaco C-Pen 3.0 with its ergonomic design fits perfectly in your hand and is designed for both left and right-hand use without any change of settings.

Ectaco C-Pen Core Software

The C-Pen Core Software for Windows and Mac OS X can be downloaded at no extra charge if needed.
The C-Pen Core is designed to seamlessly fit with multiple applications.

Ectaco C-Pen Technical Details

• Size 130 x 18 x 32 mm
• Weight 68 g
• Scanning speed up to 15 cm/s
• Character size 5-22 points
• OCR with support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic character*
• Built-in Lithium-Ion Polymer rechargeable battery
• Compliance: CE, FCC, ETL/UL, RoHS, WEEE
• USB connectivity

System Requirements

• Windows XP/SP2, Vista 32/64 bit, Windows 7 32/64 bit, Windows 8 32/64 bit, Mac OS X
• compatible USB port (USB 2.0/1.1)
• 200 MB free disk space

Contents of the box

• Ectaco C-Pen 3.0
• USB cable
• Quick start guide

*List of supported languages. Latin, Cyrillic or Greek characters:

34 Main Languages for which FineReader Engine provides dictionary support and spelling check system: Armenian (Eastern, Western, Grabar), Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (The Netherlands and Belgium), English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (new and old spelling), Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Nynorsk and Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tatar, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Additional Languages with Latin, Cyrillic or Greek characters: Abkhaz, Adyghian, Afrikaans, Agul, Albanian, Altai, Avar, Aymara, Azerbaijani (Cyrillic), Azerbaijani (Latin), Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bemba, Blackfoot, Breton, Bugotu, Buryat, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chechen, Chukchee, Chuvash, Congo, Corsican, Crimean Tatar, Crow, Dakota, Dargwa, Dungan, Eskimo (Cyrillic), Eskimo (Latin), Even, Evenki, Faeroese, Fijian, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Ganda, German (Luxemburg), Guarani, Hani, Hausa, Hawaiian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish, Jingpo, Kabardian, Kalmyk, Karachay-balkar, Karakalpak, Kasub, Kawa, Kazakh, Khakass, Khanty, Kikuyu, Kirghiz, Koryak, Kpelle, Kumyk, Kurdish, Lak, Latin, Lezgi, Luba, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malinke, Maltese, Mansy, Maori, Mari, Maya, Miao, Minangkabau, Mohawk, Moldavian, Mongol, Mordvin, Nahuatl, Nenets, Nivkh, Nogay, Nyanja, Ojibway, Ossetian, Papiamento, Provencal, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romany, Rundi, Russian (old spelling), Rwanda, Sami (Lappish), Samoan, Scottish Gaelic, Selkup, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Shona, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Sotho, Sunda, Swahili, Swazi, Tabasaran, Tagalog (Filipino), Tahitian, Tajik, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tswana, Tun, Turkmen, Tuvinian, Udmurt, Uzbek (Cyrillic), Uzbek (Latin), Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yakut, Zapotec, Zulu.

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