ExamReader | C-Pen | Text to speech device | Exam aid | Human reader alternative

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The best way I can describe it is that it sounds like Stephen Hawking. You’re not going to get smooth and perfect intonation of a natural human voice. There’s a long pause at periods or randomly in the middle of a sentence. This is an empowering tool for learners with dyslexia, so I think it’s worth the money. However, it’s best for people 10 years of age or older as it requires a steady and patient hand. It’s really only designed for clear, easy-to-read sans serif fonts that you’d find in a textbooks or printed article. I even find that sometimes it gets confused by quotation marks. The voice isn’t perfect, as I outline below. It sounds a little like Stephen Hawking. But for my college students, that wasn’t a concern for them at all.

I assume that it is quiet because it’s designed not to disturb the people around you. Which makes sense in classroom and exam situations.If you angle the pen too much or too little it doesn’t read the text effectively. You really need to find a specific range of angle for it to work perfectly, and this takes a couple of tries.

As a learning aid, I’d like to see it used more at colleges. It helps break down a barrier of disadvantage so intelligent people who just happen to have dyslexia have an equal playing field when reading and during exams. Additional FeaturesAll my interactions with the company who produce the pen have been positive. I’ve had one faulty C-Pen (I’ve worked with a lot of them in my time) and they happily accepted a return.

This review will outline my pros and cons of the C-Pen reader. These are my experiences only – but my goal is to give you a good idea of whether this reader is right for you. C-Pen Reader Review What I liked… The pen isn’t very forgiving if you waver from the line of the text. You really need to scan a nice clean straight line across the text. We took everything great from the ExamReader and made major enhancements for the C-Pen Exam Reader 2™. Scanning speeds are even faster now with AI-supported text-to-speech. The C-Pen Exam Reader 2™ also supports 10+ languages and features an audio-aided user interface to improve accessibility for all. Portable, Cost-Effective Exam SupportA C Pen reader is most commonly used for students with dyslexia. It helps them to listen to rather than read written words so they can interpret them more clearly and effectively. Scan printed text in British English, American English, Australian English, Indian English, French, Canadian French, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Flemish Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese There is a learning curve, and it struggles with some types of text (see later in this review), so I’m not saying it’s perfect. But I do think it works well for most school-related printed texts. For many of my students with learning disabilities, the greatest frustration is that they don’t have a level playing field. Scan Font Size Range 6.5 – 22 pt • Certifications CE, UKCA, RoHS FCC • Size Dimensions: 135*33*19mm