Hardware Brief 

Reading Pen
Picture of a Reading Pen

 

Reading Pen - Basic Edition K - 12
Version 1.0
By Wizcom
Released in 2008
 Available Now
Cost $229.95 per pen

Primary Function
This pen can be used for a thesaurus, a dictionary, a Spanish to English translator and has an auditory capability to read aloud when the pen is scrolled over English text.

Training
The Reading Pen has a user manual and a training feature available under options for further assistance.

Justification
This product is suited for anyone who struggles with ELA, is learning ESL, and anyone who has other literacy/cognitive learning disabilities.

First Hand Impression
I struggled with using this product. I found that the words were hard to scan. I needed to scan the word multiple times. If the words did scan, the Reading Pen didn't recognize all of them. I believe availability to a computer would be more efficent than this pen. The pen would also be hard to grip for those with little hands, or those that don't have very good fine-motor skills. In the picture below is a adult holding the pen;  Now imagine a student whose hands are half the size trying to hold it.
Close up picture of a reading pen

 

Reading Pen Poor Fair Good Excellent Comments
Quality   Child hands covered in paint     * Reading Pen 2
and
Reading Pen TS
are now available
Reliability Child hands covered in paint       * Seems to only
work when it
wants to
User Friendly   Child hands covered in paint     *Display screen and
buttons are small
* Can travel with it
Availability       child hands covered in paint * Can get it by
searching the
internet for it
Cost Child hands covered in paint       * A classroom
supply of 10
ranges from
$1,799 to $2,000

 

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