Registered: Jan 2001
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I recently bought a C-Pen 800 and now I am wondering if i would have been better with the WizCom QuickLink Pen?
does anyone know the pros and cons to each product?
Please Help!
I only have 14 days to return the C-Pen if need be

Ray

Registered: Jun 2000
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The reviews I've read on-line don't come out strongly in favor of one over the other, the rollers on the bottom of the quicklink make it a bit easier to use, but it seems that the accuracy is about the same, the c-pen may be a tad smaller.....(I had the same soul searching a week ago and went with the quicklink)

Registered: Dec 2000
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I went with the QuickLink. I pretty satisfy with my choice. Amazon.com has good customer reviews on both handheld scanners. Check Amazon out.

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Fat's

Registered: Mar 2001
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I am very disappointed with my C-Pen. The text recognition is horrible! Is it just me? What a waste!

Registered: Jan 2001
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Im not satisfied...

First of all, the control jog dial is at the end of the pen making it a pain to use when actually scanning with the pen. Next the process of scanning is difficult because the pen must sit flat on the paper and with no point of reference it is a paint to start scanning mid sentence. The Cpen boasts the ability to write characters with the pen to create letters on the screen... Yeah right, the idea is great but the actual result is quite inaccurate. editing the scanned material is difficult due to the odd interface on the Pen, so keeping material in some order is quite a task. Finally, the Pen requires an IR port to communicate with a computer. In the C-pen defense it scanns fast, has 8meg of ram and comes with a dictionary ( that must be loaded with a computer via an IR port)

Overall usability is not great with the C-Pen, and I cant find a reasion to keep it.

How functional is the Quickwrite? Is it worth trying?
Anyone else with input would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Back in May 2000, I did a review of the QuickLink Pen. Once you get the hang of holding it, it scans rather well. I've never tried the C-Pen, so I can't offer any comparative notes.

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