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VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand Portable Scanner (PDS-ST410-VP) |  | Brand: VuPoint Solutions
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
as of 9/5/2010 16:24 CDT details
Seller: Beach Camera
Rating:  51 reviews
Format: CD
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: N/A
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 1.1 x 1.2
MPN: VPSPDSST410WM
Model: VPSPDSST410WM
UPC: 874121002713
EAN: 0874121002713
ASIN: B002R0BFAA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features: Scanner for color & monochromatic images, documents, magazines | | • | Sensor: A4 Color Contact image Sensor | | • | Resolution: Standard Resolution: 300x300dpi (default); High Resolution: 600x600dpi | | • | External Memory: Support Micro SD card up to 16GB (Micro SD card not included) | | • | File Format: JPEG |
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Product Description
PDS-ST410-VP Portable Scanner... Scan documents, photos, newspaper articles, magazine articles, fetters, recipes, any reading materials and much more and save them on to a microSD card Fast and convenient way to share, archive and organize; scan your favorite recipes and email them to your friends, scan your Important documents and archive them, or turn stacks of documents into organized digital files Light-weight and portable, easy to carry Contact image Sensor. A4 size (8.27" x 11.69") and standard letter size (8,5" x 11 ") Color scan speed: High resolution with color= 28 sec High resolution with monochromatic = 14 sec. Standard resolution with color = 8 sec. Standard resolution with monochromatic = 4 sec. E.g. Scan a U.S. passport size in; High resolution/monochromatc = 5-10 sec. High resoluton/color = 8-15 sec. Scan a newspaper size in: High resolution/monochromatc = 25-30 sec. High resolution/color = 30-40 sec. Image resolutions; 300 x 300 dpi for standard resolution 600 x 600 dpi for high resolution Automatically powers of In 3 minutes when not In use Scanning status LCD display; automatc white balance Supports n croSD card up to 16GB* Compatible with Wndows® XP SP2, Windows® Vlsta , Windows 7 , Mac OS® 10.4 or above Uses 2x AA batteries Battery life: AA
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 51
 Perfect document scanner, nearly good enough for pictures. February 22, 2010
Anonymous Italian
147 out of 149 found this review helpful
I'm a graduate student and I spend a lot of time in libraries poring through books that can't circulate (rare, antique, etc.) Some are not even allowed out of specific parts of the university library. This is the answer! I can just roll the wand over the pages, and then I can study the text in the comfort and convenience of my house. I will add a picture of a scanned page for review as a product image. I'll never go back.
Oh, it does eat batteries, but who cares...AAs are cheap.
Outstanding February 26, 2010
Max Davidson
87 out of 87 found this review helpful
I bought this scanner for the purpose of scanning pages out of law books at the library. After about two minutes' practice, it was a cinch. In fifteen minutes I was able to scan 30 pages' research, and later downloaded it all to my laptop as .PDF files. The resolution is great, and the scan quality was good enough to use in powerpoint presentations after cropping and magnifying with Microsoft Picture Manager. You can't get scans out of books with a page-fed portable, and a desktop model is too big to carry. Light years better than waiting for the library photocopier.
At last! March 18, 2010
Kurt G. Schumacher (Broomfield, CO USA)
47 out of 47 found this review helpful
It has been way too long since anyone made a really usable hand scanner. I've been looking for one for years. So I was very excited when I saw a review of the 'Magic Wand' on one of my news feeds.
This product does the trick. You have to be fairly slow and steady to get a good scan, but hey... it's a hand scanner! So no surprise there. The scan quality is quite acceptable for a device of this type. Not what you would get from a flatbed scanner, but hey... it's a hand scanner! Print is readable, photo quality isn't fantastic but might improve as my scanning skills get better.
The scanner is bundled with 'ABBYY Screenshot Reader', which extracts text from an image. ABBYY is one of the major producers of optical character recognition (OCR)software. I have a document scanner that came with and ABBYY OCR program. But I have never seen a screenshot reader before. This product allows you to select an area on your computer screen, and it will extract text from that area and put it in your clipboard.
So when you scan an image with the 'Magic Wand', you can connect the scanner to your computer with a USB cable (included); open the image in a picture viewer; and use Screenshot Reader to capture the text.
You will probably have to do a bit of touch-up after you paste the text into another application. I have yet to see an OCR program that does perfect text conversion. One trick that helps a lot is to zoom in on the text to make it larger. OCR programs work better with larger text.
I am very pleased with the 'Magic Wand'. I keep it next to my laptop in the living room (yeah, I'm a multi-computer geek, and I do "side surfing" while I'm watching TV) so I can quickly scan things out of magazines or books. And it's small enough to toss in my computer bag when I'm on the road. Along with my Planon Printsitk portable printer (Planon Printstik PS950ME Label Printer - Monochrome - Direct Thermal), I've got a complete office in a bag!
handy device April 12, 2010
E. J. Pershey (Cleveland, OH)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
Needed a scanner to use on old newspaper pages that would not fit onto a flatbed scanner. This scanner worked flawlessly from day one. The nicest feature is that there is no software needed on the computer. The scanner stores the scans as jpegs on a memory card (SD; you need to buy one as one does not come with the scanner). When you plug the scanner into the USB port on your computer it appears as a USB memory drive. You just drag the files onto your computer. The quality of the scans at 300 DPI were very very good.
VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand Portable Scanner March 22, 2010
Romy60 (Indiana USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
Sweet! This is just what I've been looking for. Portable and self contained. Works well and easy to use.
Just what you need to take along on your next trip to that Genealogical Library. No more hand written notes;
just scan the page and save to read and study later at home. Makes research a pleasant instead of a pain.
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