This OCR scanning pen copies text straight to your Mac and iPhone

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Scan notes and save them to your device with Scanmarker Air.
Scan text in an instant, and translate it into 70 languages, with this smart scanning pen.
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When you need to scan a line of text, or even whole paragraphs, the pen-shaped Scanmarker Air gets the job done quickly and efficiently. Its optical character recognition quickly and accurately digitizes text. Then, the portable scanner sends the captured data to your iPhone, Mac or other device via Bluetooth.

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Smart OCR scanner

This time-saving digital scanning pen enables super-accurate, multilingual text scanning of any printed text. Just drag it across a line in a book, and watch the words instantly appear on your screen for easy access on your devices later.

It integrates with a wide range of programs, too. So whether you’re taking notes in Word or Evernote, adding data to Excel, or sharing quotes or information on social media, you can digitize the text quickly and access it immediately.

The Scanmarker Air is designed for ultimate convenience. It scans 3,000 characters per minute, which means it can hoover up a full line of text in just one second. Almost anything is game: The pen works on texts, numbers and barcodes.

The Scanmarker Air also has some advanced scanning tricks up its sleeves. It scans and translates into more than 70 languages. And it can even read scanned text aloud.

The digital highlighter’s 100mAh battery supports seven days of regular use, so you can take it with you to class or meetings without having to constantly worry about a charge. Its accuracy and ease of use earned it 4 stars on Amazon after nearly 4,000 ratings.

Save on Scanmarker Air scanning pen

Take notes a smarter way. For a limited time, you can get the Scanmarker Air digital pen scanner for just $110 (regularly $139). It’s available in black or blue.

Prices subject to change.

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