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WizCom
Technologies Ltd. is a pioneer and world leader in personal, portable,
scanning dictionaries, reading Pens and scanning Pens.
Our
pocket-size, user-friendly Quicktionary® Pens enable students and
people working in multilingual environments to translate and define
printed material without disrupting their reading process. Our
ReadingPen® products serve as assistive reading devices for people with
reading difficulties such as dyslexia and our InfoScanTM
Pens are an effective productivity tool for business people and
students, allowing them to scan printed text and transfer it to a PC or
handheld device either immediately or at a later time.
Our innovative technology can be found in our own products, as well as in a variety of applications offered by our partners.
Founded in 1995, WizCom is publicly traded on the Prime Standard stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany.
Technology
Our
products are developed using our unique expertise in linguistics
(morphology, spellers & dictionaries) and image acquisition and
processing. We have 'first' and 'best-of-breed' achievements in the
fields of microelectronics, electro-optics (multiple patents and
copyrights), and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) algorithm engines.
We also incorporate leading third-party technology, such as the Real
SpeakTM text-to-speech module by ScanSoft® and possess
cutting edge acumen in ASIC & Compact Hardware Design, Porting
capabilities and Open architecture. We give much attention to usability
and ergonomics when developing our products.
Markets
WizCom
has a strong presence in the consumer and special needs markets in
North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the
Mediterranean. Our customers are people who want to understand and use
text better - students, professionals, and laypersons of all ages.
Available in a wide variety of languages, our line of translation,
definition, and note-taking Pens is geared to meet the unique needs of
each customer.
People with reading difficulties (from grade
school and up) use our ReadingPen® products to help them understand
text, improve overall reading skills and boost self-confidence. The
ReadingPen® line is proven to enhance reading ability, self confidence,
the learning process and the academic success of people with learning
difficulties including learning disabilities such as dyslexia or
aphasia. The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) has
recognized the ReadingPen® as a technology-based approach that helps
students with reading difficulties acquire better reading and
comprehension skills.
In addition to the continual development
of new products for established markets, WizCom is currently focusing
on creating new and improved products targeting the general education
arena. These products are designed to help students of all ages
(kindergarten to university level), improve their reading skills and
overcome assorted literacy issues.
Distribution
WizCom
Pens are sold in retail outlets and online through a network of
regional partners around the globe. In addition, we license our
proprietary translation databases to leading content providers such as
Answers.com.
Products
Each
WizCom product is shaped like a pocket-sized Pen with a display screen
and keys. Users scan printed text with the tip of the Pen, and the
small optical scanner located within the tip converts the scanned data
into text format. The text can then be translated, defined, read aloud,
or stored on the Pen for immediate or future transfer to the PC.
Depending on the model, our Pens can:
- Define and translate scanned words, phrases, idioms and professional terms into any of over 25 languages.
- Read scanned words aloud.
- Scan and transfer text immediately to PCs or handheld devices, or store text on Pen and transfer to PC when convenient.
- Help
people with reading difficulties and special needs (such as dyslexia,
aphasia, and literacy issues) understand what they read with the help
of audio-visual tools and markers on the Pen.
Our products include:
- Translators:
These include the Quicktionary® Pens and Quicktionary®2 Professional
Pens (offering the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Collection of
professional dictionaries).
- Note-takers: Including the InfoScanTM and QuickLink-Pen® Elite Pens.
- All-in-one
products: The Quicktionary®2 Premium (also sold under the SuperPen®
brand) translates, defines, and stores text for transfer to the PC..
The Quicktionary®2 Premium Professional contains a wide range of
professional dictionaries and allows for the storage and transfer of
scanned text between the Pen and PC.
- Special needs: Our
ReadingPen® products are specially designed to help people with reading
disabilities improve their reading and comprehension. Using a
well-known monolingual dictionary, these Pens display the scanned words
in large fonts, divide the words into syllables and read the the words
aloud. The Pens have the additional functionality of being able to
spell the scanned words aloud, letter-by-letter. The ReadingPen® line
offers an exciting and stimulating way for struggling student readers
to easily and effectively improve their reading skills.
Translation dictionaries
Some
of our Pens feature built-in licensed dictionaries from well-known
publishers such as Houghton Mifflin, Oxford University Press, Brockhaus
Duden New Media, Taishukan Publishing Co., Van Dale Lexicography,
Norstedts, Sanseido, J.W. Cappeleens Forlag a.s., WSOY, etc. Some of
our products are fitted with additional memory, allowing users to to
download and switch between any of our 28 proprietary dictionaries.
Customer support
We
take pride in our personal approach to customer support, which is
available directly from WizCom or locally through our distribution
outlets.
Partners
WizCom
works with a number of leading content and technology partners. We
provide our unique scanning technology, hardware platform, and
proprietary content to companies around the world under licensing and
OEM agreements. We also license third-party software and content for
use in our Pens.
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