Talking Pen for Children

Multimedia Braille talking pen: Understand what you cannot read, and learn to pronounce what you cannot say!

talking pen with magic sound stickers for the children

204 * mixed sized labels (small round, large round, large square)

1 x USB cable

1 x neck lanyard

2 x AAA batteries

1 x storage box

There is no limit to the length of individual recordings, so they can be used for short messages as well as long. The internal memory is 2GB which allows up to 70 hours of recording.

12 month warranty

Product Benefits:

· Affordable

· Light weight and portable

· It is user friendly, with simple function buttons. Audible instructions are clear and easy to follow.

· Buttons are easy to identify by touch

· Does not require special battery (AAA). The batteries are easy to change. The device has an audible low battery warning.

· Auto shutdown function after 3 minutes of non-use.

· Playback of voice recording is very clear,

· Volume is adjustable, maximum setting is quite loud.

· Has many applications for both a person with low vision and totally blind.

· Each recording is not time limited

· Quite a significant total recording time of up to 70 hours

· Comes with 204 labels of various sizes. More labels can be purchased

· Labels are re-usable, that is, you can record over unwanted labels.

· Comes with a lanyard to hand around your neck – useful for someone who has difficulty holding items for long periods. Protects the device from dropping accidentally.

Points to Consider:

Could be difficult to locate labels, but this can be easily solved by using tactile marking

Need to make sure that you know what you want to record as you cannot add further information to a label like you can with the ID Mate talking bar code scanner.

Currently the labels are not waterproof or washable, but there are plans to release washable versions

Labels cannot be microwaved.

The device is black with blue control buttons – it is not the best contrast

Lowest volume setting is 0 – if accidentally turned down all the way, could be mistaken for not working.

Helpful Hints:

· PENfriend has many applications including:

o Memo / Note taker

o Making shopping lists

o Recording recipes

o Recording Expiry Dates on food products in pantry or freezer

o Recording dietary information on food products

o Attach labels to magnetic tape for labelling canned food

o Audio labels on medication bottles, with information such as dosage and when to take the tablets

o Audio labeller for CD, Video or DVD collection

o Labelling content of shelves, cupboard and drawers

o Record washing instructions on specific clothing items

o Labelling cosmetics, including colour information

o Labelling paperwork such as bills and other documents

o In the classroom: labelling classroom equipment and resources, class timetable

o In the garden: plant and vegetable name tags

o In the workplace: labelling equipment, maintaining files

· Useful tips:

o Colour in the labels to provide contrast to background

o Label can be laminated to make it waterproof

Product Comparison:

 The IDmate:

· The Penfriend has a much clearer voice recording output.

· However, PENfriend does not come with product database, all information has to be recorded by the user.

· It is cheaper than IDmate

· Lightweight

Features: Using the PENfriend you can record and re-record your voice using adhesive labels. You can instantly playback the recording by placing the pen on the label. Use to label: food items, including freezer items, film and music collections, household objects or even to organise letters and other paperwork as well as record shopping lists or leave audio messages. Powered by 2x AAA batteries.

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Understand what you cannot read, and learn to pronounce what you cannot say

1. Touch, enjoy listening to the book

No need setting "Turn page" function, no need reversing tapes and no need any more operation with the hi-tech digital product talking pen reader, only touch, the books will speak magically.

2.Interactive reading, gives zest to study

More sound designs of dialogs, sound effects and background music than common paper books fully mobilize your eyes, ear, mouth, hands and brain, bring you new multi-media reading experiences but no any radicalization hurt. Interactive reading gives zest to study!

3. Fashionable shape, simply operation

Multi-media reading reader satisfy you with listening and learning whenever and wherever you are at home, in the classroom, in the subway, or outdoor. Fashionable shape is enough to attract you , and elephant style just like a toy brings up children zest for books.

4. Real-man recording, high quality sound

All sounds are recorded by professional radiobroadcaster, foreign experts and children of opera troupe, providing high quality, graceful and normative sounds for kids language studying.

5. Trillions of books publication

Only multi-media talking technology can realize publication of trillions of talking books. Many of publishing houses at home and abroad rush to publish multi-media talking books. Authoritative publication will lead developing tendency of talking books.

Talking Pen for Children