Penpower Junior is the Chinese expert software that helps you learn Mandarin from a variety of sources including Chinese websites, newspapers, books, magazines and more. Penpower combines learning through award-winning technologies in phrase segmentation, speech recognition, text to speech software and handwriting analysis to give you the very best chances of learning and understanding Mandarin […]
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Review of Ectaco C-pen Handheld Scanner Tool: 238 languages recognized!
The Ectaco C-Pen is a multilingual handheld OCR Scanner Pen that replaces fixed desktop scanners and makes your life infinitely easier. Scan over 238 languages from foreign books, documents or articles straight to your computer. Phonetic pronunciation of phrases or entire paragraphs helps you speed up your translation of simplified Chinese, Italian, Latin and many […]
Best Weighted Pens and Pencils For Tremors: Let’s Get You Writing Again!
The use of our muscles is something that many of us take for granted. For those afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological or physical ailments that cause loss of muscle control and motor functions, finding a way to ease those impacts is invaluable. For many, the use of a weighted pen has proven to […]
All About The Wizcom Reading Pen, A Wizardly Tool Assistant
The Wizcom reading pen is a reading assistive scanning pen that helps individuals with learning disabilities or those reading English as a second language. The tool helps them better understand what they are seeing. They read faster, easier, and far more effectively than before. Do You Or Your Child Have Reading Difficulties? Wizcom […]
Living with Parkinson’s Disease: Review of Three Assistive Tools
By Daria Costello My grandmother came to live with my family when I was in high school, a few years after my grandfather died. Shortly after that, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and spent the next several years dealing with increasingly incapacitating tremors, stiffness, and muscle weakness throughout her body. Though her mind remained […]
Review of the Montblanc UNICEF Meisterstück: The Gift of Writing
Elegance with a purpose. Since 2004, the Montblanc UNICEF has been a top selling pen for those with relatively deep pockets who care about those in need with shallow pockets. Since the two partnered, they’ve raised over 10 million dollars for UNICEF. The latest addition to this series is the 2017 Montblanc pen collection titled “The […]
12 apps to help you banish writer’s block
Writer’s block has been documented for many centuries, but the term itself was first described in 1947 by psychoanalyst Edmund Bergler. Writer’s block is a common phenomenon characterized by the inability to produce new work or come up with original ideas. If you’ve ever experienced writer’s block you know how frustrating it is staring at a […]