VuPoint PDS-ST470PE-VP Compact Portable Wand Scanner with 1.5" Color Viewfinder

I had no idea wand scanners existed and am finding this sooo handy to have in addition to my regular scanner. Much easier to scan long receipts and book or magazine pages with this. Not so good as my flat glass scanner for pictures though they are usable. I bought this just for text anyway. I love the bright color which makes it easy to find and harder to leave behind. Easy to choose options and no problem viewing screen. Backlight would be nice but not absolutely necessary. I have bad eyesight but can see the screen. Like the previews. Lightweight and compact. I added 32 gig card to it because when I scan I scan a lot! I'm not doing anything special to scan straight. I just watch the guides as I scan and try to move smoothly. Very happy with this scanner and would recommend it.

this product does need a SanDisk MicroSD to work.http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M55C0NS/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_31its not as versatile as I had hoped it would be nor is it thin enough to scan my favorite books or manga into my personal library without issues like not scanning fully the images or words on the pages as well as being too thick it does not easily scan without causing some wear to the spines of the manga and books. However I do have to say it's image quality is beautiful. and you can use USB cable for transfer of images to computer after installing software it comes with and the separately sold SanDisk MicroSD.

I bought this to scan pages from books. I'm college student and thought this scan would make it easier to pull definitions and such from books instead of hand writing them. It works okay with books until you get close to the spin. Then you lose data and the OCR just guesses at what the scanner doesn't pickup. You for overall book scanning, it's iffy. I'm also a college professor. This does allow me to scan other lose type pages, magazines and other materials that you can flatten out. The scan on these once you get use to the scanning process is good. It comes with the necessary software and USB cable. The software allows you to turn you scanned data into pictures, PDF or MS Word documents. The software does the translation from picture to text. This scanner is rechargeable. So, no need to have it constantly connect to system for power. The only necessary item you will need is a MicroSDHC memory card. The capacity depends on how much data you plan to scan and how much time there would be between data downloads. It says up to 32GB memory card. I think the average user could get away with a 4GB - 8GB. They aren't that expensive. I'm using a 16GB card at $14. If you plan of carrying this around with you, you may need a case to protect it. The one they have paired with this on the product page is a nice case that will protect the scanner and provides a space for the USB cable and memory card container. However, it is a very tight fit.If you are looking for a scanner that will scan lines of text in hard bound type books, a pen scanner would be better.

This wand is a great device, when it works. Problem is, it's battery does not hold a charge. Even when charged for the correct amount of time, it never shows a full charge and then the battery depletes very quickly. The scans are good, it is simple to use, and very portable.

I really like this thing. It works very well and does what I wanted it for and more. It is also much faster and easier to use than my desk top scanner. I have found out a couple things about it that others might be interested in. The JPG files that it creates could not be saved after being edited with Canon's Zoom Browser photo editing program. That program would hang-up when I tried to save the edited JPG from the Magic Wand scanner. I found that if opened the scaner's JPG with Microsoft's Paint, then only saved it, Zoom Browser would work just fine with it. I also found that the medium resolution of 600 dpi makes the best quality scans. They are very clear and much better than ones made at the HI resolution of 1050 or 1200. Talking to friend who is in to high quality photography, he told me that is common with even very expensive scanners.

Not all that intuitive to use. Since I live(d) in a small apartment, I thought I should just get this product as it can be easily stored and I don't really use a scanner all that often, but when i do need one I would have this, now a days though, a new 2016 phone will give you just as good as quality as this bar. I started using this as a back up scanner in my car for when i need to scan plans sets at the City as I am an engineer. It does the trick well without messing with my phone battery life.

Bought in February 2014. Light use from that date until now (April 2015). So, after fourteen months of light use the scanner will no longer connect to my computer via usb; making the scanner useless. Being that I'm well out of the return period I'm out the $90 I spent of this. Also, there's no way to contact the seller to request replacement or remediation.UPDATE: Just called the manufacturer - VUPOINT. They suggested I try connecting it to a different computer. I informed them I do not have another computer. The person then said there was a 1 year warranty on their products. I told her it was 3 months past the year warranty. She said that if it doesn't connect to another computer (which I don't have) then I have a "defective unit." I went on to clarify that, since the product is 3 months past the year warranty I was stuck with a non-working unit. She reiterated that I should try it on another computer and ended the call.

It takes some practice to run smoothly but even slightly shaky ones are better than fax copies. Very useful but I have it on the lowest resolution because more than 300 dpi is overkill for my needs.