Your Personal Reading Tutor  The new ReadingPen®2 combines both ReadingPen Basic and Advanced dictionaries. Choose between the Childrens Dictionary/Thesaurus (formerly ReadingPen Basic K-12) and the College Dictionary/Thesaurus (formerly ReadingPen Advanced) during setup. Improves reading comprehension for children grades K-12   The ReadingPen®2 is the preferred assistive technology for learning English by educators and administrators for children with learning disabilities such as Dyslexia, ADD and ADHD in grades K-12.   The ReadingPen®2 scans text, provides text to speech, definitions, syllabication and inlcudes English to Spanish translation for ESL/ELL students.   Improves reading comprehension, increases test scores and makes reading fun.
Works with any printed text	According to research by Higgins and Raskind 2005, "on average, children scored 7 points higher, more than a grade point higher, when using the pen"
Motivates and supports independent readers	With the privacy and visual/auditory support provided by the Readingpen, frustration and embarrassment disappear. Both struggling and fluent readers rapidly improve their skills in: Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Spelling Pronunciation Academic vocabulary Grammatical structure Understanding assessment instructions
Provides in-depth instructional support	Scans words or full lines of text instantly Pronounces and displays words on built-in LCD screen Displays and reads defintions and synonyms Shows syllabication Spells words, highlighting letters Includes K-12 Grade level dictionary, Thesaurus and English-Spanish translation Built-in tutorial Recognizes over 250,000 words Includes built-in speaker and headphones

Used just like a yellow highlighter,the ReadingPen^® 2:
Scans 6-22 pt, bold, italic, underlined orinverted text
Words can be highlighted on the screen as they are spoken for easy following
"Test Mode" prevents acces to definitions for use during exams
Keeps a history of the last 80 words scanned for easy review by user, parent or teacher

Package contains:
Pen
Carry case
2 x AAA batteries
Headphones
Training foot
Manual