If it’s not on the web it doesn’t exist. Well that’s what we’ve heard. Thankfully it’s a load of codswallop because plenty of pages exist outside the pixellated confines of your computer. But not for long because the amazing
CopyCat Handheld Scanner is here to digitise anything and everything you fancy.
This ingenious
battery-operated device allows you to capture
books, magazine pages, photos, text and virtually any document you can think of in a matter of seconds, wherever you may roam. Simply sweep it across the required pages and presto, the high res images are written onto
micro SD card (up to 32GB), ready for idiot-proof
USB drag-and-drop transfer to
PC or Mac.
Capable of storing more than
30,000 pages, the CopyCat scans
colour images at an impressive
600 dpi, and comes with nifty
OCR software that converts text images into editable text in Word, Clipboard or Excel.*
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Stores photos on microSD card |
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Clear LCD screen |
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Transfer to computer via USB |
Just think, armed with a CopyCat you can scan images from magazines in the dentist’s waiting room, scan reams of the nearest swot’s homework, copy photos on the fly and even store newspaper pages for subsequent study. (We’re thinking political comment, not Page 3. Honest).
Apparently this compact page muncher utilises real-time distortion compensation and capture-optimising feedback for great scans. Whatever. All we know is the in-depth Girls Aloud swimwear feature in last month’s Girl Band Weekly is now safely digitised and stored in our ‘important cultural icons’ file.
A great gizmo for anyone drowning in paperwork, the CopyCat is guaranteed to come in handy in all kinds of scenario, serious or frivolous. Scantastic!
*OCR software is PC only