Directory of Portable Resources

Home > Computers > Hardware > Peripherals > Scanners > Portable

Portable scanners are extremely miniaturized scanners, mostly used by traveling salespeople who attach them to their laptops. Apart from A4/A-size scanners, there are also business card scanners and pen-scanners. These devices often come with OCR software and sometimes with translation software too.

Resources in This Category

• Ambir Technology, Inc.

  http://www.ambir.com/
  Manufacturer of portable scanners and accessories. [USA]

• C-Pen

  http://www.cpen.com/
  Manufacturer of portable pen scanners that transmit handwritten text from paper to digital media and scanning of printed text.

• Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN) - USA

  http://www.card-reader.com/
  Manufacturer of ID scanners bundled with OCR software include reading of barcode and magnetic data. Also specializes in medical insurance card scanners.[USA]

• Card Scanning Solutions Ltd. (CSSN) - UK

  http://www.cardscanning.com/
  Manufacturer of scanners for driver licenses and photo IDs. [United Kingdom]

• CardReader Inc.

  http://www.bizcardreader.com/
  Manufacturer of business card and photo scanners with built in OCR capability. [USA]

• CardScan, Inc.

  http://www.cardscan.com/
  Manufactures and sells complete solutions for turning business cards into electronic information.The company was formerly known as Corex. [USA]

• Planon System Solutions Inc.

  http://www.planon.com/
  Manufacturer of portable handheld scanners. [USA]

• Plustek

  http://www.plustek.com/
  Manufacturer of sheet fed and multifunction scanners, specializing in very small scanners.[Taiwan]

• Scanning Pens Ltd.

  http://www.scanningpens.co.uk/
  Reseller of pen-style scanners to read lines of printed text. Devices with translation and speech capabilities are also offered.[United Kingdom]

• ScanShell Store

  http://www.scanshell-store.com/
  Reseller of business card scanners, ID scanners and magnetic readers, checks scanners and OCR software. Site has portable scanners technical dictionary. [USA]

• WizCom Technologies Ltd

  http://www.wizcomtech.com/
  Developers and manufacturers of portable scanning pens,for reading and translating printed text.[Germany]

• ZIP-scan Inc.

  http://www.zip-scan.com/
  Manufacturer of scanner for analysis of test results or survey responses. [USA]

 

Home > Computers > Hardware > Peripherals > Scanners > Portable

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us