For the last couple of years, companies have come out with s number of small handheld scanning devices to do very specific tasks to support learners. Today I want to talk to you about the Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 scanning pen that can be used to help you learn English, Spanish and Chinese. Before I start, I would like to thank Youdao for providing me with this device to review. The Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 has a very sleek design with a beautifully crafted touch LED Glass screen. The pen has a good feel and is made of a substantial metal shell with crystal clear sound.

Using this Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 it's possible for the individual to scan text in one language and hear it in another. For example, I can scan a line in English and hear the text being read aloud in Spanish or Chinese. The scanning pen also provides dictionary support which can be very helpful when learning new vocabulary. The scanning pen has a number of very useful features which include Bluetooth, and text to speech, and provides an array of customization in a very small package. The Youdao Dictionary Pen 3  allows you to set the handedness of the user, set multi-line scanning and translation, set the auto pronunciation of the system ( US Accent and UK accent supported), set system language (English, Spanish & Chinese), set dictionary along with Volume and Brightness. Using it's very accurate optical character recognition technology, the pen is able to scan the text in one language and you can hear it in another. The scanning pen has a unique feature called “Tap and Check,” which allows the user to isolate one word on the page to read by simply pressing the pen before the word. Using this technique the pen automatically scans the word and you can hear it. The Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 can also be used to scan multiple lines without needing to stop at the end of the line of text. This makes this tool very efficient and overall, I found that the optical character recognition is very accurate and allows the user to scan at a fairly nice rate of speed.

There are a number of ways that the Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 allows you to customize the reading experience. The Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3’s touchscreen, makes the interface very easy to use and very responsive to changes. The Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 allows the individual to isolate a word and get the definition that is displayed on the screen. One of my recommendations- would be, that the definitions of words could be read aloud using the text-to-speech feature. Students can also elect words that have been scanned and have the Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 sound out the word, which is very handy when learning how to decode and say the word. The Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 also has an audio recording feature that allows the individual to speak the word and practice saying it which is a nice feature.

This scanning pen supports Bluetooth and allows individuals to use Bluetooth earbuds when listening to the text being read on the screen. The Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3, supports; English to English, Chinese to English as well as Spanish to English. Using English to English makes this an ideal reading tool for students that are dyslexic and just want to use it to read text in a book. I found that the optical character recognition was very accurate and the text to speech is of high quality. Adding the Bluetooth feature and Bluetooth earbuds, would allow students to listen to the text in complete privacy. Being able to scan multiple lines of text quickly is a real asset with this device. Pairing it with Bluetooth earbuds could make this a very powerful tool for individuals with reading challenges.

Overall I found the Youdao  Dictionary Pen 3 to be easy to set up and use with lots of benefits to individuals who are learning a new language or for students who are dyslexic and need support for decoding words when reading from a book or a worksheet. For more information please go to https://smart.youdao.com/en/dictPenThree

The Youdao Dictionary Pen 3 was provided to me free of charge for review and no payment or compensation was made for this review