Language Translator Device, DOSMONO OCR Reading Pen, Dyslexia Reading Tool (Black)

Background - International Traveler & Senior CitizensI am purchasing this for my parents who are not native English speakers, and they are visiting us from abroad. While we can always translate for them when we go out together (dining, shopping, traveling), it would come handy if they can pull out a little survival device, preferably functional off-line, that helps them to quickly translate some texts or serves as a simple voice translator as needed.For our purposes, we need translations primarily between Mandarin Chinese and English. It would be beneficial if it can translate Spanish, Japanese and Korean since Spanish is popular here in sunbelt states and they might need to take transfer flight in Japan or Korea.I do have a pair of Google Earbuds, which boasts about their real-time AI translation feature. However, the earbuds cannot work independently without paring with a phone (preferably Android phones) and for text translation, they still need to use APPs like Google Translate or Google Lens. In situations like that, a standalone device is obviously a better choice. After some research, I narrowed the selections down to a few and tried them all out, and this one stood out for its reasonable price (at the time of purchase) and functionality.Features that we enjoy:1. Easy to use and good screen quality - It is quite intuitive to use the DOSMONO Pen, and the display is bright and clear to read. Lightweight and compact design, easy to carry around.2. Offline Translation - Very useful when Wi-Fi or cellular data is not available, such as on the airplane or in an airport with poor public Wi-Fi (such as LAX?).3. Accurate Recognition - We tested it mostly in printed texts and it works in various tilting angles (the pen suggests that vertical placement is the best) and recognizes the texts accurately and fast enough. Just slide through the texts in a smooth and normal speed line by line, it will automatically correct as it goes and merges the scans from different lines naturally.4. Good Text Translation - The translation quality between Chinese and English (both ways) are actually pretty good for basic/survival needs. There is a dictionary built-in so you can drill down to individual word. Can't make any judgements on other languages yet as I don't have such language skills. Happy to see reviews from other foreign language speakers. Fast response.5. Audio Quality - After each scan, the pen will read the text out, the English and Chinese pronunciation is very good, loud and clear.6. Memo/Note Taking - Though it is not my focus, it comes with some business/study tool such as the note taking function that allows you to quickly scan and save the texts as memo.7. USB Type C - Can't emphasize this enough as Type-C is everywhere now, and you don't need to bring an extra cable.SummaryOverall, I am pleased with this handy little translator device and would recommend it.

The media could not be loaded. I just got this out the box and it’s not working The screen will not change from this Dosmono with the Chinese letters I have turned it back on and back off, connected to the charger and still nothing different. Plan on sending this back immediately.

I bought this item for a Korean student studying English.The quality of long sentence translation is moderate.But this is very useful because the user can immediately check the meaning and pronunciation of short words.I think that this is very good for the price.If this had a Korean-English dictionary, it would be better.It seems that this has only a Chinese-English dictionary.

a little disappointed, I don't see all the languages advertised.

Perfect if you have to do a lot of reading and your eyes are tired from constantly having to look at a computer screen. It is perfect for my textbooks. Just scan with the pen and it will read it back to you either aloud or over bluetooth earbuds. Really easy to use and convenient, like it!

I got the item brand new and as soon as I took it out of the box to start charging it, it's not charging. I tried charging it using different cords with the same port and it didn't charge under those either.

I got this for someone who has dyslexia. This helps her quite a bit, and she gets good use out of it. It’s accurate and overall reliable.

Since i bought this product as a gift, I can not rate the item