Like many kids Kora & Logan love to draw and color. They will spend lots of time on one drawing, using their imaginations and even telling a story to go along with it. Dave and I love to see all this artwork and it makes us happy that they enjoy it so much. Their grandparents often want to see their drawings as well.
ZCan+ Scanner Mouse received and one provided for giveaway.
This is a bit of a problem for my parents because they live in Michigan while we are here in Ohio. I’ve always thought it would be fun to email them image files of the kids drawings and that’s why I was excited about the ZCan+ Scanner Mouse
Once the ZCan+ Scanner Mouse software is setup on your computer, simply plug the mouse into a USB port and scan away. Here’s a video I made showing you how easy it is to use.
Isn’t that amazing? I love how crisp and clear the image is and that it can be scanned into either a .jpg or .png file. With the click of a button you can also insert it into a Word or PDF document.
The scan to text feature is impressive too. You can scan text into an image, into a Word document, or even into an Excel document. I like that it puts items in columns and makes organizing text easier. I was amazed that I could scan the 5 points in the article in the video above and they were separated into sections in Excel. Very handy especially for those who deal with a lot of documents all day and need an easy way to organize the text on them.
The ZCan+ also comes with a small protective cover which you can use to put in an old photo so there is no risk of the photo being damaged in the scanning process. The mouse moves very smoothly and I don’t feel there is a real threat of damage however, it is very nice having the protective cover just in case.
I do have to admit that while the mouse came with a disc to use to download the software, I couldn’t get it to work on my computer. I reached out to tech support and didn’t hear anything back. Eventually I did get a download link and it took ages for the software to download. While all this was a hurdle, once I got over it I was very impressed with the features of the mouse and everything it can do.
I recommend the ZCan+ Scanner Mouse to anyone looking for a simple way to scan in images, documents, and even your child’s drawings. With just a few swipes of your hand and a couple of clicks of a button you can save the items to your computer and then send the documents off to your boss or the drawings of to Grandma & Grandpa. It’s one tech item that is sure to make our lives easier and a lot more fun.
I was also interested to learn Zcan+ Scanner Mouse has a WIRELESS VERSION that goes live on Indiegogo on Jul 29, 2014.
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Thanks for the giveaway…would love to scan our daughter’s drawings, art work, etc.
I would love to use this for my husbands important military paperwork
I would like to scan photos
i would use it to scan photos and drawings
I would scan photos
I would use it to scan receipts and other paperwork.
i would like to scan family photos onto the computer
I would love to scan old photos.
I would do my receipts and everything else.
vmkids3 at msn dot com
Photos, important and/or precious documents, drawings, plans and diagrams for my Honey/Hubby’s woodworking and carpentry projects – to name a few. Oh and recipes out of old magazines and cookbooks!
I would scan my old family photos.
I would like to scan old family pictures
i would scan photos
I would love to scan photos!
I’d scan knitting patterns
This would be great for scanning pictures :)
I would do my lesson plans. Thank you
Some old family recipes
i’d like to scan some very old family photos
drawing
drawings and photos
I would scan old photos.
i would scan all my old photo albums
This is so cool! Much easier to share all sorts of things if I can scan in with a mouse.
I would scan photos and recipies with it.
for me it is pictures. i have a non-digital camera and would love to scan those pictures.
Fmaily photos for me!
I would scan things like pictures, drawings, documents, calenders, recipes and lists. I would be most excited about the lists. I am a big list maker. I would love to be able to scan what I write and have it available for view on the computer without having to type a book.
This would be perfect for scanning photos and recipes.
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I’m not sure what I’d scan but I think it’s really cool!
My photos
I would use to scan pictures.
This would be great for scanning recipes that I use a lot. Or kids artwork!
my school notes :)
I would like to scan recipes.
Old family photos I want to upload for genealogy purposes.
I would use it for receipts.
I need to be able to scan important documents like birth certificates, SSN stuff, etc!
How great would this be?!
My other half has a problem with throwing things away…from boxes to important papers from the school. He calls it clutter….however, I have been embarrassed many times telling the teachers “Dad threw the homework away”…and you know what? It’s true, but hey think I’m lying…..so I would scan everything important that enters thru the front door.
That is really cool. I would scan so many things, espcially all of my receipts for my taxes.
I would like to scan receipts and photos.
Pictures and drawings from my granddaughter who is always drawing things for me.
i have alot of phots i would love to scan
I am a school teacher and I have to scan student work frequently. This would be a great tool to have!
I love that I can scan photos with this I have a ton of old pics and this would be awesome.
Pictures and my daughter’s drawings!
I would like to scan a lot of old photos.
I would scan a lot of my photos with this.
Id give it to my daughter so she could scan my grandkids school items and drawings.
My husband travels a lot so this scanner would be great for him to use to scan receipts and papers while he is on the road.
I would love to scan letters and postcards my mom left me that were written by her 3 brothers to her from the battlefields oh WWII. And a few from Korea from my uncles.
I would love to scan my children’s art work
I would love to scan all my old family photos so I have a backup for them!
Articles I want to save or share.
books and magazines.
I would scan my grand daughter’s art work & photos.
I would love to scan family pictures.
I would love to scan all these old report cards and school projects I have for my kids and even myself.
I would use it to scan my contracts back to publishers.
I’d love to scan old photos.
I am partially blind, so I can see myself using it on all sorts of things! Small print like newspaper ads or prescription information, family photos and anything else that might be a little hard for me to see. I could scan it, then make the image bigger so I can see it better :)
family pictures!!
Old family photos that I just got from my grandmother.
I would use it to scan my photos to create invites to a dinner party I am having.
scan and save my son’s artwork and old photos
Great technology that I would love to own! First thing I would scan would be photos. Thanks for the informative post.
I would love to scan my grandson’s works of art!
all my daughter’s fantastic art work.
I would like to scan some work I am doing.
I would like to scan some old family pictures to make my parents Christmas present!
I would love to scan some family pictures.
I would love to scan pictures of my kids and a few documents.
Old family pictures.
I would love to scan pictures and my grandkids art work.
Old photos.
I would love to be able to scan in docs for work.
Definitely some family photos.
I’d love to scan in some some photos.
I would scan some old photos.
That is a handy little gadget. I have a scanner in my printer but I can see where this would be a good thing to have.