The TalkingPEN series of pens covers MagicPEN, PENfriend and the RecorderPEN. These pens allow children to interact with talking books and help a teacher to monitor many children’s reading skills easily. They also allow children to compare their own reading to the pre-recorded English in the books themselves. The fascinating stories and the MagicPEN make learning fun, inspiring children to spend a lot of time reading. Many of the books are traditional Vedic tales, stories from scripture, or of children who follow traditional culture with respect for animals and the environment. Reading thus gives children pride and confidence in their culture.
The TalkingPENs all run on 2XAAA batteries and have ports for audio (earphones/external speakers), usb (for linking onto the Internet) and a microphone port (in case you wish to use a more powerful microphone than the one which is built into the TalkingPEN). PENfriend is used by the UK's RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) as a labelling device. RecorderPEN is a different design and is used by schools in the UK and the USA in educational settings.
It has enough memory to record up to 70 hours of your own recordings which may be your voice, other people's voices, music, noises, etc. The box will have an instruction sheet (in 25 languages) explaining the simple process of how to make recordings.
An important feature of your recordings is the filing system.. So, if you wished to send your voice recordings to a relative or friend who also has the book and MagicPEN, you can do so by email and the USB cable. The recipient would simply need to install your recordings into his/her pen to listen to your voice. This is an effective way for co-operative work and sharing one's own creations.
MagicPEN will also work with a growing range of other Mantra Lingua publications. There are over 40 childrens' books, including the "My Bilingual Dictionary" and "Deepak's Diwali" which are shown in this website.
The MagicPENs have a warranty of 1 year and should you wish to order more separately you can do so from this website.
This Product has been replaced by our new product PENpal. Click here to view the all new "PENpal"
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