C-Pen Reader 3 is a new touchscreen reading pen designed by the world’s most trusted reading pen experts at C-Pen. It’s a culmination of decades of knowledge that’s been created to support through the huge scale of reading loss and the developing generational reading gap that is emerging post-pandemic. Packed full of features that boost individual skills, it has the power to hand learners back their confidence—without compromising teachers’ bandwidth.  

C-Pen Reader 3: a reading pen designed for a reading rescue. 

Your students aren’t reading as they should be. 

They spent almost a year being educated under pandemic conditions, with many unable to access the resources, support and professionals that they needed at that time. There’s a student mental health crisis, and more are struggling with the demands of the catch-up.  

Data demonstrates a worrying trend: 2023's NAEP long-term trend assessments revealed declining performance in basic reading skills. Some sources go further, too. Earlier NAEP data indicates that we're currently in what most would describe as a 'literacy crisis', where a staggering two in every three students can't read fluently.

That means a lot of interrupted progress repeated grades, and learners leaving school without the skills they need to read a letter, apply for a job, and engage with the news. 

It's a new era of widespread reading needs. We know that English Language Learners (ELLs) and those students with dyslexia and other additional learning needs have seen some of the worst of the skill slip and need targeted interventions, but in addition to this, they’re also no longer the majority share of learners asking for support. The need for provision has expanded to encompass many more previously confident readers with no identified needs—and it’s up to teachers to find the bandwidth to assist them all, and to make support decisions that change lives on some very tight budgets. 

Literacy unlocks the curriculum… 

But it also guards the door. When learners can’t read at the level of the work they’re being tasked to do, progress stops, grades dip and post-18 options get severely compromised. And due to economic downturn and changes in the labor market, getting into work is very competitive for Gen Z anyway, with a lower level of literacy and low school-leaving grades are directly associated with struggling to find a job and long-term NEET status.  

That’s why access to literacy is everything to this generation of learners. The task at hand is even greater than it has been before, and they’re starting off from a far lower footing than we’ve seen in previous cohorts.   

Gambling on reading support just isn’t an option—so the edtech experts at C-Pen created C-Pen Reader 3, an intuitive, easy-to-implement reading pen designed to save learning futures.  

C-Pen Reader 3: just up for the challenge, but designed for the reading rescue  

C-Pen are the creators of the original reading pen and have been supporting the world’s struggling readers with award-winning text-to-speech technology for almost thirty years. 

And C-Pen Reader 3 is a case of teachers asked, C-Pen listened. It’s been developed alongside feedback from educators and edtech leaders about what post-pandemic teaching really needs, and packed with as much learning support as possible inside the simplest and most accessible methodology. It’s still designed on the principles of easy, accessible implementation that made teachers love the C-Pen Reader 2, but C-Pen Reader 3 offers a more advanced suite of tools that cultivate stronger reading skills and faster progress. 

Think simple, easily accessible, but crammed with even more functionality and ways to customise for a uniquely supportive reading experience. Let’s check it out! ⬇️ 

C-Pen Reader 3:

It's packed with so much more than just text-to-speech!

✅Reach for reading independence 

Watch reading and confidence soar as students tackle texts independently with the support of Reader 3’s clear text-to-speech voice. 

✅Instant dictionary definitions 

Expand student vocabularies and boost understanding by checking any word’s definition with built-in dictionaries. 

✅Save text and audio 

Students can save everything scanned, and record voice notes for revision in C-Pen Reader 3’s internal memory. 

✅Practise to perfection 

Improve confidence and gamify literacy skill growth with word exercises, spelling assistance, pronunciation practise, and more! 

✅Read in other languages 

Scan offline for reading and pronunciation support, read in 5 embedded languages, or connect online for translation support in 40+ more! 

✅Navigate with ease   

C-Pen Reader 3’s app-based, touchscreen menu makes it as easy to navigate as a smartphone or tablet, even for young learners or those with limited English proficiency. 

✅Read wherever, whenever  

One charge means enough power for an uninterrupted day of scanning, and learners can benefit from Wi-Fi-free text-to-speech support wherever the need to read arises.  

The stakes are high for a reading rescue, and on this scale, we know that educators don’t have the extra time or bandwidth to support each and every learner at their point of need. That’s what makes C-Pen Reader 3 so special: it gives learners a tool—or even a toolbox—full of supports that they can use to rescue themselves, and develop the confidence to read independently and unlock the whole curriculum. 

Why choose a reading pen by C-Pen? 

With C-Pen, it’s personal. As market leaders, they know that the tech they deliver has to lead the pack, and with it, you know that the learners in your care are experiencing the benefit of three decades of edtech experience and teacher input. The edtech market is saturated with reading pens and other text-to-speech technologies that try to mimic C-Pen's effective support: it’s often difficult to tell a handy reading support from something mass-produced for a quick sale with a method that leaves learners floundering. 

C-Pen technology is world-leading and has supported millions of learners with the ability to read, get the grades to succeed, and go forward into careers that might have been impossible without the right assistive technology support. That’s why C-Pen’s reading pen products consistently beat the competition when it comes to educator, edtech and innovation awards: they consistently get results, consistently open the door, and when they buy a C-Pen, teachers know they can trust the hype. 

We know that education budgets are tighter than ever before, so teachers need trusted and reliable, not a gamble on reading futures—and that’s why C-Pen Reader 3 is so well recommended. 

And choosing C-Pen means support from Scanning Pens, too 

Choosing the right reading support for your learners, implementing it and monitoring the results is a long process—but it’s not one that you have to go through alone. 

At Scanning Pens, we’re proud to have a team of reading pen specialists ready to support you with our educator-created resources, implementation guides and student feedback frameworks. We also have a dedicated education department made up of experts with decades of teaching experience and neurodiversity expertise to help you with difficult scenarios or working out what it is that you need from your reading support. That’s what makes all the difference for struggling readers: with C-Pen, you get access to human support and people who know how to get your readers results. 

These students and their teachers have been through a lot, and you both deserve more than AI-generated answers and quickly-Googled solutions. Scanning Pens is researching in schools and colleges all over the world and we know the scale of the challenge we’re up against. 

That’s why we’re here for you, every step of the way. 

Let’s talk about screen use for a moment. 

We haven’t met with an educator or a parent yet this year who hasn’t been concerned about the huge rise in student screen use. The data is damning: over half of US teens stare at screens recreationally (so outside of a learning context) for in excess of 4 hours a day, which raises their risk of mental health problems like anxiety, as well as not flexing their reading muscles.

And when so much of the available reading support for students requires a phone, tablet or dictionary to use, it means that not only are those learners increasing their screen time, it means that they’re immediately faced with all manner of online distractions such as games and social media, which is bad news for attention to learning. 

But when that support comes in the form of a reading pen, things are different. There’s no potential for distraction—all the activities on the pen are skill-building and functional. And it means that reading can happen on the go, as well as at the desk, making everything feel far more organic and simpler as learners begin to tackle the world of words outside the classroom. 

Teachers: you don’t have to gamble

on reading futures next semester! 

Too many educators are faced with worrying questions around their learners’ reading futures and the catch-up support that they’ve got access to. It all feels like a board game you’re expected to win, but everything is down to the roll of the dice (…and you’ve only got half of the pieces).  

To add to the challenge, whether it’s financing the human reading support you need, finding enough professionals to do the job, or just struggling to afford expensive software packages on dwindling departmental budgets, we know that the scale of the resourcing issues almost outweighs the scale of the reading needs themselves.  

C-Pen Reader 3 the only reading pen where every step of the process has been guided by the voices of teachers and students, and every function is an educator-approved means of expanding reading skills. It takes the gamble out of reading provision and provides you with a mechanism for winning a better future for your learners—while helping you meet your targets as an educator. 

You can find out more about C-Pen Reader 3

at its home at Scanning Pens.  

Or claim your FREE educator trial today!

And we’re chatty guys. If you want to speak to one of our reading support experts about supporting the reading needs in your district, school or classroom, we’re always happy to explore in-depth solutions for your setting!

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