According to IRIS, the pen should be able to translate paragraphs or whole documents copied to the Windows clipboard -- but despite exhaustive testing and a call to tech support, I couldn't get it to translate even a paragraph of text.

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Created through exhaustive processes testing countless samples and configurations, the AR1 and AR2 loudspeakers feature a final front cabinet baffle laminated to a thickness of 50 mm and 40 mm respectively from hand-selected maple cultivated from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, whose cold climate produces maple of a tight grain, contributing markedly to the R's beautiful sound.

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