Empowering people through leading technology
As life and work become more complex, education is more important than ever—but for those with learning disabilities, it can be challenging. That’s why it’s crucial to ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed.
C-Pen develop innovative, accessible tools to ensure everybody has the same chance to succeed. Using industry-leading scanning solutions, we make it easy to process printed text, so that everyone has access to learning, can be productive, and can work to their full potential.
Our history
Our journey started in 1998 in Lund, Sweden, with the invention of sensor technology small enough to fit into a pen. This groundbreaking innovation became the foundation for C-Pen, and we used it to create a versatile tool that could be used in schools, offices and homes to scan text and data.
But as we grew, we discovered that this technology was especially well suited to unlock reading and empower people with reading disabilities. It became evident that C-Pen had the power to make a significant difference in people’s lives—and we took up the challenge.
As a result, we focused our efforts on making the C-Pen the ultimate reading and learning tool for children and adults in need of support. Since then, we’ve constantly and passionately developed new user-friendly features and functionality of the highest quality, and empowered millions of people to read with confidence.
In 2025, we realised that goal further as we became part of the Empowering Tech group, a network of businesses combining decades of global experience in assistive technology.
Together, we’ve made it our mission to help make literacy accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Our vision and values
Our vision is our compass. It guides us toward new horizons of innovation, and inspires our direction, and keeps us on course to do our best.
Our values are C-Pen’s heart and soul: these are the things that drive us, energise us, and the philosophy that powers the work we do.
Our vision
A world where everybody has the same chance to succeed.
Our values
We’re credible.
C-Pen keep our promises, utilise expert knowledge, and base our solutions on proven technology.
We’re respectful.
We believe in people. We see diversity as a strength, and are considerate of all needs and life experiences.
We’re open.
We strive to be transparent, inclusive, communicative and accessible in all we do.
