Abstract: A portable scanner device with integral audio output for audibly identifying a multiplicity of scanned items for a user is disclosed. The portable scanner device comprises a hand-held housing, a sensor disposed within the housing (the sensor configured to detect and sense a scanned item), an audio output to aurally present audio data to the user of the portable scanner device, a processor to identify the scanned item and to generate an audio response through the audio output, a memory configured to store a plurality of data items for the processor, and a power source disposed within the housing. A speaker, an earphone, a headset and/or a wireless ear piece are used to present the audio data to the user of the portable scanner device.