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1. Key Function B Book Menu Create new book O Open Book D Delete Book L Close book V Save current book as A Save current book as text G Add pages T Delete this page 26 NOTES NOTES cont ABISee Contact and Customer Service Information Please feel free to contact us regarding any questions or concerns you may have ABISee Inc 141 Parker Street Suite 201 Maynard MA 01754 Phone 978 201 9302 Toll free 800 681 5909 Fax 253 595 3623 E mail info abisee com 902. NOTE Our application speaks menu bars and dialogs just like the program JAWS so there is really no need to run JAWS while using Eye Pal Using Eye Pal to Convert Printed Text to Speech Start Reading from the Beginning of the Page To start reading from the beginning of the page place a document under the camera and press the E key You will hear the voice in a few seconds To pause stop the voice press the X key To resume the voice press the X key again Page description A page may have text pictures graphics etc We define sections as page elements or parts of the page that can be visually separated from the rest of the page For example if the page is a newspaper than each column will be a section If the page has a picture in the middle of the page then the text above the picture is first section and the text below the picture is the second section The key combination Shift E will describe the page layout It will tell 1 How many words are on the page 2 How many sections are on the page 3 How many columns are on the page 4 How many titles are on the page 5 What percentage of the page is text Moving To the Next or Previous Word Sentence or Section Eye Pal allows the reader to move around the page whether its by word sentence or section There are a few ways to move around the document page To move to the next word press Control Right Arrow To move to the previous word press Cont
3. Note You do not need Eye Pal to be plugged in in order to read previously saved documents What is a Book A book is an electronic copy of a book that you can create using Eye Pal Eye Pal allows you to scan and save multi page documents on a computer It also allows you to view these documents later on any computer where Eye Pal software is installed The Eye Pal device does not need to be plugged in While reading a Book you can use all the same document browsing that are available for viewing documents with Eye Pal You can also listen while the book is read to you page by page You can save the whole book as text and use any third party software to read the text file Why Do I Need a Book You need a book if there is an article or a book that you are likely to read more then once Use the Eye Pal device to save it once and read it conveniently from then on anywhere you like by simply opening the saved book The Eye Pal software can be used separately from the Eye Pal device to read any saved Eye Pal document 218 How to Create and Manage a Book Have a book or a multi page document handy for scanning and reading with Eye Pal Place your document under the Eye Pal device The Book menu has the following sub menus Create New Book Open Book Close Book Save Current Book As Save Current Book As Text Add Pages Delete Book Delete Current Page ONRAARWONH Creating a New Book You can scan and
4. Setting up Eye Pal Before setting up your Eye Pal please MAKE SURE THE SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED FIRST Eye Pal is a portable device that folds to take minimum space in your laptop bag Unfold Eye Pal in the following order 1 Move the camera housed in the square plastic box until it locks against the stand you will hear the click 2 Unfold the 2 legs until they click These are horizontal legs that should stay on your desk 3 To make Eye Pal even more stable lock each leg manually by rotating the levers located on each of the two legs Plug the USB connector into the USB port of your PC or laptop since Eye Pal runs off your computer s power there is no separate power supply or extra battery packs Placing a document under the camera Once you have plugged Eye Pal into your computer place a document under the camera Eye Pal has two horizontal legs the longer leg is 11 and a half inches long while the shorter leg is 8 inches long These two legs create a corner guide to assist the user in properly aligning documents to be scanned Eye Pal captures and saves the whole 11 and a half inches by 8 inch page When you are placing your document under the camera try to make it as flat as possible and align it with the legs If the document is small place a white piece of paper under the camera and place document or book on the top Orientation of the document doesn t matter After you have placed a document under the camera start
5. 1 Place a piece of white paper under the camera and place a book on top of the paper Eye Pal will not try to scan the background as part of your document 17 2 The book under the camera should be as flat as possible If you are saving a thick book with a lot of pages choose the Auto mode and use both hands to flatten the book 3 When you are saving a book in Auto mode Eye Pal will automatically adjust brightness to the light conditions at that time If you are taking a lot of time saving all of the pages take a break occasionally click Stop Auto Mode and then click Start Auto Mode to allow Eye Pal to readjust brightness according to the illumination of your room as it may have changed 4 When you are saving a lot of pages in Auto mode and you notice that you have to wait a little bit longer to hear the shutter sound it could be due to one of three reasons a The Camera detects motion wind unstable hands etc b The Camera missed a motion when you flipped the page or c Eye Pals camera turned off because the conditions have changed for example somebody turned the lights in the room on or off It is OK You can always restart the camera by pressing the spacebar and clicking the Start Auto Mode button again 5 You can only save Two pages at once if there is a wide half an inch white space between the pages If two pages are very close to each other Eye Pal can t distinguish the separate pages In that case
6. Use this option to easily scan a large amount of pages from a large book Open the Book and place the left or right page under the camera If a portion of the second page also appears under the camera Eye Pal will ignore it You do not need to move the book until you have scanned all the odd pages Once you have finished scanning all the odd pages do the same for even pages a Turn the book 180 degrees Be sure that the even pages are now under the camera The fact that the pages appear upside down does not matter b Change the Next Page number to the first even page number By pressing ALT N and type the desired number c Start scanning even pages When you have finished scanning all the even pages click the Done button Eye Pal will sort and keep all pages in the right order automatically 3 Scan two pages at once 15 Use this option to scan small books If you place the open book under the camera and both pages are inside the Eye Pal legs you can save both pages at once While using this option book orientation is important always put the book in the landscape format and align the edges of the book with Eye Pal base When you scan two pages at once both pages will be saved with their respective numbers If Book failed to separate two pages it will be indicated by error sound and will save both pages as one page In this case you can delete that page Read Deleting a Page in a Book section adjust the book and
7. hold the book as flat as possible and use the One page at a time option 6 When saving just one page at a time with the One page at a time option or the Only odd or even pages option make sure that the page you do not intend to save is not fully within the camera view If both pages fully appear on screen consider saving them by using the Save two pages at once option If only a portion of the other page appears on screen Eye Pal will know to ignore it Reading a Saved Book In order to browse through the saved pages of your Book 1 Press ALT B to go to the Book menu and go down to Open Book 18 hhhh lol abc1234 hi manual galery all123 hipjip mnjnn angela homeopaths nguy ap book io ni august jgklfdjgl ni2 book456 jhihi nin book6754 john43 none fffffff joseph ok gbcvgrtbcgt joseph 12 PROGRAMMING gfgfg Kent23 PROGRAMMING1 hbihblil Inji skip1 hi ments and Settings Other M Book location Open Cancel 2 The Open Book dialog will appear This dialog will show the books in the default folder My Documents EyePal Books If you want to open a book that was saved in another folder use the Browse button to select the desired folder Note Make sure you select the folder that contains all your books and not the folder that bears the name of a specific book In that folder you might find the folder which bears the name of the specific book do not select it 3 Select the book you would like to
8. save any kind of book using Eye Pal whether it is a small paperback book a large book with pages up to 8 5 x11 magazines etc To create a new book go to the Book menu and down to Create New Book Create Book Author C Documents and Settings Other My Docum Book location Create Cancel The Create Book dialog will appear Type in the book title and the author s name You can also enter the Starting page number if you are not starting on page 1 By default the book will be saved in My Documents EyePal Books If you 14 want you can click the Browse button and select another directory to save your book Click the Create button when your ready to start scanning your book The Add Pages bar will appear EyePal Book hi Application Camera Book Help Current 9 Scanning Options Scanning Mode page One page ata time Manual Add Next cH c Only odd or even pages Auto mode page c Two pages at once Done Choose how to scan and save a Book This bar has three sets of controls a Information about page numbers current and next page numbers Next page is the number you entered on the previous screen b Scanning Options c Scanning Mode To navigate between the sets of controls use the Tab key First select one of the three Scanning Options 1 Scan one page at a time Use this option to scan a small amount of large pages 2 Scan only odd or only even pages
9. to stop camera unless you are able to see a stable image on the screen To quickly save text with default name as date time stamp in the default folder My Documents EyePal Temp and immediately display the text file on the screen press Control SHIFT W You can also save text in any directory and give it any name by going to the Application menu and down to Save text then press Enter 11 Save Text IX Save in B Texts My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer File name Save Save as type Tex Files tt doc Cancel My Network A Save text dialog box will appear Type in the name for your document and click the Save button Document will be saved in the default directory My Documents EyePal Texts Again you can select another directory in which to save the document When saving a previously saved image as text there is no need to stop the camera because it is already stopped Follow same steps listed above to To read a previously saved document 1 Go to the Application menu and down to Load Document and press Enter A Load Document dialog box will appear 12 Load Document Look in e Images Quick E abisee jpg My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer we My Network Files of type JPEG Files jpg jpeg Cancel 2 Select a document and click Open The document will appear on the screen 3 Click E to start reading
10. you are saving two pages at a time or even odd pages it should display 3 c Place the next page of your document under the camera and click the Add button or press A on the keyboard d Save as many pages as you need by repeating the previous step 2 Auto mode a Click the Start Auto Mode Button b Place the open book under the camera keep it still using both hands Ina few seconds you will hear the shutter sound this pages has been scanned and saved c Turn the page keeping it flat and in a few seconds you will hear the same shutter sound d Continue scanning until you have all the pages you need When you are done scanning pages click the Stop Auto Mode button xn When you are completely done scanning pages click on the Done button Once you have clicked the Done button the Add Pages book bar will disappear and the Read Mode book bar will appear EyePal Book abc123 Applicaton Camera Book Help Current page 1 Previous Next Go to page 1 Go Exit Note You can add more pages to this book later Read Adding Pages to an Existing Book section of the manual for more details The Read Mode book bar allows you to easily read your saved book with convenient navigation buttons For more information on reading your book with the Read Mode book bar read the Reading a Saved Book topic below If you are done with your book click the Exit button to close the book Useful Tips on Saving a Book
11. Eye Pal Training Guide and User Manual for Blind Users Release 1 2 ABISee Inc 77 Powdermill Rd Acton MA 01720 www abisee com 800 681 5909 Patent Pending TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Eye Pal 4 Getting started using Eye Pal 4 Setting up Eye Pal 4 Placing a document under the camera 5 Having Eye Pal talk to you 5 Using Eye Pal to Convert Printed Text to Speech 6 Start Reading from the Beginning of the Page 6 Page description 6 Moving To the Next or Previous Word Sentence or Section 7 Reading through columns and tables 7 Eye Pal s Speech Output Options 8 Changing the Voice Parameters 8 Using Eye Pal to Convert Printed Text to Braille Display 8 Customization Options while using Braille Display 9 Braille Display Keys Definition 9 Document Management Operations 10 To save a document as an image 10 To save a document as text 11 To read a previously saved document 12 What is a Book 13 Why Do I Need a Book 13 How to Create and Manage a Book 14 Creating a New Book 14 Choose how to scan and save a Book 15 Adding pages to the new book 16 Useful Tips on Saving a Book 17 Reading a Saved Book 18 Adding Pages to an Existing Book 20 Deleting a Page in a Book 21 Deleting a Book 21 Closing a Book 22 Saving a Book as Text 22 Copying a Book 23 Useful Tips 23 Reading by word 24 Reading by character 24 Reading by sentence 24 Reading by section 24 Keypad keystrokes for reading functio
12. ce or Caps Lock Dot Start reading E or Caps Lock Down Stop Pause Resume reading X or Caps Lock End Reading by word Next Control Right or Caps Lock Right Current Control I Previous Control Left or Caps Lock Left Reading by character Next Right Current I Previous Left Reading by sentence Next Down Current Control Caps Lock I Previous Up Reading by section Next Control Down Current Caps Lock Shift I Previous Control Up 24 Keypad keystrokes for reading functions Start Stop EyePal Camera Insert Delete Start reading Insert 2 It will read to the end of page Stop Pause Resume reading Insert 1 Reading by word Next Insert 6 Current Insert 5 Previous Insert 4 Reading by character Next 6 Current 5 Previous 4 Reading by sentence Next 2 Current Control Insert 5 Previous 8 Reading by section Next Control 2 Current Shift Insert 5 Previous Control 8 55 2 Speech output control keystrokes Increase voice speed Shift Q or F9 Decrease voice speed Shift Z or F8 Hear page description Shift E Hear current control Shift Stop speaking current control Control EyePal Book Keyboard Command Keys Add page A while creating a new book Next page N Previous page P EyePal Book Menu Accelerator Keys ALT B is an accelerator for Book Sub Menu
13. e Book Voice Do not break words Connected to S canoe The first parameter is Two Left Braille Cells are used to display status The default is that the box is checked To turn this feature off uncheck the box The second parameter is Do Not Break the Words If this box is not checked than all Braille cells are used while displaying the text so to read the last word you may need to move to the next 40 characters If the box is checked the last word will not be displayed if it does not fit to the line Braille Display Keys Definition Each Braille display has a different set of buttons and keys The following section describes which keys are used for Eye Pal operations on different Braille displays HandyTech Right Space next line Left Space Previous line S Start camera E Stop camera and process image ALVA BC 640 eTouch key 3 right upper key or right thumb key Next braille line eTouch key 1 left upper key or left thumb key Previous braille line Smartpad key 1 left key with three horizontal lines Start camera Smartpad key 0 right key with three vertical lines Stop camera Freedom Scientific PacMate Push left wheel Start camera Push right wheel Stop camera Scroll either wheel scroll through the text Document Management Operations To save a document as an image Place your document under the Eye Pal device aligning it with the two
14. if the deleted page was the last page of the document If it was the only remaining page of the document the screen will have an image of last page on it Deleting a Book To delete a book _ Go to the Book menu and down to Delete Book The Delete Book dialog box will appear Select the book that you wish to delete and click the Delete button You cannot delete the open book You can use the Browse button to select another directory F 2 abc123 hhhh lol abc1234 hi manual galery all123 hipjip mnjnn angela homeopaths ap book io august jgklfdjgl book456 jhihi book6754 john43 fff ffff joseph gbcvgrtbcgt joseph 12 PROGRAMMING Kent23 PROGRAMMING1 hbihblil Inji skip1 Book location eausa and Settings Other M Borse 4 The dialog gets dismissed and the selected book is deleted Closing a Book When you are done reading and working with your book you need to close it In order to close the book you can click the Exit button or go to the Book menu and down to Close Book The book will be closed and the book bar will disappear You can now open a different book to read or create a new one Saving a Book as Text After you have scanned a book you can now convert the whole book to one text file Go to the Book menu and down to Save Current Book Text The text file will be created in My Documents EyePal Texts and will have the same name and txt extension ZoomOffice Message Conversion process may
15. legs of the document guide You can save document with default name as date time stamp in My Documents EyePal lmages Quick using CTRL SHIFT S keystroke A Quick folder will be automatically created when you save your first document by using CTRL SHIFT S keystroke Note You will not hear anything or see anything done in the windows box to indicate that the quick save has been performed To locate your quick saved image please go to My Documents EyePal mages Quick folder and find the image you just recently saved You can also save an image in any directory and give it any name by going to the Application menu then down to the Save Image and pressing Enter 10 Save Document Save in Images BQuick My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer File name Save Save as type JPEG Files jpg jpeg Cancel ej My Network A Save document dialog box will appear Type in the name for your document and click the Save button Document will be saved in the default directory My Documents EyePal lmages You can select another directory to save the document if you like To save a document as text To save a document as text that is currently under the Eye Pal camera press E or any other reading command to stop the camera The camera will be stopped and the document will start to be read Press X to stop reading Once reading is stopped you can save the document as text NOTE Do not use SPACE BAR
16. ns 25 Reading by word 25 Reading by character 25 Reading by sentence 25 Reading by section 25 EyePal Book Keyboard Command Keys 26 EyePal Book Menu Accelerator Keys 26 NOTES 27 NOTES cont 28 ABISee Contact and Customer Service Information 29 What is Eye Pal Eye Pal is an electronic scanner reader that aids blind computer users to read printed material Eye Pal connects to your PC or laptop through a USB 2 0 port There is no need for extra batteries or power packs Eye Pal is both a portable camera that scans and software that runs on your computer Since it folds easily and weighs about 1 pound it fits in your laptop bag and is easy to carry Eye Pal can be used to listen to text to speech voice of your choice It has the ability to read books magazines newspapers documents medicine bottle labels etc It also allows you to read the text on a Braille display of your choice Eye Pal reads text documents in many languages aloud using sophisticated natural language speech synthesizers No additional software required Eye Pal allows the user to create an electronic book without destroying the actual book For instructions on how to install Eye Pal software please insert you Eye Pal CD if Eye Pal Setup starts cancel it Double click on My Computer and right click on the Eye Pal CD and go down to open Double click on the PDF folder and open the Eye Pal installation file Getting started using Eye Pal
17. ou need to add pages to by going to the Book menu and down to Open Book 2 Once the Read Mode book bar appears go to Book menu and go down to Add Pages 3 The Add Pages book bar will appear replacing the Read Mode book bar Application Camera Book Help Current 5 Scanning Options Scanning Mode page One page at a time Manual Add Next e lt Only odd or even pages Auto mode page c Two pages at once Done 4 Place the page you want to scan under the camera set its page number and press Add or letter A on the keyboard You can save two pages at a time or use the odd even option Read Creating a New Book section for details 5 Repeat step 4 as needed 20 6 When you are finished adding new pages click the Stop Auto Mode button first and then click the Done button The Add Pages book bar will disappear and the Read Mode book bar will appear again Deleting a Page in a Book To delete a page in a book 1 Open the book you want to delete a page in by going to the Book menu and down to Open Book The Read Mode book bar will appear Navigate to the page that you want to delete by putting the page number into the Go to page number field and pressing Go Go to the Book menu and down to Delete This Page You will be asked to confirm your instruction Click yes 5 The page will be deleted the display will automatically move to the next page or to the previous page
18. rol Left Arrow To move to the next sentence press the Down Arrow To move to the previous sentence press the Up Arrow To move to the next section press Control Down Arrow To move to the previous section press Control Up Arrow Refer to the Quick Reference Guide to find the keystrokes on the keypad for the above reading functions To read a new page turn the Eye Pal camera on by pressing the space bar Eye Pal will tell you that the camera is on Place the new page at the Eye Pal base To have the entire page read to you press the E key Reading through columns and tables By default Eye Pal analyzes the text identifies columns and reads the first column then the second and so on If you feel that the information in the columns are connected press Control T and Eye Pal will read across the columns For example if the first column contains names of products and the second column contain prices of these products it will make sense to read across these two columns This feature has yet to be perfected If the page layout is complex there is no way to tell Eye Pal which way to read the different sections For example if the page has 4 columns and you need to read through 3 left columns first and then read the fourth column from top to bottom you will have to browse through the page more than once Eye Pal s Speech Output Options Changing the Voice Parameters 1 While reading you can change the speed by pressing
19. save the same pages again Note The default selection is Scan one page at a time Second select the type of scanning mode You have two choices 1 Manual Mode In this mode you press the A key or click the Add button to scan and save the page Note Blind people may find this option difficult to use and might want to use Auto Mode below 2 Auto Mode In this mode you only click the Start Auto Mode button once to start scanning saving pages Then simply turn the pages The Eye Pal camera has a motion detector that will save each page as soon as the page is motionless Auto Mode allows you to use both hands to hold the pages in place since you don t have to operate a keyboard Press Enter to stop auto mode Then Tab over to Done and press Enter Now you can read your book The book defaults to the last saved page so press ALT N and type the desired page number and press Enter Note The default selection is Manual Adding pages to the new book Now you ve chosen how to scan save the book and are ready to start adding pages 1 Manual mode a Put the first page you want scanned under the Eye Pal camera it should appear on screen 16 b Click the Add A button Use your hands to keep the book flat Ina second you will hear a shutter sound The page is now saved and the Current page field should display 1 while the Next page number should display 2 if you are saving one page at a time If
20. take a long time and can not be interrupted Press YES to start NO to cancel Depending on the power of your computer it could take up to 6 seconds to save each page So for 200 pages the process may take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes Eye Pal will tell you the number of the page it is currently saving 99 Copying a Book The fastest way to initially save the book is to save it on the hard drive After you have scanned your book you can use the Save Current Book As menu item to copy the book onto a CD or a memory key 1 Go to the Book menu and down to Save Current Book As 2 Use the Browse button to select the drive and or folder where you want to copy the book 3 Enter the New Name for the book 4 Click the Save button It may take a few seconds to save the book You may view and read the copy you made using Eye Pal software on any IBM compatible computer Useful Tips 1 If you are working with more than one windows application at a time Eye Pal window may loose focus You know that it has lost its focus if you have tried to turn the camera on or off by pressing the space bar and nothing happens Click the mouse anywhere on the screen to bring focus to the Eye Pal application 2 Eye Pal will inform you when any message box is shown on the screen You need to press the SHIFT key to hear the text of the message 29x Notebook Laptop keystrokes for reading functions Start Stop Eye Pal Camera Spa
21. the Eye Pal application You will hear the computer say camera started This lets you know that the application is running and that Eye Pal is on and ready to scan or read your book Press the E key to start reading Now that you have learned how to read a document lets learn the different features of Speech Having Eye Pal talk to you You can customize Eye Pal software in many different ways When you start Eye Pal for the first time it will work according to the default settings There are customizable features that can be changed to your liking One of these customizable features is Speech Output By default Eye Pal will read menus dialogs etc It will also tell you when the camera is ON or OFF if your document is placed as portrait or landscape etc If you do not want Eye Pal to talk to you and you would rather have a program like JAWS assist you go to Applications and down to Settings Under the Speech output uncheck Status Eye Pal will not inform you about the camera and or uncheck Menus and dialogs it will not read menus and 5 dialogs Click OK General Braille Book Voice Application start up Start capture on application start up Flicker compensation 60 Hz North America C 50 Hz Europe Speech output M Menus and dialogs Advanced Camera Settings There is one more option that can be used on all toolbars message boxes etc Speech output for the current control press shift
22. the shift Q keys or F9 to make it faster or the shift Z keys or F8 to make it slower 2 You can change the voice parameters by going to the Application menu then to the Settings option then to the Voice Tab 3 Press the Tab key to test different voices select one you like and click on the Apply button General Braille Book Voice a Speed English 4 You can also change the speed by using the slide bar on the Speed setting to speed up or slow down the speech rate Using Eye Pal to Convert Printed Text to Braille Display Eye Pal can be used to read printed text on Braille display At the time of writing this manual you can use 3 Braille displays Handy Tech Alva BC 640 and Freedom Scientifics PacMate Please check our website to find out when more Braille displays will be added www ABISee com From the Braille display you will be able to start and stop the camera find out the status of camera and the text processing operation On all Braille displays left two Braille cells are designated for status Status codes are CS Camera started PR Processing R Text is ready LO Camera s LED on LF Camera s LED off TN Text not found Customization Options while using Braille Display You can change two parameters that define how you use Braille display by going to the Application menu and down to Settings then over to the Braille Tab General Braill
23. view and click the Open button Note The Open button is disabled if no book is selected as soon as you click any book in the list the Open button will become enabled The Open Book dialog box disappears and the Read Mode book bar appears at the top of the screen the last page you read of the chosen book is displayed on screen as well The Read Mode book bar has the Previous and Next buttons along with the Go to page field and Go button to jump to a page out of order The Read Mode book bar also has the Current Page field which displays the number of the page currently being viewed EyePal Book abc123 Application Camera Book Help Current page 1 Previous Next Go to page 1 Go Ext 19 Eye Pal will tell you the current page number 4 Click the Next button or letter N on the keyboard to go to the next page in your book or click the Previous or letter P button on the keyboard to go to the previous page or put in a page number out of sequence and click the Go button to jump to that page 5 When you are done browsing the book click the Exit button Note When the cursor is on the Current Page or Go To Page field and you are moving from page to page using Previous P or Next N buttons you will hear N or P instead of the Next or Previous To avoid this use TAB to move the cursor Adding Pages to an Existing Book To add pages to an existing book 1 Open the book y
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