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1. and Contrast you can vary the exposure intensity and contrast A print is better recognized when higher contrast values are used In the settings for Image type you may choose between grey scales and black and white Colour templates are better recognized when grey scales are selected The resolution value has an influence on the operating speed of the scanner In the settings Scanner you find the trade name of the inbuilt scanner Note The options resolution and scanner are given as information only In the original settings of Poet Compact the first text recognition language always corresponds to the Menu language The second recognition language can be selected from the installed languages Thus bilingual documents can be scanned Attention When a second text recognition language is selected specific characters of the languages will not be correctly recognized Note When you change the language in the Menu Language Reading Voice and scanner the second text recognition language is automatically deleted so the specific characters will be recognized 3 8 7 General Settings You can activate or deactivate the following functions Keyboard click on Start Poet with last document Signal when scanning starts Signal when scanning is finished Signal when recognition is finished Announcing special characters Stop reading voice Functions of long keystrokes Document information Tell document position fi
2. the text sentence by sentence If you had selected page by page the Pause Up key would move through the document 10 pages at a time You may quickly check to see which of the settings is used by pressing Down key Pause Independent of the selected navigation mode a word can be spelled by pressing the Up key Pause You will hear your current settings and you will be in the Navigation Settings Menu Item You may either press Stop to return to your document or change your navigation settings Note The option 10 pages is not shown in the list as it is the second level of the page by page navigation 3 8 2 Language of Reading Voice and Scanner If you have not ordered additional optional languages you may skip this section Through this Menu you may quickly change the language of your Reading Voice from English to another installed language After having confirmed your option with Pause the language chosen for reading and scanning will be announced After that you will be automatically returned to the Text Window Note This change effects the first text recognition language in the Scanner Menu 3 8 3 Speed of Menu Voice Here you can adjust the speed of the Menu voice You do it the same way as for the Reading Voice speed When turning the lower rotary knob to the right the voice is reading faster when turning it to the left it gets slower To test the speed of the Menu voice press Start and a test sentence will be rea
3. Eject Daisy CD Daisy Reader Stop ON OFF key Quit the Daisy Reader Start Start or stop reading Pause Up Down key Stop Navigate in the books directory Stop Open Daisy menu Start Pause Search titles Start Down key Go to next title Start Up key Go to previous title Pause Down key Go to next sentence Pause Up key Go to previous sentence Down key Stop Fast forward Up key Stop Rewind Up key Down key Lower voice Down key Up key Louder voice Start Pause Automatic reading on or off Pause Stop Slow voice Stop Pause Quick voice MP3 Manager selection page selection MP3 player Up or Down key Move up or down in the list of registered songs Pause Down key Go 10 titles downward Pause Up key Go 10 titles upward Up Down key Go to end of the list Down Up key Go to beginning of the list Pause Open selected functions menu MP3 Functions menus Up or Down key Move up or down in the list of functions Pause Open selected function 5 Braille Display for Poet Compact Braille 5 1 General When using a Braille display in combination with Poet Compact you get the information Poet is reading to you aloud simultaneously also on the Braille line The text is displayed by 40 tactile Braille cells Longer lines can be read entirely after pressing the respective keys The Braille output generally always follows the cursor in the text Operating the Poet Menu is also supported by the B
4. Keys Down key or Up key Navigate in a functional group of the keys description Pause Down key Move downward to the next functional group Pause Up key Move upward to the next functional group Up key Down key Go to the end of the keys description Down key Up key Go the beginning of the keys description Basic functions Start scan new document and read it aloud Pause stop reading and restart it Stop stop reading Up key Pause Read or spell word Stop when reading has been stopped Menu functions Pause Stop Change language reading voice Start Stop read aloud special characters on or off ON OFF key Switch Poet on or off Pause Stop pressed for 3 seconds Direct access to menu item Language reading voice and scanner Navigating in the document Down key Pause Select navigation mode Up key Go upward according to navigation choice Down key Go downward according to navigation choice Pause Up key Go upward by the next higher navigation level Pause Down key Go downward by the next higher navigation level Up key Down key Go to end of the document Down key Up key Go to the beginning of the document Bookmark and Flags Pause Start Go to set flag Start Pause Set bookmark Down key Start Go to next flag Up key Start Go to previous flag Down key Stop Set or delete flag Defining the Navigation Level Down key or Up key Move up or down in the navigation selection Pause Confi
5. UP DOWN keys to select Delete all Poet MP3 files from the player and press Pause 5 answer Yes to the question to delete 6 you will be taken back to the MP3 list where you can for example copy a new document to the now empty player 7 to close MP3 Manager press Stop and confirm Yes with Pause NB Only MP3 documents created and copied with Poet will be deleted If the player contains other MP3 files e g music these will remain untouched 7 4 4 1 Deleting in Expert Mode Expert Mode allows individual MP3 pages or documents to be deleted 1 Open the menu with Stop and select MP3 Manager 2 It will open at the list of Poet s MP3 documents and the name of the first document will be given 3 Use the UP DOWN keys to select the desired file and press Pause 4 The Function menu will open and you will hear a message about the connected player its drive designation 5 Use the UP DOWN keys to select Delete MP3 files of the selected document from the player and confirm with Pause 6 Answer Yes to the question to delete 7 You will taken back to the MP3 list where another file can be selected for deletion as described above 8 To close MP3 Manager press Stop and confirm Yes with Pause Please note This simple method only allows deletion of those MP3 documents saved in the player whose file names still appear in the MP3 file list If the desired MP3 document has already been deleted from Poet or i
6. a folder follow these steps 1 Open the menu with Stop 2 Go to Settings and press Pause 3 Go to Folders and press Pause 4 Now you are in the list of folders Select the folder you wish to rename 5 Press Start and follow the instructions 6 You can interrupt this action at any time by pressing Stop 3 5 Menu Item Document Information Here you get the name the number of pages of the open document and the current position in the document Press Stop to change to the Menu and then press the Up key or Down key until you get the prompt Document Information Press Pause to listen to the document information When you are using a document that has not been saved yet and therefore has no name you will hear The Text Window is not empty A new text has been scanned as well as the number of pages and the current reading position NOTE You will be given the same information without having to change to the Menu by using the key combination Up key Stop 3 6 Menu Item Keys Description You are provided a list of key names key combinations and their functions Since some key combinations have various functions within the different functional groups these are the different Menu dialogs the list is classified in functional groups Press Stop to enter the Menu and use the Up key or Down key to go to Keys description Confirm with Pause and you will hear Keys to confirm that you are in the first list group Keys
7. ca 5000 characters A 6 page document may thus contain 8 pages as an MP3 audio book the page number will always be read out at the beginning of a new page 7 1 3 Structure of the MP3 file name MP3 files are automatically assigned an 8 figure label and are arranged according to the document name as it is read out In Expert Mode the Info on selected document option allows you to find out which document has been assigned which MP3 filename This can be useful when you want to listen to or delete these Poet MP3 files on your MP3 player when you are on the move The first four figures allow several books to be put in order as each new MP3 document is assigned the next letter in alphabetical order e g the first document is assigned AAAA the second AAAB the third AAAC etc They are stored in a directory containing the individual MP3 files and individual MP3 pages of the MP3 audio book created A maximum of 9999 MP3 pages can be saved for each book Example the second MP3 audio book you created contains 3 pages thus directory AAAB contains the MP3 files AAABO001 AAAB0002 and AAABOOO3 7 2 Converting Poet documents into MP3 documents There are two ways of converting a text document into an audio MP3 file Proceed as follows 1 the document must be saved in Poet but must not be opened open a new blank document if necessary 2 open the menu with Stop and select Open document 3 select your desired document fr
8. for you similar to a blank page or a blank booklet When you scan a new text now it will not be accidentally mixed with some other text Therefore we recommend to select this Menu item before scanning a new text If the Functions of long keystrokes are activated on your Poet Compact see chap 2 9 you can also press Start for about 5 seconds to open a new blank document NOTE Whenever you start Poet Compact this will automatically be its status and the first text you are scanning after starting Poet is always put in a blank new document 3 2 Menu Item Open Document This is the function for opening saved documents to read them Press Stop to go to the Menu level and then press the Down key until you get the prompt Open document Press Pause to enter the Menu dialog There you find a selection of drives under the folder Poet With the Up or down key you can go to other folders external devices or drives Press Pause to confirm your selection Note You can access also to files which are located in other folders or subfolders Thereto select in the menu Settings General Settings the item Structured or Easy Access to the directories of a CD ROM USB Stick or disk provided these options are available on your Poet If this function is not activated you can access only the files of the root directory that are saved directly on the drive Now you find a list giving you the names of all your prior saved documents You will
9. from the desired document to the player The entry now has the add on Selected files 7 6 The Super Easy Mode This is a simplified mode for connecting an MP3 player automatically creating Poet MP3 files and copying them to the MP3 player For using this mode please select the menu item Settings General settings Super Easy Mode In this mode the processes are automated to the extent that you only have to connect the MP3 player to your Poet Compact and scan the desired document as usual As long as the MP3 player is connected all new scanned documents are converted to MP3 files and saved to the MP3 player Once the MP3 player is disconnected and connected again the old MP3 files may be deleted for making room for new files Step by step description 1 All standard USB MP3 players can be used 2 Connect the MP3 player directly or via USB cable to a free USB port on the back of the Poet Compact Once the MP3 player has been connected you will receive a respective message after a short recognition time 3 You will be asked then whether an MP3 player has been connected Confirm yes with Pause for the automatic MP3 creation However if you have connected a simple USB Memory Stick or want to us the MP3 player only as a data memory you must confirm no In this case no MP3 files will be created after scanning 4 Provided you said yes you may now delete all Poet MP3 files on the MP3 player if you like You will hear a re
10. hear the prompt Document specification and when moving down or up the list with the Down key or the Up key you will hear the respective names of the documents The beginning and the end of the list is announced to you by a respective prompt When you have found the document you wish to read press Pause and Poet Compact will start reading this text to you There is a bookmark set on the position where you left your text Poet will always inform you on the position of this bookmark NOTE When you read a document that has not been saved and try to open a new document you will hear the prompt Text has been changed Do you want to save the text By pressing the Up key or Down key you get the checkboxes Cancel No and Yes When you confirm Yes by pressing Pause you get the dialog of the Menu item Save document When you confirm No with Pause you get to the list Document specification while the unsaved document gets lost When you confirm Cancel with Pause you return to the first unsaved document In the list Document specification the following functions are available To quickly go to the beginning of the list use the command Down key Up key Now you will hear the prompt Beginning of the list In the same way you can go to the end of the list by using the command Up key Down key When you have a very long list you may use the command Pause Down key which skips ten documents In the same way you can jump
11. of the device until it snaps in Put the Poet on a flat surface and make sure that the device is standing steady and cannot tip The part with the keys should point to the right side the airing on the back should not be covered You have to connect the Poet to the power supply which is included in the delivery Plug the small round end of the cable into the device The respective connector is on the back side of the device at about 15 cm distance from the right edge Then plug the power plug of the power supply into a mains socket of 220 Volt There are some more ports on the back side of the Poet Next to the connector are two USB interfaces a VGA port without function a mouse and a keyboard port 1 2 Getting to Know the Poet Layout There is a large cover on the top of the machine which opens vertically backwards This protects the glass of the scanner There is a clearly touchable border around three sides of the scanner glass where the document can be laid against The scanner glass has no boundary on the front side so books can be laid over the edge with the pages flat To the right of the cover are the operating keys the loudspeaker and the in built microphone At the right side of the device you find the square shaped ON OFF key and the 3 5mm small round connector for earphones Let s have now a look at the operating keys on the right top of the machine The operating keys are marked with symbols similar to those used with cas
12. open the menu with Stop and select MP3 manager 2 you will be taken to a list of Poet s MP3 documents and the name of the first document will be given 3 use the UP DOWN keys to select the desired file and press Pause 4 a function menu will open and you will hear information regarding the connected player drive number 5 use the UP DOWN keys to select Copy MP3 files of selected document to player All pages and confirm by pressing Pause 6 answer Yes to the message you will hear to start the copying 7 you will be informed of the progress in percentage terms and will hear a message when copying is complete You will hear a message if the MP3 player has insufficient memory capacity and not all files could be copied Only the number of pages that could be fitted into the available memory will have been copied Chapter 7 4 1 1 describes how the remaining pages can subsequently be copied to the player 8 you will be taken back to the MP3 selection list where you can select another file and copy it to the player as described above 9 disconnect the player see Chapter 7 3 2 10 to close MP3 Manager press Stop and confirm Yes with Pause 7 4 1 1 Partial copying with players with limited memory When copying a large document or several small ones there may be insufficient memory capacity on the MP3 player to save all MP3 pages you will hear a message to this effect There are now several ways of listening to the e
13. or by selecting the menu item Eject MP3 player When you hear the respective message the player can be removed END OF MANUAL
14. scan a page of a longer document and want to insert it at the correct position 3 11 Connecting External Drives Special Application 3 11 1 Drives When a USB storage medium for example a USB disk drive is connected to the Poet the new Menu item Drive options will appear in the Menus Open document and Save document All connected drives will be shown here A drive can be selected with the Up key or Down key Confirm with Pause to go to the Menu Document specification where all files of the respective drive are displayed In the Menu Save document the document will be saved on the selected drive Delete Note In the document specification of external drives only rtf formatted documents can be shown 3 11 2 C Pen optional After installing a C Pen the new item C Pen user appears in the menu Settings General settings To hear the scanned information of the C Pen it must be connected turned on and the item C Pen user must be checked 3 11 3 Barcode Reader optional With a barcode reader you can scan the barcodes of packages for example and register a short note with them When scanning a new barcode Poet will ask you to register a note When scanning a barcode that has already been stored the note will be read As soon as a barcode reader is connected to one of the USB interfaces of Poet the item Read Barcode will appear in the menu You can read a barcode as follows 1 Open the menu with Stop
15. settings and you will return to the document you were reading NOTE For this option the navigation mode must be set on standard that is you are moving in the document sentence by sentence The navigation mode can be selected in the menu Settings Navigation see also chapter 3 8 1 2 4 Reading Several Pages You can scan text of several pages for example a book or a magazine With small books like paperbacks both pages can be scanned at once Make sure however that the pages rest on the glass flat and that they to not protrude over the edges Close the cover and if necessary slightly press the spine against the glass so the scanner can recognize the print clearly Then press Start As soon as Poet Compact starts reading the page open the cover turn the page and put the new page on the glass in the same way as before and press Start again This will insert the new text after the first one so that you can listen to the text without interruption while one page after the other is scanned When you want to finish reading press Stop Stop also allows you to enter the Poet Menu for more options and then return to the Text Window for scanning and reading 2 4 1 Additional functions of Stop and Pauses When you press Stop while a new page is being scanned Poet will automatically begin to read the new page as soon as the scanning is finished When you press Pause while a new page is being scanned the scan will finish When you press Pause ag
16. text is being read to you Turn the upper rotary knob to the left to reduce the volume or to the right to increase the volume The other knob below works in the same way for varying the reading speed When you turn the knob to the left the speech will become slower and when you turn the knob to the right the speech will become faster Please select your favourite reading speed You may wish to test the reading speed with a short text Press Pause and keep holding it while you change the speed by turning the lower rotary knob NOTE When you change the reading speed during reading Poet does not react immediately but with the next sentence 2 3 Moving in the Text Perhaps you didn t understand the last sentence or would like to hear it once again No problem Press Pause to interrupt reading and then press Up key the upper one of the two keys to the right of Pause Now Poet Compact will repeat the last line By pressing Up key several times you can gradually move backward in the text sentence by sentence In the same way you can move forward in the text sentence by sentence by pressing Down key With another standard command you can navigate forward or backward through the text paragraph by paragraph The command is Pause Down key To do this press Pause and keep it pressed down while at the same time also pressing the Down key then let both go In the same way the command Pause Up key takes you to the previous paragraph NOTE
17. the scanner speech recognition Menu Voice Speed Adjust the Menu voice speed Reading Voice Settings for language voice voice speed and pitch Menu Voice Settings for voice voice speed and pitch MP3 Voice Settings for voice voice speed and pitch Deleting Quick Change of Voices Delete all voices selected in the quick change of voices menu Scanner Settings for Columns recognition brightness contrast image type and text recognition language Information about resolution and scanner General Settings Settings for key click starting with last document for signals and activating or deactivating further options not offered by default Restore Original Settings The Poet Compact is reset to the original state at delivery About Poet Information about the manufacturer and the program version 4 3 The Keys and Key Combinations In the menu item Keys description all functions and their respective key combinations are listed However which keys are available in your Poet Compact depends on the functions delivered with your device by default When using the key combinations please observe the correct order The first key is pressed and has to be kept pressed while the second key is only tapped and then let go Exception When jumping to the beginning of the text Keep pressing the Down key and let it go at last Also when jumping to the text end keep pressing the Up key and let it go at last
18. told that a player is connected drive info 4 use the UP DOWN keys to select Disconnect player and press Pause This option can also be selected from the Player selection or Connected player submenu 5 confirm the security question with Yes wait for the message You may now disconnect the player and unplug the cable 6 the player remains defined in Poet and will be announced in the list so that in future it need only be connected to the USB cable 7 to close the MP3 functions press Stop several times and answer Yes to the question about closing the MP3 manager When the USB cable is next plugged into the player it will be recognised immediately by Poet If you have defined or connected several players to Poet Poet will know immediately which one should be announced 7 3 3 Deleting a player When a MP3 player is deleted it is removed from the list of defined players When a deleted player is to be reconnected it cannot simply be plugged into the USB cable but must be recognized again as described in Chapter 7 3 1 The MP3 player does not have to be connected to Poet Compact for it to be deleted from Poet To delete an MP3 player proceed as follows 1 open the menu with Stop use UP DOWN to select the MP3 manager option and press Pause 2 you will be taken to a list of Poet MP3 documents The name of the first document will be announced 3 press Pause A function menu will open and either
19. you can chose a folder or external drive like an USB stick connected to Poet from the list by pressing Pause Then you get the prompt Save document Start speech input Just follow the indications given to you and confirm with Pause The next prompt you get is Start speech input after the signal As soon as the signal stops the phone is ready for registering Please clearly pronounce now the name of your document After a second signal the name is repeated to you and you get the prompt End of your speech input confirm saving When you press Pause now the document is saved However when you press the Up key or Down key you will return to the command Start speech input Thus you can interrupt saving and enter a new name for the document After saving is finished you will return to the Text Window Note Poet Compact saves text documents in rtf format NOTE If you want to save a document that has been saved before and reopened you can save it to another drive or in another folder using the function Save as You can also save modifications made to the document The old version will be lost 3 4 1 Creating and Deleting Folders Folders help to organize your stored documents You may for example create a folder for letters another for your drugs package inserts one for books etc When opening or saving files you will find these folders in the list Medium selection Folders can be deleted or renamed All files stored in a fol
20. you will be told that no player has been connected or you will be given the player info 4 use UP DOWN to select player definitions and press Pause 5 you will receive a message giving information on the connected player type drive If more then one player has been registered use UP DOWN to access the others Go to the player to be deleted 6 press Pause You will hear Recognized player Use the UP DOWN keys to browse the entries select Delete player and confirm by pressing Pause If you wish to delete all players at one go select Delete all players 7 answer Yes to the security question and wait until you hear Player has been deleted 8 if other players have been defined you will receive information about them If no other MP3 players have been defined or have all been deleted you will hear an appropriate message The entries Delete player and Delete all players will then disappear from the menu 7 4 Copying deleting and playing MP3 files The MP3 player must be defined and connected via the USB cable as described in Chapter 7 3 1 MP3 files can only be transferred to or deleted from the player displayed in Poet s MP3 file selection list or those listed in the Player option in Expert Mode Other MP3 files such as music cannot be copied deleted or listened to with the functions described here 7 4 1 Copying MP3 files to the player To transfer a file proceed as follows 1
21. 12 figures showing date and time of saving Files with no registered name like the manual keep their file name 6 3 Data Exchange between the two Devices Files can be retransferred from the mobile device to Poet Thereto the mobile device has to be connected as a drive It is then shown in the drive choice in the dialog Save document as well as in the dialog Open document Files stored in the mobile device can be opened renamed or deleted with Poet First open the menu Settings General settings and go to the item Windows CE user You have to set it to checked by pressing Start Now you can treat the files of the mobile device like the files in a folder delete rename open or save to Poet 7 The MP3 Function From Version 3 x Poet Compact can convert scanned documents into MP3 files These can then be copied easily to a USB MP3 player so that you can play them when you are on the move When creating the MP3 files the scanned text will be read out by Poet Compact s reading voice and saved as an MP3 recording this allows a scanned book to be converted into a MP3 audio book which can then be played on any MP3 player There are three possibilities to create an MP3 file 1 The automatic MP3 creation when the Super Easy Mode is selected see chap 8 6 2 The easy MP3 creation allowing to manage MP3 files when the Easy Mode is selected 3 The full functional range for creating administrating and deleting MP3 files whe
22. 2 Go to Read Barcode and press Pause 3 You hear the prompt Scan the barcode 4 Press the button on the barcode reader and keep it pressed while you move the wide opening of the barcode reader over the barcode 5 Only after you hear a pip the barcode has been correctly scanned 6 If the barcode is known the registered note will be read After that you can read another barcode or Register a new note by pressing Start cp Renaming a document Delete the barcode by pressing Start Pause cp Delete document Go to the list of all stored barcodes by pressing Pause Start In the list you can move with the Up or Down key and delete or rename barcodes Repeat the barcode by pressing Pause Press Stop to interrupt an action and read a new barcode 7 If the scanned barcode is unknown Poet will ask you to register a note and to save it by pressing Pause cp Saving a document You will get the prompt The barcode has been saved Note Connecting a USB barcode reader is optional and is not delivered by default This function is activated by your dealer only on special request 4 Reference Part 4 1 The Keys Keys form symbol from left to right and top down e ON OFF key rounded on the top circle with small bar on top Volume control round rotary knob gradually rising triangle e reading speed control round rotary knob two arrows pointing toward the right Start triangle pointing toward the right tria
23. MP3 files of the selected document from the Poet This deletes the created MP3 document from Poet it will no longer be available in the MP3 selection list Disconnect player This provides for proper disconnection before the USB cable is removed from the player Info player This gives the number of the connected player its drive designation and available memory capacity Delete all Poet MP3 files on the player This will delete all MP3 files created on Poet and copied to the player If the MP3 player contains other MP3 files such as music these will remain untouched It also allows the MP3 audio books you created to be deleted quickly to free up more memory Player definitions When selected with Pause this opens a list containing all registered MP3 players their type and drive designation Pressing Pause again opens a submenu where a new player can be registered or an existing one disconnected or deleted The individual entries are described in Chapter 7 5 2 7 5 1 2 Expert Mode options When unchecking MP3 Easy Mode the following entries appear in the Function menu Info on selected document on player This tells you how many pages are on the player This is useful if some pages have already been copied to the MP3 payer and the rest are to be copied later If the number given is 0 the entire MP3 document is not on the player Info on selected document on Poet Gives the numb
24. POET BE User s Manual Version 3 266 Last update Jan 2008 2001 Copyright by BAUM Retec AG Schloss Langenzell D 69257 Wiesenbach Telefon 06223 4909 0 Telefax 06223 4909 399 e mail info baum de All rights reserved No part of this documentation may be translated reproduced stored ina retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of BAUM Retec AG Congratulations on your decision to purchase the POET BE We are sure you will enjoy reading with the new comfortable reading machine of BAUM Note This manual describes all menus and functions available in Poet BE Depending on the kind of device delivered some functions might not be activated in your Poet BE Table of Contents l b b d A Ponh Introducing the Poet BE Set Up and Installation Instructions Getting to Know the Poet Layout Immediate Help Function Care and Maintenance 2 Basic Operating Functions 2 1 Scanning and Reading Deleting and Inserting of Pages Columns Recognition and Tables Recognition Reading Speed and Volume Moving in the Text Continued Reading after Going Backward by Sentence Reading Several Pages Additional Functions of Stop and Pauses Turn the Poet Off Reading the Manual Quick Change of Language and Voice Quick Change of the Reading Voice Quick Change of the Language Quick Change Summary Announcing Special Cha
25. Use the Down key to go to the descriptions of each of the keys and their functions You may use the Up Key to go backwards through the list If you want to change to another functional group press the combination Pause Down key To return to the previous functional group press Pause Up key When you navigate through the keys description only with the Up and Down keys you will hear a short signal at each new functional group To quickly go to the end of the keys description use the combination Up key Down key and to go to the beginning of the keys description use Down key Up key There are the following functional groups Keys Basic functions Navigation Bookmark and flags Set up Navigation Menu functions Opening and saving data medium selection Opening a document Deleting a document Saving a document Saving Yes or No Folders Deleting folders Saving folders Renaming folders Speed of Menu voice Quick change of voices in Settings Reading Voice for Voice Speed or Pitch Quick change of voices Scanner Reading Voice Menu voice general settings Announcing special characters Restore original settings About Poet Status CD Player Selection Daisy books Daisy Reader MP3 Manager MP3 functional menus Display keys of the Braille display Functions of long keystrokes 3 7 Menu Item Delete all Flags This is the option for deleting all flags of an open document 3 7 1 Flags Flags are used to ma
26. You can also choose to move forward or backward in the text word by word character by character or page by page There is more about the respective settings and commands in chapter 3 8 1 Navigation Any changes of the navigation mode as described in chapter Navigation will also effect the commands Pause Down key and Pause Up key When pressing Pause again Poet Compact restarts continuous reading Would you like to listen to your text again with a different volume and reading speed To return to the beginning of the text press the Down key and keep holding it while you press also the Up key and let it go again Then let go also the Down key The short form of this command is Down key Up key The Up key is the upper triangular key the Down key the lower triangular key both located between Pause and Stop To restart continuous reading press Pause In the same way you can quickly go to the end of the document by using the command Up key Down key 2 3 1 Continued Reading after Going Backward by Sentence You have the option to automatically continue reading after turning a sentence backward with the Up key For selecting this option 1 Open the menu by pressing Stop 2 Go to the item Settings with the Up or Down key and press Pause 3 Go to the item General Settings and press Pause 4 Go to the item Start Continued Reading after Sentence Backward and select it by pressing Pause 5 Press Pause again for saving the
27. ain your Poet will continue reading from where it was interrupted 2 5 Turning the Poet Off To turn the Poet off hold down the ON OFF key for a few seconds until you hear the prompt Poet is turned off and the Poet Compact will automatically turn off If you press the key for a short time or by mistake you will hear a signal The signal will let you know that you pressed the ON OFF key and that you will turn off the device when you keep it pressed But nothing will happen when you let the key go after the first signal 2 6 Reading the Manual You can read the Poet manual at any time without having to scan it Press Stop and you will hear the prompt Menu Now press the Up key until you hear the prompt Open document and press Pause A list of all documents saved in files will open see chapter 3 2 Use the Up or Down key to go to compact eng rtf and press Pause The manual will now open and you can read it in the same way as your scanned documents 2 7 Quick Change of Language and Voice 2 7 1 Quick Change of the Reading Voice With the command Start plus Up or Down key you can switch between pre selected voices in the text window This means you can change the voice during reading without having to open the menu and to search for the voice You can activate the quick change and pre select the voices in the menu Reading voice voice as follows 1 Enter the menu by pressing Stop 2 With the up or down key choose the menu item S
28. aving or Renaming a Folder Pause Start or stop speech input for registering a new name for the folder Pause Save folder after speech input Up or Down key Return to new speech input or return to confirm saving Quick Change of Voices in Settings Reading Speech for Voice Speed or Pitch Start Stop Add or delete a selected voice Start Pause Read aloud the selected voices Quick Change of Voices Start Down key Go to next voice Start Up key Go to previous voice Reading Aloud Special Characters Start Check or uncheck a special character Up or Down key Move in the list of special characters Pause Down key Skip 10 characters downward Pause Up key Skip 20 characters upward Up Down key Go to end of the special characters list Down Up key Go to the beginning of the special characters list Pause Confirm selection CD Player Start Play track pause and restart Pause Stops playback and track info UP key Go to previous track DOWN key Go to next track Up Down key Jump to last track Down Up key Jump to first track PAUSE UP Rewind PAUSE DOWN Fast forward UP PAUSE CD info DOWN PAUSE Eject CD Stop Close CD player Daisy Books Up or Down key Move up or down in the list of registered books Pause Down key Go 10 books downward Pause Up key Go 10 books upward Up Down key Go to end of the list Down Up key Go to beginning of the list Pause Open selected book Down Stop
29. ayed by Poet even if they have also been copied to a connected MP3 player Before deleting documents it is advisable to listen to them to make sure that the correct file has been selected for deletion 7 4 2 1 Listening to MP3 documents on Poet To listen proceed as follows 1 from the MP3 list select the desired document by pressing Pause 2 in the Function menu select Playback MP3 files of the selected document on Poet 3 you will hear how many pages the MP3 document contains and you will be taken to page 1 Go to the other pages with the UP DOWN keys 4 to start from this page press START 5 the following commands are available cf Poets CD player START play pause PAUSE stop PAUSE UP rewind PAUSE DOWN fast forward UP DOWN go to previous next title 6 to end playback and return to the MP3 selection press Stop 7 4 2 2 Listening to MP3 documents on the player In Expert Mode Poet can access MP3 files saved on the connected MP3 player and play them through Poet s loudspeaker Proceed as follows 1 in the MP3 LIST press Pause to open the menu 2 select Player from the menu 3 use UP DOWN to access the desired document and press Pause 4 select Playback MP3 files of the selected document on the player and confirm with PAUSE 5 you will hear how many pages the MP3 document contains and you will be taken to page 1 Go to the other pages with the UP DOWN keys 6 to start from t
30. close the help and return to your document If you pressed Start without having first put a document on the scanner you will hear the prompt No text has been recognized The same information is given when you put a blank page on the glass Please check that your document is put with the printed side down on the glass and press Start again 2 1 1 Deleting and Inserting Pages By selecting the menu item Delete current page you can delete the page you are currently reading This may be helpful when the same page has been scanned twice see chap 3 9 By selecting the menu item Insert new text at the current position a new page can be inserted ina document This may be helpful when by mistake you skipped a page of a book and want to insert it later see chap 3 10 2 1 2 Columns Recognition and Tables Recognition Texts can be edited continuously on a page in columns or in tables For reading letters journals or books the Columns recognition should be set on standard setting For reading tables you have to check the Tables recognition for reading the tables content line by line For some tables a better reading result might be achieved by checking Columns recognition off These settings can be selected in the menu item Settings and Scanner see also chap 3 8 6 When turning the Poet Compact on you will be told which setting is activated 2 2 Reading Speed and Volume You may change the volume or the reading speed while a
31. d and ready for data transfer 12 Press Stop to go one level back in the MP3 function You will now be taken to the mp3 selection list where you can select the MP3 file to be copied to the MP3 player Similarly several different MP3 players can be defined in Poet Disconnect eject the first player and connect the next one as described above NB Poet recognizes three different types of MP3 player Type 1 no folder structure possible allows only 8 character file name Type 2 folder structure possible allows only 8 character file name Type 3 folder structure possible allows file name with more than 8 characters Type 1 and 2 are variations on currently available USB sticks Type 3 are Windows Mobile Player or Pronto for example To check how many and which type of player have been recognized use Pause to select MP3 Manager gt Functions gt Select player Press Pause to open a further menu and select Announce all players 7 3 2 Eject player disconnect It is not advisable to break the connection between Poet Compact and the MP3 player simply by pulling out the cable copied MP3 files can be damaged in the process and may no longer be playable To disconnect proceed as follows 1 open the menu with Stop use UP DOWN to select MP3 manager and press Pause 2 you will taken to a list of Poet MP3 documents The name of the first document will be given 3 press Pause A function menu will open and you will be
32. d to you in the new reading speed When you have found the reading speed which best fits for you press Pause for saving the settings of the Menu voice 3 8 4 Reading Voice Here you may change some settings related to the Reading Voice Use the Up key or Down key to move between the settings Language Voice Speed and Pitch With the key combination Start Up key or Start Down key you can change the settings In the settings for language you may choose between various languages in the settings Voice you get a choice of various male and female voices In the settings Speed you may increase or reduce the reading speed by turning the lower rotary knob And in the settings pitch you may raise the pitch when pressing Start Up key or reduce the pitch by pressing Start Down key If you wish to test the adjustments made press Start for saving the settings press Pause Note If in the scanner Menu the second language is activated for example Spanish the parameters for both languages can be adapted in the settings for the Reading Voice You just have to select the respective voice before with Pause Stop There will be an announcement First or second text recognition language identical 3 8 5 Menu Voice Here you may change various settings related to the Menu Voice Use the Up key or Down key to move between the settings Voice Speed and Pitch With the key combinations Start Up key or Start Down ke
33. der which is deleted are lost For creating a new folder do as follows 1 Open the menu with Stop 2 Go to the menu item Settings and press Pause 3 Go to the menu item Folders and press Pause 4 You are now in the list of folders and can move from folder to folder with the Up or Down keys 5 For creating a new folder press Pause Similar to saving a document you are now asked to register the file name and finally save it 6 You can at any time interrupt the action by pressing Stop For deleting a folder with all the files it contains do as follows Open the menu with Stop Go to Settings and press Pause Go to Folders and press Pause Now you are in the list of folders Go to a folder For deleting press the combination Start Pause Now select Yes for deleting and confirm with Pause You can at any time interrupt the action by pressing Stop NOoORWOD 3 4 2 Renaming files and folders You may at any time rename a folder or a stored document This action does not affect the content of the folder or document For renaming a document follow these steps 1 Open the menu with Stop 2 Go to Open document and press Pause 3 Select a folder from the list Medium selection and press Pause 4 Now you are in the list of documents Select the file you wish to rename 5 Press Start and follow the instructions 6 You can interrupt this action at any time by pressing Stop For renaming
34. dow With Pause you close the list Thus the parameters for the reading in mode 2 will be saved automatically The list of special characters will only be opened when you switch the Menu item Announcing special characters from unchecked to checked If you want to edit the list when the item is already checked you have to press Start twice The first click will uncheck the item and the second click will check it again Now you can open the list with Pause 3 8 8 Restore Original Settings When you want to reset Poet Compact to the original state at the delivery follow these instructions Go to the Menu item Restore original settings and confirm with Pause There you get the prompt Do you want to restore the original settings Now move with the Up key or Down key to the check box yes and press Pause Poet automatically undoes all changes in the settings and during this process restarts If you choose the box No instead you are told The original settings have not been restored You can save your own settings as new Original settings for example if you change the reading voice or other settings in the menu Settings This will cancel the original settings as delivered by default To save your own settings press Start Pause and at the same time press 6 times briefly the ON OFF key At every touch of the ON OFF key there will be a signal NOTE If the default state is modified by a dealer for example when activating additiona
35. en the scanner is locked no documents can be read For unlocking the transportation lock press the square shaped button and push the switch in direction of the button until both snap in For locking the scanner push the switch away from the button until the square shaped button is released and sticks out of the bottom 1 3 Immediate Help Function This is a context related help function i e you will be told the key combinations and possible functions available in every menu and situation The help function also tells you which application of Poet you are currently using Press Stop for about 2 seconds for opening the help function While pressing the key you will hear two short signals Afterwards you enter the help menu For navigating within the help menu use the up and down keys When reaching the first or last menu item a short signal will be heard The first item tells you which application you have been using Where am It will list all information about the keys and their functions regarding this application The help menu can be closed by briefly pressing Stop again You now return to the application you had been using before 1 4 Care and Maintenance The Poet Compact requires very little care Do not use cleaners or cleaning fluids on it You can wipe the plastic surfaces with a clean slightly damp cloth You can clean the scanning glass with a cloth slightly dampened with window cleaner Do not spray liquid or aerosol cleaner di
36. eport on the MP3 conversion e g X of Y pages Cancel MP3 stops the conversion and discards all the document s completed MP3 files MP3 Manager the default option If a saved document is opened in the text window the additional entry Create MP3 will appear in the Poet menu to allow its direct conversion 7 5 1 The Function menu This is the main menu which opens when you select an MP3 document and press Pause The number of entries can vary those relevant to the player will only appear when it is plugged in Expert Mode offers further entries for special functions Expert Mode is activated from the Poet menu by selecting Settings gt General settings and checking MP3 Easy Mode 7 5 1 1 MP3 Easy Mode settings Default settings MP3 Easy Mode is the default setting and the Function menu has the following options Copy MP3 files of the selected document to the player All pages All pages from the MP3 document will be copied to the MP3 player plugged in Usually all files i e a complete document will be transferred unless the player has insufficient memory capacity Copy MP3 files of the selected document to the player X to Y pages With large MP3 files there may not be enough memory capacity to transfer all the pages to the player If so an additional option appears whereby the remaining pages can be copied across later by overwriting i e deleting the previously copied pages Delete
37. er of pages and file size of the MP3 document It also reads out the name and designation of the document e g AAAA Test document Info player Gives the number of the connected player its drive designation and amount of free memory Pages Selecting this option with Pause opens the Page selection list It gives the number of pages and with the UP DOWN keys the status of the individual pages Pressing Pause again opens a submenu where the page selection can be altered The individual options for page selection are described in Chapter 7 5 4 Copy MP3 files from selected document to player All pages or Selected pages The selected pages from the MP3 document will be transferred to the connected MP3 player Usually all files i e a complete document will be transferred but for memory capacity reasons with large documents it may be necessary to transfer only a certain number of pages previously selected with the Page selection option Delete MP3 files of the selected document from Poet This deletes the created MP3 document on Poet it will no longer be available in the MP3 selection list Delete MP3 files of the selected document from player This option offers a quick and simple way of deleting the selected MP3 document from the connected player NB the file must also exist with the same name as an MP3 file in Poet i e it must not have been previously deleted in Poet Disc
38. ettings and press Pause 3 Go to the menu item Reading voice and press Pause 4 Now you are in the list of the reading speeches For moving in this list use the command Start plus Up or Down key 5 Use the up or down key to go to the list of reading voices For moving from voice to voice use the command Start plus Up or Down key 6 For activating a voice for the quick change press Start plus Stop when you are on the voice 7 For removing a voice from the quick change selection go to the voice as described above and press Start plus Stop Note As soon as any voices have been selected for the quick change in the menu Settings will appear the item Delete quick change of voices By confirming this item with Pause all pre selected voices will be deactivated and only one voice will be available for reading 2 7 2 Quick Change of the Language When reading bilingual documents it may be useful to quickly change the reading speech without having to go through the menu Use the command Pause plus Stop for switching between the first and the second text recognition language Before you can use this command you have to pre select the languages as follows 1 Enter the menu by pressing Stop 2 Go to the menu item Settings and press Pause 3 Go to the item Language reading voice and scanner and press Pause 4 Now you are in the list of the available languages Use the op or down key to move in the list Go to Englis
39. ey combination Start Pause 3 7 6 Go to a Bookmark To go to the bookmark in an open document use the command Pause Start 3 8 Menu Item Settings In the settings Menu is a list containing additional commands or submenus Go to the Menu by pressing Stop and locate the item Settings with the Up key or Down key then press Pause Now you can navigate through the settings Menu choices with the Up key and Down key and make your selection by pressing Pause Here is the Settings Menu items list that we will be looking at in detail Folders Navigation Language Reading Voice and scanner Menu voice speed Reading voice Menu voice MP3 Voice Deleting quick change of voices Scanner General settings Restore original settings About Poet 3 8 1 Navigation By using the following navigation settings you can choose how you want to navigate in your document with the Down or the Up key You can decide whether to navigate in your document Line by line Character by character Word by word Sentence by sentence Paragraph by paragraph Page by page The Up and Down keys will move you through your document according to your Menu choice By using the key combination Pause Down key or Pause Up key you have a second navigation choice for moving in the text by the next higher navigation level For example If you have selected the settings for word by word navigation Pause Up key will move you through
40. f you wish to delete only certain files from the MP3 document on the player various appropriate functions can be found in the Player submenu in Expert Mode see Chapter 7 5 3 7 5 MP3 Manager its functions and menus MP3 Manager contains all the functions required to copy and delete MP3 documents to the MP3 player to connect an MP3 player and to request information Pause is not used just to confirm a selection but is also used to open submenus offering further options If you accidentally open a submenu and want to go back a step press Stop 1 In Poet open the menu by pressing Stop and select MP3 Manager 2 The MP3 selection will open This list contains all MP3 documents created by Poet 3 These MP3 documents have the same name which was assigned to them when they were saved after being scanned The total number of documents in the list the number will be spoken In Expert Mode the list can be shortened see Chapter 7 5 1 2 To access the MP3 functions press Pause If the function e g copying refers to a specific document this must be selected before pressing Pause 4 To quit this list and MP3 Manager press Stop and answer Yes to the question You will be taken back to Poet s text window This entry is usually headed MP3 Manager but this will change to MP3 when an MP3 document is being created Pressing Pause opens a submenu with the following options MP3 info gives a progress r
41. h and press Pause 5 Go to the menu item Settings again and select the item Scanner 6 Go to Second text recognition language If it is not activated press Start plus Up key 7 Use the command Start plus Up or Down key for selecting a language Make sure however that the second text recognition language is different from the first 8 Save the settings by pressing Pause You can select various voices for the quick change for the second reading speech as well 2 7 3 Quick Change Summary Change reading speech Pause plus Stop Change reading voice quick change Start plus Up or Down key Reading mode with or without special characters Start plus Stop 2 8 Announcing Special Characters When you press Start Stop you will switch between two reading modes You will hear different sound signals for being able to identify the modes Mode 1 Normal reading Mode 2 Detailed reading including special characters and punctuation In chapter 3 8 7 you will find the description of how to make your individual selection of characters you want to have read aloud 2 8 1 Several Equal Characters Some documents may contain a line of equal characters such as hyphens underlines asterisks etc for structuring the document When you have selected the reading of special characters the Poet will read aloud the whole line of characters This can be avoided without completely renouncing the reading of special characters When the P
42. his page press START 7 the following commands are available cf Poet s CD player START play pause PAUSE stop PAUSE UP rewind PAUSE DOWN fast forward UP DOWN go to previous next title 8 to end playback and return to the MP3 selection press Stop 7 4 3 Deleting MP3 files from Poet To delete MP3 documents which are no longer required proceed as follows 1 open the menu with Stop and select MP3 Manager 2 it will open at the list of Poet s MP3 documents and the name of the first file will be given 3 use the UP DOWN keys to select the desired file and press Pause 4 the Function menu will open and you will hear a message telling you about the connected player its drive designation or that no player is connected 5 use the UP DOWN keys to select Delete MP3 files of the selected document from Poet 6 answer Yes to the question to delete the files 7 you will be taken back to the MP3 file list where other files can be deleted as described above 8 to close MP3 Manager press Stop and confirm Yes with Pause 7 4 4 Deleting MP3 files from the player To delete Poet MP3 documents on the player proceed as follows 1 open the menu with Stop and select MP3 Manager 2 it will open at the list of Poet s MP3 documents and the name of the first file will be given 3 press Pause to open the Function menu You will hear a message about the connected player its drive designation 4 use the
43. l functions we recommend saving them as original settings 3 8 9 About Poet When you choose this Menu item you will get information about the program version Then press Pause or Stop to quit the item and to change to the Text Window 3 8 10 Folders Here you can create new folders or rename a folder When selecting this item with Pause you are in the list of folders where you can move with the up or down key For creating a new folder press Pause and follow the instructions given by Poet The process of creating a folder is similar to saving a document see chap 3 4 For renaming a folder go to the respective folder in the list press Start and follow the instructions given by Poet see also chap 3 4 2 3 8 11 Deleting Quick Change of Voices This menu item will appear only after you have selected various voices for the quick change in the menu item Reading voice see chap 2 7 1 If you confirm this item with Pause the quick change will be completely deactivated and you will have only one reading voice available 3 9 Menu Item Deleting Current Page Choose this item to delete the page you are currently reading This is helpful when you have scanned a page twice by mistake or when the recognition was bad 3 10 Menu Item Scanning New Text and Inserting it at the Current Position There you can scan a new text and insert the page at the current reading position cursor in the document This may be helpful when you forgot to
44. n none of the above modes has been selected Any MP3 player can be used regardless of its memory capacity With large documents however the MP3 file created will consist of several manageable files rather than one large file which means that MP3 players with smaller memories will only copy as many MP3 files as the memory capacity will allow Your MP3 audio book will then play like a serialised novel when you are on the move with each MP3 file presented like the pages of a book Delete For beginners MP3 Easy Mode is set as default Expert Mode offers further specialised functions to switch from Easy Mode to Expert Mode open the Poet menu select Settings gt General settings and deactivate MP3 Easy Mode by pressing Start The following chapters describe how to create MP3 files connect the MP3 player and copy files to the player For a description of the other functions consult the corresponding menu entry Within the MP3 function generally Pause is not designed just to select an option or carry outa command it can also be used to access further functions for the option selected Within MP3 Manager for example Pause can be used to open a menu and then used to access further submenus Stop will close the menu and its submenus 7 1 General remarks on MP3 file creation 7 1 1 Selecting and setting the reading voice for MP3 Generally the current reading voice with its settings for speed pitch etc can be used f
45. ngle pointing toward the right Pause circular two parallel bars Up key triangle pointing upward arrow pointing upward Down key triangle pointing downward arrow pointing downward e Stop quadrate square 4 2 The Menu The Menu contains the following items New Document Creates a new blank document Open Document Opens an existing document which has been saved in a file The bookmark marks the beginning of the sentence where reading was stopped last time Save Document The document is saved in a file in Poet s memory Document Information You are told the name and the total number of pages of the open document as well as the position in the document Keys Description List of the keys available the key combinations and their functions arranged in functional groups CD Player For playing Music CDs or other audio documents on a CD like MP3 WAV midi provided the Poet Compact has a CD Rom drive and these functions have been activated by default Daisy Reader For playing Daisy books on CD provided the Poet Compact has a CD Rom drive and these functions have been activated by default MP3 Manager Creates MP3 documents from scanned texts if this function is activated Settings This Menu item has the following submenus Navigation Select a navigation mode for moving within a document Language Reading Voice and Scanner Select a language for both the Reading Voice and
46. ntire document 1 Poet will notice which MP3 pages were not transferred from the document and will offer an additional option in the Function menu e g MP3 files from selected document Pages 27 to 62 This means that there was only enough space on the player for the first 26 pages If you have already listened to these pages and would like to listen to the rest just connect the player select this new option and the next batch of pages e g pages 27 to 55 will be copied and pages 1 to 26 deleted This method allows you to copy and listen to large documents in installments on players with limited memory capacity The player will give a resume of the total number of pages in the MP3 document and the pages copied to the player 2 If the player still contains old and previously listened to documents simply delete them so that the available memory capacity increases Go to MP3 Manager open the Function menu with Pause and select Delete all Poet MP3 files from the player Then copy the MP3 document 3 Expert Mode allows MP3 documents or with the Page Selection option specific MP3 pages from the document to be deleted individually see Chapter 7 5 4 To find out which pages have been copied and are now on the player select the relevant document from the MP3 document list press Pause and select Info on selected document on the player 7 4 2 Listening to MP3 files on Poet or player Expert Mode allows MP3 documents to be pl
47. oet recognizes four or more equal characters in a line there are two possibilities it will jump the line and not read these characters at all or it will read one character aloud adding several You may select one of these options in the menu item Settings General settings There go to the respective check box and press Start for selecting the option For deactivating it press Start again or select the other option If none of the two options is activated all equal characters will be read aloud If the announcing of special characters is not selected but one of the options for equal characters then for instance a line of AAAAA will not be read aloud or will be announce by Several A This setting has however no influence on the reading of digits Note If this feature is not available with your Poet Compact please contact your dealer 2 9 Functions of long keystrokes A few often used functions can be executed also by a long keystroke This means you have to press the respective key for about 5 seconds New document Start Automatic columns recognition on off or tables recognition on Pause Jump to beginning of text up key Jump to the text end down key Cancel Info about the Poet Stop New Open keys description Stop Note Long keystrokes are only available after having selected in the menu Settings General settings the option Functions of long keystrokes by pressing Start and confirming with Pause 3 How to U
48. om the list and press PAUSE STOP 4 you will hear a message saying that an MP3 document with the selected reading voice and speed will be created if yes is selected Select Yes 5 you will hear a message saying that the process has started You return to the text window during conversion 6 after about one minute you will hear MP3 document Poet will beep and after each page is completed you will be given a status report e g page 2 of 5 7 if MP3 creation is started accidentally it can be stopped Open the menu select MP3 manager then Cancel MP3 and select yes A second way is to convert the current open document Proceed as follows 1 the desired document is open in the text window It must be saved in Poet and must not have been altered e g must contain no unsaved imported pages 2 open the menu with Stop and select Create MP3 with Pause if the text window is blank this entry will not appear 3 confirm the message with Pause and the MP3 creation will start During conversion you can work normally scan texts or read with Poet although the increased load may mean that scanning and reading are slower than usual If Poet is not used during MP3 conversion beeps will be emitted at regular intervals until conversion is complete and a status report will be given when each new page is finished The status report can also be accessed from the menu by selecting MP3 gt MP3 info NB conversi
49. on can take several minutes per page depending on the voice reading speed and delay between sentences Long books can take several hours to convert to MP3 7 2 1 Data security during MP3 conversion If the ON OFF key is pressed during the conversion of an MP3 document you will be asked a security question with an appropriate message If Poet Compact is then switched off or power is interrupted Poet will notice that the MP3 conversion has not been completed When switch on again Poet will ask if it should continue with the conversion from the point it had reached When a MP3 conversion is canceled all converted MP3 files for this document will be lost 7 3 Connecting an MP3 player All currently available MP3 players can be connected They are connected to Poet via the USB port Several players can be connected so that the new MP3 files can be copied to different players at once 7 3 1 Plugging in the player Proceed as follows 1 plug the USB cable into Poet s USB port but do not plug the other end of the cable into the MP3 player just yet 2 open the menu with Stop key use the UP DOWN keys to select MP3 manager and press Pause 3 the MP3 selection will open This list contains all MP3 documents created by Poet If MP3 documents have already been saved in Poet the name of the first document will be given 4 press Pause The next Function menu will open and either you will be told that no player has been connected or you
50. onnect player This provides for proper disconnection before the USB cable is removed from the player Player Selecting this option with Pause opens a list of all MP3 files copied to the player If an MP3 document consists of 4 pages for example the list will contain 4 files Their assigned names are 8 characters long and correspond to the names assigned to the document when created in MP3 format Pressing Pause again opens a submenu allowing files on the player to be accessed selected deleted or played The individual entries are described in Chapter 7 5 3 Player definitions Selecting this option by pressing Pause opens a list of the registrated MP3 players their type and drive designation Pressing Pause again opens a submenu where a new player can be recognized or an existing one disconnected or deleted The individual entries are described in Chapter 7 5 2 Playback MP3 files of the selected document on Poet Pressing Pause accesses Page selection where a specific page can be selected for playing Press Start to play from the selected page Press STOP to return to MP3 Manager Select all MP3 documents All MP3 documents created and saved in Poet will be displayed in the MP3 selection list Any previous restrictions will be lifted Select all documents copied in their entirety to a player This restricts the number of MP3 documents displayed in the MP3 selection list accordingly an a
51. or the MP3 recording although a different voice to the standard reading voice can be set To set the mp3 reading voice proceed as follows 1 Open the menu with Stop 2 Move up or down and select the Settings option with Pause 3 Move up or down and select the MP3 voice with Pause 4 A dialog will open which contains the same elements as the dialog for the reading voice 5 Settings for the current reading voice may already be set Separate language voice and speed settings can now be selected for the MP3 Use the UP DOWN key to access the different settings and START UP DOWN to browse the options within a setting To set the reading speed turn the lower knob 6 close the dialog by pressing Pause NB if the option to announce special characters has been selected for the general settings they will also be read out in the MP3 file 7 1 2 Size and structure of MP3 documents Any text saved as a text document in Poet Compact can be converted into MP3 format To avoid the MP3 files becoming far too large and allow the audio book to remain clearly laid out the text will be converted into smaller page sized MP3 files Each of these MP3 files is 1 2MB in size with the actual size dependent on the amount of text on the page and the reading voice speed selected With documents that contain a lot of text anew MP3 page i e file will be created before the end of the page is reached It is created at the end of a sentence after
52. ot been stored in folders cannot be seen in both access modes To access to these documents the item Structured or Easy Access to directories must not be checked 3 3 Menu Item Delete Document To delete a document open the Menu item Open document as described in chapter 3 2 Search the list for the document you want to remove from the storage then use the command Start Pause Before the document is definitely deleted you will hear the prompt Do you want to delete this document This is to avoid involuntary deleting Use the Up key or the Down key to choose Yes and press Pause When you hear the prompt The document has been deleted your action was successful When you confirm No with Pause the document remains in the list and you get the prompt The document has not been deleted After both commands you will return to the list of the document specification where you might delete other documents If you get the prompt This document is open and therefore cannot be deleted this means that you tried to delete the document you were reading in the Text Window To remove it please quit the Menu by pressing Stop and exchange the document by a blank one see chapter 3 1 3 4 Menu Item Save Document You may save all scanned documents in a file by naming them Press Stop to change to the Menu and press the Down key until you get the prompt Save document or Save as confirm with Pause A dialog opens as in Open document and
53. ppropriate message will be read out when the list is accessed Select all documents partially copied to a player This restricts the number of MP3 documents displayed in the MP3 selection list accordingly an appropriate message will be read out when the list is accessed Select all documents not yet copied to a player This restricts the number of MP3 documents displayed in the MP3 selection list accordingly an appropriate message will be read out when the list is accessed 7 5 2 The submenu Player definition Recognize player Pressing Pause allows the first or subsequent players to be added NB do not plug in the USB cable until you hear the message Connect player then wait and follow the other messages Delete player The player announced or selected when the option Player definitions is opened will be deleted and Poet will no longer be able to access it Delete all players If more then one player has been defined registered this will delete them all Announce all players All players registered in Poet will be announced regardless of which one is currently connected The type and drive designation of each player will be announced Pressing Pause will go back One menu level and pressing STOP will return to the MP3 Manager Disconnect player This provides for proper disconnection before the USB cable is removed from the player 7 5 3 The Player s
54. racters Several Equal Characters Functions of Long Keystrokes 3 Using the Menu Functions 3 7 5 3 7 6 Menu Item New Document Delete Document Menu Item Save Document Creating and Deleting Folders Renaming Files and Folders Menu Item Document Information Menu Item Keys Description Menu Item Delete all Flags Flags Set or Delete a Flag Go to a Flag Bookmarks Defining and Setting of a Bookmark Go to a Bookmark 3 8 Menu Item Settings 3 8 1 3 8 2 3 8 3 3 8 4 3 8 5 3 8 6 3 8 7 3 8 8 3 8 9 Navigation Language of Reading Voice and Scanner Speed of Menu Voice Reading Voice Menu Voice Scanner General Settings Restore Original Settings About Poet 3 8 10 Folders 3 8 11 Deleting Quick Change of Voices 3 9 Menu Item Deleting Current Page 3 10 Menu Item Scanning New Text and inserting it at the Current Position 3 11 Connecting External Drives 3 11 1 Drives 3 11 2 C Pen Optional 3 11 3 Barcode Reader Optional 4 Reference Section 4 1 The Keys 37 4 2 The Menu 38 4 3 Command Summary 5 Using a Braille Display with Poet BE 5 1 Introduction 5 2 Description of the Braille Display 5 3 Keys of the Braille Display 5 3 1 For Use of Poet Functions 5 3 2 For Braille Output 5 3 3 Functions of the Positioning Keys 5 4 Display Keys Overview 6 Connecting Mobile Windows CE Devices 6 1 Connecting to Poet 6 2 Transferring Poet Data to the Mobile Device 6 3 Data Exchange between the two De
55. raille display additionally to the speech output Furthermore the Poet Compact can be optionally operated by the keys of the Braille display 5 2 Description of the Braille Display On the left side of the Braille display you find the round jack for the power supply cable In the case of malfunction of your Braille display verify at first that the cable is correctly plug in the jack of the device and the power supply on the other end is well plug in the wall socket The Braille display is connected to the serial port of Poet Use the flat serial cable which is delivered with Vario and put the plug into the respective interface of Poet and the smaller plug into the angular interface on the left side of the Braille display right beside the power jack On the right side of the device you find the ON OFF switch The ON position of the switch is marked with a tactile dot When the Braille display is switched on before the Poet Compact the following information is shown on the display BAUM the number of the version with a date and the selected mode 1 In the case there is no text shown please switch the device off and after some seconds on again If this does not help please contact our service There are three small round keys on each side of the 40 Braille cells the so called display keys They are numbered consecutively from top to bottom on the left D1 to D3 and on the right D4 to D6 On the top of each Braille cell there is the so called posi
56. re other MP3 files on the player such as music these remain unaffected This allows the MP3 audio books you created to be deleted quickly Playback MP3 file on player A selected MP3 document can be played through Poet s loudspeaker Before deleting the document is it advisable to listen to it briefly to make sure that the correct one is being selected Use UP DOWN to select the pages and press START to play see Chapter 7 4 2 2 Announce index list of the player This gives a summary of the MP3 documents on the player and the number of MP3 pages they contain If the MP3 document is still in Poet the assigned spoken file name will be given 7 5 4 The Pages submenu When Pause is pressed in Page selection a menu will open with the entries described below Before the submenu is opened the relevant page must have been selected with the UP or DOWN key Select all pages Regardless of the status of the document pages selected all pages of the MP3 document will be selected Deselect all pages Regardless of the status of the document pages selected all pages of the MP3 document will be deselected Select up to page X All pages up to and including the page selected in Page selection Page X will be selected Other previously selected pages remain selected Deselect up to page X All pages up to and including the page selected in Page selection Page X will be deselected Other p
57. rectly on the Poet Try to avoid any damages to the cable The unit should be stored in dry and closed rooms 2 Basic Operating Functions 2 1 Scanning and Reading Turn on your Poet Compact by pressing the ON OFF key located at the very left of the front panel After a short pause you will hear the prompt Poet ready Now lift the scanner cover and put your document side down on the glass Make sure that the sheet rests straight against the elevated edge Any text passages that remain outside the glass will not be scanned When you close the cover try not to move the document When you press Start you will hear a brief signal and then a noise which is made by the scanner moving When the first page has been scanned Poet automatically starts to read it aloud to you You may at any time interrupt reading and continue later Thereto please press Pause the one beside Start and Poet will interrupt reading When you press Pause again Poet continues reading where it stopped before To finish reading press Stop this is the key to the very right Stop also allows you to enter the Poet Menu with more options and from their return to the Text Window for scanning and reading When you press Stop for about 2 seconds the help menu will open and you will hear which keys or key combinations can be used in the application you have just been using In the help menu you can move up and down the items with the Up and Down Keys With a brief press on Stop you
58. reviously selected pages remain selected Select from Page X All pages from and including the page selected in Page selection Page X will be selected Other previously selected pages remain selected Deselect from Page X All pages from and including the page selected in Page selection Page X will be deselected Other previously selected pages remain selected Status of selection This gives the number of pages the MP3 document contains and indicates which are selected and not selected in Page selection list lf another further special selection criterion is to be set e g 1 to 5 go to 5 with PAGE UP DOWN press PAUSE to open the submenu and select Select up to page 5 Current page selection A list opens use UP DOWN key to see which and how many pages have been selected Last selection for copying Another list opens showing which pages from the MP3 document were last selected for copying This is a useful navigation tool if a large document can only be transferred to the MP3 player in sections for reasons of space The procedure is similar to Page selection Press Pause to open an appropriate submenu with the following entries current page selection Take the last copy selection to the current selection Status of selection When the desired pages have been set press Stop to return to the MP3 selection Go to the desired document press Pause and select Copy MP3 files
59. rk places in your document Working with flags is very useful when you need to quickly jump between various positions in a document You set a bookmark at the current position and go to a set flag or set a new one Then return to the bookmark and continue reading In a document up to eight flags can be set at different positions All flags are automatically saved when you quit the document 3 7 2 Set and Delete a Flag Use the command Down Stop to set a flag at the current position in the document The set flags are consecutively numbered independent of their position in the document To delete a flag go to the flag and press Down Stop The flag is now available again and can be set at another position The numbering of the flags remains unchanged 3 7 3 Go to a Flag Within a document you can go forwards or backwards to the set flags Use the command Down key Start to go to the next flag or Up key Start to go to the previous flag 3 7 4 Bookmark The basic function of the bookmark in a document remains as follows Poet always remembers the last reading position before quitting a document independent whether a bookmark was set at another position before At every new start of the document the text is read beginning from the position of the bookmark A defined setting of a bookmark in a document is important for the use of flags 3 7 5 Defining and Setting of a Bookmark To set a bookmark at a desired text position use the k
60. rm selected navigation level Stop Quit the navigation selection Menu Functions Up key or Down key navigate in the Menu Pause select a Menu function Stop Quit the selected Menu function without an action This is valid for all Menu functions Opening and saving a drive Up or Down key navigate in the list of drives Pause Down key Go 10 drives downward Pause Up key Go 10 drives upward Start Down key Go to next drive group Start Up key Go to previous drive group Up Down key Go to end of drives list Down Up key Go to beginning of drives list Pause Open selected drive Open Document Down key or Up key Navigate in the document specification Pause Down key Go 10 documents downward Pause Up key Go 10 documents upward Up key Down key Go to end of the document specification Down key Up key Go to the beginning of the document specification Pause Open the selected document Start Pause Delete the selected document Start Rename document Pause Stop Create MP3 Delete Document Down key or Up key Select check box yes for deletion or no for non deletion Pause Delete document or do not according to the selection made Save Document Pause Start or stop the speech input for registering a name for a document Pause Saving of the document after soeech input Down key or Up key Return to new speech input or return to confirm saving Save Document Yes or No Down key or Up key Select yes for
61. rst No announcing of beginning and end of line Character input Announcing text end for continued reading Start continued reading after going backward by sentence MP3 Easy Mode MP3 Super easy Mode Easy access to directories of CD Rom USB and disk Structured access to directories of CD Rom USB and disk New Replace reading of several equal characters by the word Several Suppress reading of several equal characters Fine Reader Quality high When this setting is activated the scanned document will be checked and recognition mistakes corrected before reading starts Therefore the scanning process will take longer than usual This function is useful for scanning poor prints or typefaces whereas the recognition of good prints may deteriorate This setting is only available in Poets using the FineReader 7 1 recognition software see menu settings about Poet NOTE This list may vary depending on the functions activated by default Use the Down key or Up key to select an item and Start to change between selected and non selected Then save your settings with Pause The entry Announcing special characters allows a special function If you select the entry with Start and then press Pause a list of punctuation and special characters will be opened With the Up and Down keys you move through that list By checking or unchecking the items with Start you decide which characters should be spoken in the Text Win
62. saving or no for no saving or cancel Speed of Menu Voice Speed control Adjust the speech speed of the Menu voice Menu Voice Speed Speed control Define the optimal reading speed for the menu voice Pause Confirm the adjusted reading speed Start Test the adjusted reading speed Scanner Reading Voice Menu Voice General Settings Pause Confirm settings Up or Down key Move up or down in the settings Start Up or Down key Select settings Start when check box is active Mark selection or delete mark for selection Restore original settings Down key or Up key Confirm yes for restoring or no for not restoring the original settings About Poet Pause or Stop Quit the information about Poet Status Up key Stop Tell status Pause turning the speed control Test reading speed Functions of Long Keystrokes Start New document Pause Automatic column recognition on or off Up key Beginning of text Down key Text end Stop About Poet Folders Up or Down key Move up or down in the folders list Pause Down key Go 10 folders downward Pause Up key Go 10 folders upward Up Down key Go to end of folders list Down Up key Go to beginning of folders list Pause Create a new folder Start Pause Delete the selected folder Start Rename the selected folder Deleting a Folder Up or Down key Select Yes for deleting or No for no deleting Pause Delete folder or not according to the selection made S
63. se and select this option from the menu Deselect up to MP3 file X All MP3 files from the beginning of the list to the previously designated file will be deselected Select from MP3 file X This is the same principle as the previous option except that files will be selected from the previously designated file to the last one in the list rather than from the beginning of the list to it Deselect from MP3 file X This is the same principle as the previous option except that files will be deselected from the previously designated file to the last one in the list rather than from the beginning of the list to it Select all files of this document This allows all MP3 files of an MP3 document to be selected quickly Go to one of the files in the document e g AAAAO0002 press Pause to open the menu and select this option Only the files belonging to this MP3 document AAAA will be selected Status of selection This informs you which MP3 files have been selected You will receive a summary of the current situation so that corrections to the selection and deselection process can be made if necessary Delete all selected MP3 files This will delete all selected MP3 files from the MP3 payer to free up space in the memory Delete all poet MP3 files This will delete all MP3 files created with the Poet and transferred to the player It is not necessary to select the files beforehand If there a
64. se the Menu Functions For entering and selecting a Menu with the respective items the procedure is always the same When Poet is reading to you press Stop then press this key again and you will hear the prompt Menu This indicates that you have just entered the Menu level You have to imagine the Menu as a list of items one beneath the other where you can navigate and select an item You can move up and down in the list by pressing the Up key or the Down key the Menu voice always telling you where you are To select an item press Pause In the Menu Pause has the function of confirming a selection or a command NOTE You may always let Poet repeat the last prompt to you Thereto press the key combination Up key Stop This command helps you to keep track of the Menu items as well as the dialog items When using this command in the Text Window you get the name of the open document Note This manual describes all menus and functions available in Poet Compact Depending on the kind of device required some functions might not be activated in your Poet Compact If you want to have more functions activated please contact your dealer 3 1 Menu Item New Document Go to the Menu level by pressing Stop Then press the Down key until you get the prompt New document press Pause to confirm your selection Now you hear the prompt A new document has been created and now you are in the Text Window That means Poet Compact provides a new document
65. sette recorders The symbols have a raised profile to help you quickly find the key you need and reduce mistakes Starting from behind you will find the following elements in built loudspeaker to the right volume control to the left reading speed control There is a ridge on the top that will help you to make out their positions They are set at a middle value when the ridge shows to the right Start key triangle pointing downward Pause key circular to the left Up key triangle pointing toward the left to the right Down key triangle pointing toward the right Stop key square shaped in built microphone and LED Use the ON OFF key at the right side of the machine for turning the Poet BE on and off Below the two rotary knobs for volume and reading speed control is the Start key When you press it Poet will start scanning a document and will automatically start to read the text out loud to you as soon as scanning is finished When you press the circular Pause key below reading is interrupted and resumed after pressing it once more Below the Pause key you will find the Up key and Down key keys for moving backward and forward in the text or in the Menu The last key in front is the square shaped Stop Press it to finish reading and to enter the Menu At the bottom of the machine to the right is the transportation lock that blocks the scanner The transportation lock is made of a square shaped button and a switch Wh
66. spective announcement that you can confirm with the Up key for deleting or with the Down key for none deleting 5 When another key is pressed this announcement will be repeated until you made a selection By deleting old Poet MP3 files you may get free memory capacities for new Poet MP3 files NB Only MP3 documents created with Poet will be deleted If the player contains other MP3 documents e g music these will remain untouched 6 As long as the MP3 player is connected all new scanned documents are converted to MP3 files and saved to the MP3 player Several documents or pages can be scanned and each single document will be saved to the MP3 player 7 Sound signals and messages will inform you when the Poet is scanning clicking sound and when an MP3 document is created brief beeps During the MP3 file creation no new document can be scanned Only after you hear a brief plop or a corresponding message a new text can be scanned 8 During the MP3 file creation you can listen to the scanned text as usual by pressing Pause or navigate in the document For the MP3 document the text is read with the previously selected MP3 voice menu item Settings MP3 voice 9 It is not advisable to break the connection between Poet Compact and the MP3 player simply by pulling out the cable copied MP3 files can be damaged in the process and may no longer be playable The MP3 player is correctly disconnected by pressing two times briefly the ON OFF key
67. thand On Off D5 3 Cursor full dots 7 and 8 none D5 4 6 8 dots Braille D5 6 Attributes display with dots 7 and 8 D6 Pause 6 Connecting Mobile Windows CE Devices Small organizers on Windows CE base like Pronto or the Braille Note PK can be connected to Poet Compact for data exchange 6 1 Connecting to Poet Connect the mobile device to a free USB port of Poet Compact through a USB cable As soon as the connection is done and the mobile device is turned on you will get a respective prompt Also if the connection is cut down the mobile device is turned off or the cable is disconnected you will get a respective prompt 6 2 Transferring Poet Data to the Mobile Device 1 Connect the mobile device to Poet via a USB cable and turn it on There will be a respective announcement 2 Open a document or scan a new text 3 Go to the menu by pressing Stop and select the item Save document 4 In addition to the usual saving process you will hear the question whether you want to save also to the mobile device Confirm Yes by pressing Pause If you do not get this message the mobile device is not correctly connected Please check the cables and turn on the mobile device 5 During the data transfer Poet will emit tone signals and will announce when saving is finished Note Since the recorded file name cannot be transferred to the mobile device the document gets automatically an internal file name This name is composed of
68. tioning key 5 3 Keys of the Braille Display 5 3 1 for Poet Functions When using the display keys of the Braille display for operating of the Poet Compact they are assigned to the following Poet functions Up key D1 left upper key Stop D2 left middle key Down key D3 left lower key Start D4 right upper key Pause D6 right lower key These display keys are used in the same way as the Poet keys for executing the various Poet functions For example The command for going to the beginning of the text is Down key Up key Respectively press D3 1 that means D3 D1 5 3 2 for Braille Output The display key D5 right middle key and its combinations are assigned to the following braille functions D5 Move 40 characters to the right in the line text forwards D5 2 Move 40 characters to the left in the line text backwards D5 1 Change between computer braille and shorthand D5 3 Select cursor full cursor underline by dot 7 8 or no cursor D5 4 Change between 6 or 8 dots Braille D5 6 Fading in or out of the attributes display 5 3 3 Functions of the Positioning Keys Press the positioning key to set the cursor on the respective character in the text This may be useful e g for spelling a word with D1 6 or Up key Pause 5 4 Display Keys Overview D1 Up key D2 Stop D3 Down key D4 Start D5 Braille function key D5 40 cells to the right D5 2 40 cells to the left D5 1 Shor
69. ubmenu Jump to next document or Jump to previous document With MP3 players which save to folders this option will take you to the MP3 files of the next or previous document With all other MP3 players which list the MP3 files of copied documents this option will take you to the first MP3 file of the next or previous MP3 document The document name will be read out and if the MP3 document is still in Poet the assigned spoken document name will also be read out Info player The drive designation and available memory capacity will be given Info document The designation of the selected MP3 document will be read out as will the assigned spoken filename if the MP3 document is still saved in Poet Select all MP3 files All MP3 files from all MP3 documents in the list will be selected and can for example be deleted Deselect all MP3 files All MP8 files from all MP3 documents in the list will be deselected This is recommended if subsequently you wish to select specific MP3 files only To select or deselect MP3 files use UP DOWN to access the files and then press PAUSE Then use the following options cf page selection Select up to MP3 file X This will select all MP3 files from the beginning of the list to a previously selected specific MP3 file If for example you wish to select the first 5 files first deselect all files and then go to the fifth file e g AAAA0005 press Pau
70. upward by ten documents with the command Pause Up key 3 2 1 Structured Access to Directories You can use this function to open text documents which are located in folders or subfolders of external drives for example USB sticks disks in an external USB device or CD ROMs Select in the menu Settings General Settings the item Structured Access to the directories of CD ROM USB Stick or disk This item can only be found in a Poet Compact that has been provided with these functions If you have activated this function all folders and directories of the respective drives will be shown You are lead step by step from the directory level to the subdirectory levels and at each level you can see all folders and subfolders that have previously been created Example Open file Letter rtf in folder Private subfolder Family on a USB Stick 1 Connect USB Stick to Poet via USB cable 2 Open Poet menu and select Open document 3 Now you are on the first item of the data medium selection Move down the list with the Down key 4 Each external drive will be marked by a character for example G directory Memory Stick drive G 5 All folders on the USB stick are now listed under this directory With the Down key you can now go to G directory Private of our example and press Pause By pressing Stop you can go back to the prior level 6 Now you get a list of all subdirectories that have been created under the folder Private Go do
71. vices 7 The MP3 Function 7 1 General remarks on MP3 file creation 7 1 1 Selecting and setting the reading voice for MP3 7 1 2 Size and structure of MP3 documents 7 1 3 Structure of the MP3 file name 7 2 Converting Poet documents into MP3 documents 7 2 1 Data security during MP3 conversion 7 3 Connecting an MP3 player 7 3 1 Plugging in the player 7 3 2 Eject player disconnect 7 3 3 Deleting a player 7 4 Copying deleting and playing MP3 files 7 4 1 Copying MP3 files to the player 7 4 1 1 Partial copying with players with limited memory 7 4 2 Listening to MP3 files on Poet or player 7 4 2 1 Listening to MP3 documents on Poet 7 4 2 2 Listening to MP3 documents on the player 7 4 3 Deleting MP3 files from Poet 7 4 4 Deleting MP3 files from the player 7 4 4 1 Deleting in Expert Mode 7 5 MP3 Manager its functions and menus 7 5 1 The Function menu 7 5 1 1 MP3 Easy Mode settings Default settings 7 5 1 2 Expert Mode options 7 5 2 The submenu Player definition 7 5 3 The Player submenu 7 5 4 The Pages submenu 7 6 The Simplified MP3 File Creation Super Easy Mode Content of the Poet BE packing Besides the Poet BE with the foam protecting material the delivery includes the power supply with the cables and the manual 1 Introducing the Poet 1 1 Set Up and Installation Instructions Take the Poet Compact out of the box and unlock the transportation lock Thereto press the square button on the bottom
72. will be given the number of a previously defined registered MP3 player 5 use UP DOWN key to select Player definitions and press Pause Either you will be told that no player has been connected to Poet or you will be given the number and type of a previously defined MP3 player In Expert Mode select Player definitions press Pause twice and select Recognize player 6 press Pause once again and you will be taken to a further function menu Select Recognize player 7 you will hear the message Connect the player with the system Now plug the USB cable into the player and wait The player will be recognized and designated Drive G for example Press Pause to confirm If the Pronto organizer is plugged in the Storage Card drive will be given Use UP DOWN to access Storage Card gt Music and confirm by pressing Pause 8 you will hear the message Should the player save in folders If you are not sure say no Follow the instructions and select No with Pause If Pronto is connected this message will not appear 9 you will hear the message Do you want to add this player yes Follow the instructions and select yes with Pause 10 you will hear the message Player definitions the type and drive will follow The player can be classified Type 1 Type 2 or Type 3 Go up or down to access a list of all registered players 11 The player is now connected defined registere
73. wn to G directory Family and press Pause 7 There you get a list of all files stored under this folder Go to the document letter and press Pause 3 2 2 Easy Access to Directories You can use this function to open text documents which are located in folders or subfolders of external drives for example USB sticks disks in an external USB device or CD ROMs Select in the menu Settings General Settings the item Structured Access to the directories of CD ROM USB Stick or disk This item can only be found in a Poet Compact that has been provided with these functions If you have activated this function all folders and directories of the respective drives will be shown Unlike the structured access all folders and subfolders are listed there Example Open file Letter rtf in folder Private subfolder Family on a USB Stick 1 Connect USB Stick to Poet via USB cable 2 Open Poet menu and select Open document 3 Now you are on the first item of the data medium selection Move down the list with the Down key 4 Each external drive will be marked by a character for example G directory Memory Stick drive G 5 All folders and if exist subfolders that have been created on the USB stick are now listed Go with the Down key to G directory Private directory Family and press Pause 6 There you get a list of all files stored under this folder Go to the document letter and press Pause NOTE Text documents that have n
74. y you can change the settings In the settings Voice you get a choice of various male and female voices In the settings Speed you may increase or reduce the reading speed by turning the lower rotary knob And in the settings pitch you may raise the pitch when pressing Start Up key or reduce the pitch by pressing Start Down key If you want to test the adjustments made press Start for saving the settings press Pause 3 8 6 Scanner You may change or choose various settings related to the scanner functions Use the Up key or Down key to move between the settings cancel Automatic new columns and tables recognition Brightness Contrast Image type Resolution Scanner and Text recognition languages With the key combination Start Up key or Start Down key you can change the settings Cancel In Columns recognition you have the choice between selected or non selected For the right scanning of columns in journals or magazines you have to activate the mode Selected by pressing Start New For selecting the columns or tables recognition you have 3 options With the Start key only one mode can be activated For the right scanning of columns you have to activate the mode Columns recognition For reading tables please choose Tables recognition Depending of the table structure you might obtain a better result by choosing Columns recognition selected or non selected In the settings Brightness

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