Lex Software User Manual Version 1.1.x Rev A English
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1. Voice pack licenses There are voice packs with temporary or invalid licenses Activate voice packs Simply select the relevant Activate button or alternatively go to Tools gt Application or Voice Licenses on Lex s menu Lex Application Activation Application License License type Temporary Validity Valid Days remaining 30 Online Activation Manual Activation Cancel Online Activation 1 Select Online Activation 2 You simply require your product s serial number Enter this including dashes when prompted and select Activate 3 You will be informed if activation is successful and of the number of activations you have remaining Page 7 B Lex VisionAid International Manual Activation 1 Select Manual Activation l Lex VisionAid International Touch screen support Lex supports Multi Touch touch screens when running Windows 7 2 You will need to provide your software version hardware ID and product serial number 3 Follow the on screen instructions and either contact VisionAid International Ltd by phone on 44 0 1775 Setting up a custom flick 711 977 email activation visionaid international com or contact your distributor To get the best from touch screen support it is advised that you set up a custom flick to replicate an Alt key press 4 Once you have your activation key enter it into the Activation key field and press Activate A flick is2. This allows you to view magnify and colour enhance documents in a low frame rate high resolution real time view This can be panned around with your pointing device and rotated If you are not already in Virtual X Y mode simply press Tab to take you there Camera Mode controls Zoom out in O D Keyboard Ctrl or Ctrl Numpad Mouse Ctrl Mouse wheel Press and hold the Ctrl and dash or equals sign or Ctrl and Numpad minus or plus key on the keyboard to zoom out and in You can also use Ctrl and your mouse wheel if you have one Toggle between Virtual X Y and Document Mode TAB E s Changes between Virtual X Y and Document Mode Cycle full colour tint advanced greyscale amp binary colour modes C Pressing C cycles full colour tint greyscale and binary modes ui Full colour is ideal for looking at photographs Tint is designed for dyslexic users and enhances the colour of the document in a way that is similar to coloured overlays Colours can be chosen as detailed below Advanced Greyscale is the standard two colour way of viewing documents Binary is an enhanced two colour algorithm that can even distinguish multiple colour texts and backgrounds in your chosen two colour combination 7 y Cycle two colour combinations and tints L Shift L Pressing L cycles through 12 popular two colour combinations Shift and L cycles backwards C
3. Alternatively right click on the word you wish to define and choose Define in the context sensitive menu or use the menu button on your keyboard to display the context sensitive menu before selecting Define Dictionary can also be accessed from Tools gt Dictionary Dictionary Value All Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Definition A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed the value assigned was 16 milliseconds The quality positive or negative that renders something desirable or valuable the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world The amount of money or goods or services that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices You can choose to display all found word types or limit the results to nouns verbs adjectives or adverbs Page 26 le Lex VisionAid International 2 Overlay 2 Page 1 of 1 This visualisation preserves the formatting layout and pictures of your document but replaces the recognised words with fonts of your chosen two colour combination This makes it ideal for looking at documents with pictures tables and diagrams 3 Column 3 aa Edit View Navigation Speech Recognition Tools Window f This view repaginates the text across your screen No matter what size you magnify your document the text will automatically flow from one line to the
4. Recognition Enabled Shift O Default Enabled This enables and disables text recognition This should only be disabled if you are capturing a document Page Straightening Shift P Default Enabled This enables and disables Lex s automatic straightening It is highly recommended that this should be left on for most documents to achieve the best recognition results The shortcut key is Shift and P together Page 12 B Lex VisionAid International Rotation Rotation 90 right OK Cancel Simply select the rotation you require and click OK The page will then be rotated If text needs to be re recognised simply select Recognize Split pages This tells Lex to attempt to split the selected page into a left and a right page This can be useful if a document has been captured that should have had the Split Book Pages option selected in Document gt Split Book Pages Recognize This tells the Lex software to recognise the selected pages This is useful if you wish to re recognise a page to try and get different results or if recognition was disabled on a page when captured that should not have been Save image Allows you to save an image of a particular page Formats include JPEG TIFF PNG and BMP Delete Deleted the selected page from your document Multiple pages can be selected and deleted at once Select all and Clear selection Selects and de selects all the pages in your docu
5. To navigate backwards and forwards a word at a time press and hold the Ctrl and the left or right arrow Sentence Navigation Up Down arrow Use the up and down arrows to navigate backwards and forwards a sentence Paragraph Navigation Ctrl Up Down arrow To navigate backwards and forwards a paragraph press and hold the Ctrl and the up or down arrow Page Navigation Page up Page down Use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard to navigate between the pages of your document Beginning End of document navigation Ctrl Home End To instantly jump to the beginning or end of your document press and hold the Ctrl and Home or End keys Cycle open documents Ctrl Tab To cycle through your currently open documents press and hold the Ctrl key and press Tab Screen by screen navigation and Alt One of Lex s best reading functions is screen by screen navigation This greatly reduces eye strain and speeds up reading Use Comma and Full stop to go backwards and forwards a JH screen of text at a time For background reading i e when another application has focus e g MS Word use Alt and Comma and Alt and Full stop together Document information Ctrl Shift I This provides information on the current document This includes file name title number of pages and words when it was created last modified and its size Page inform
6. 3A ana Oa Wit Split book pages Fran ais France French France Windows 7 all versions 32 and 64 bit Single column recognition Fast recognition Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard or newer with VMware Fusion 4 0 or newer with Windows 7 Layout analysis Accurate 4 Hardware Minimum Single Core Intel Atom or AMD Athlon 3000 RAM XP 512MB Vista 7 1GB USB Ports 1 x USB 2 0 pe eT Please note Lex will run on lower specification hardware but the time taken to read a document will increase accordingly Navigating Options using the keyboard Recommended The tabbed Options dialog operates in exactly the same way as any other Windows tabbed dialog The controls are Intel Core 2 Duo 1 6 GHz or greater as follows RAM XP 1 5GB Vista 7 2GB 2GB Free Space 4MB per page Ctrl Tab Next Options tab Ctrl Shift Tab Previous Options tab Tab Next item in the current Options Tab Shift Tab Previous item in the current Options Tab Space Select Deselect current option Up Left Arrow Previous list item of current option Down Right Arrow Next list item of current option Ownership and intellectual property The software makes use of third party software libraries that are redistributed under their own respective licenses LAME is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL a copy of which can be found at http www gnu org licenses Igpl html and is included in the software s program d
7. Edit gt Bookmarks to bring up the bookmarks window Once you ve captured a document using Enter you will automatically be taken to Document mode If you wish to change to Document Mode directly from Camera mode simply press TAB Bookmarks z Page 10 Channels Programming and Magazine a We can replace or withdraw advertised or other pr Add Page 9 Address the address of your home in either the UK or Republic of Ireland that you notify to us Visualisations 1 6 and V Shift V amp Lex offers 6 different enhanced ways to see your documents that make them much faster and easier to read These can be cycled through using the letter V or selected directly using 1 to 6 on your keyboard 1 Image 1 5 Edit View EED a Speech Recognition Tools Window j rran a Add Adds a bookmark at the beginning of the current sentence He produced portraits and religious subjects that are unmatched for th a2 technical brilliance their intellectual complexity and the richness of th symbolism he perfected the newly developed of oil painting His masterpiece is the Adoration of the Lamb 1432 known as th the Ghent Altarpiece which he painted with his brother Hubert c 1370 1426 He i S commonly regarded as the greatest northern European artist of of the 15th l century His works were widely copied and avidly collected ar 7 that receives light and visual images Non image for ion e
8. Portable Document Format PDF and images JPEG BMP TIFF PNG Importing from within Lex Ctrl I If you are in Lex you can import a document by going to File gt Import on the menu shortcut key Ctrl pz and I together This brings up either a standard Windows file dialog box or Lex s custom one depending on your settings that you can select your document from Simply locate it and Open it and Lex will import your document with the current recognition settings Once import is complete you will be able to treat the document in exactly the same way as one that you have captured Importing directly from Windows Explorer Lex features direct shell integration This means that you can right click on a file in Windows Explorer or use the keyboard Menu button to access Open with and then simply choose Lex to import TIP Lex can effectively read any document on your PC If it is not in a supported format simply print your document to a PDF before importing it If you do not have a PDF printer installed we suggest CutePDF Writer Freeware from htto www cutepdf com Page 30 B Lex VisionAid International Reading Guides G When viewing documents in real time horizontal lines and blinds reading guides can be turned on and adjusted to aid reading text across your documents Letter G on the keyboard cycles between horizontal lines vertical lines horizontal blinds vertical blinds and of
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10. a quick single finger drag in a particular direction on the touch screen Voice Licenses Activation Setting up this flick will allow you to change your focus from the main viewing area to the toolbar and menu without ata 3j having to use the Alt key on the keyboard i _ Name Validity License type Days remaining Online Activation English Vocalizer Voices 30 To do this 1 Select the voice pack you wish to French Vocalizer Voices Valid Temporary 30 activate and then choose Online German Vocalizer Voic Valid Temporary 30 1 Go to Start gt Control Panel Activation Polish Vocalizer Voices Valid Temporary 30 2 Where is says View by in the top right corner of Control Panel ensure that Large Icons is selected 9 enter your mroduets lt eral number Russian Vocalizer Voic Valid Temporary 30 S seindiand eclect pansne Touch including dashes when prompted and 4 Change to the Flicks tab select Activate 5 Ensure Use flicks to perform common actions quickly and easily is selected together with Navigational 3 You will be informed if activation is flicks and editing flicks and click Customize successful and of the number of activations you have remaining You can pick any one of the 8 directional flicks to be mapped to Alt but we recommend the up direction which is Drag Up by default Select the Drag Up flick and then select add from the d
11. lions are resting too close to the home of th _ The Edit pages window displays a colour thumbnail image of each page These can be selected using the standard Save image Windows modifier keys arrow keys plus Ctrl and Shift and mouse controls Page Information Shift I This provides information on the currently selected page This includes things such as the original page orientation heading number of words and which settings were used when recognition was carried out on the particular page Move Pages up and Down With at least one page selected choose either Move Up or Move Down to re order your selected pages within your document Collate odd even This is extremely useful when capturing a book or magazine in A4 or Letter capture size It enables you to capture all of the pages on one side of the spine first then all of the pages on the other Once this has been done select all the pages of your document and press Collate odd even This joins the pages together in the correct order This saves you having to physically rotate the document 180 degrees and re position it after every capture Rotate If you need to alter the rotation of a page you can simply select the pages you wish to rotate in Edit Pages and click the Rotate button After accepting a message informing you that any recognition results will be deleted on rotate you will be presented with a drop down list with th
12. next Text can be scrolled vertically and screen by screen see page 20 Page 15 le Lex VisionAid International 4 Horizontal 4 f z es Atoma lll rrr LE Ca Se eryr File Edit View Navigation Speech Recognition Tools Window Help BSENSSelBed Page 1 of 1 This visualisation repositions all of the text in the document onto a single line The text can be scrolled left to right and screen by screen see page 20 5 Vertical 5 en Atoe File Edit View Navigation Speech Recognition Tools Window Help 3 FNS S6SD ye Page 1 of 1 Ideal for some users with Retinitis Pigmentosa the Vertical visualisation displays one word per line Text can be scrolled vertically and screen by screen see page 20 Page 16 le Lex VisionAid International Add Adds a new speech replacement This brings up the following dialog box with self explanatory controls for the adding of your replacement Add Replacement Original hedgerow Speak original Replacement hedge row Speak replacement Match whole words only Ignore case Cance Edit Allows to you edit an existing speech replacement Delete Deletes the currently selected speech replacement Import Allows you to import a previously saved list of speech replacements Export Allows you to export your speech replacements to a file which can be used as a backup or imported onto a different machine that has the Lex software installed Page 25 le Lex Visio
13. their solutions Q I start the Lex software with the LexCam connected but the camera doesn t seem to do anything and can t capture any documents A Make sure that the camera is plugged in correctly to a USB 2 0 compatible port Q How do stop Lex from reading automatically every time capture a document A Disable Read when recognition complete For instructions on this please see page 40 Q I m trying to import a Word Powerpoint or Excel documents directly into Lex and its not working A Firstly you must have the Office application installed on your system for the document type you are trying to import Secondly ensure the document you re trying to import is not open in the Office application Thirdly ensure all Windows Updates have been installed for your system Page 40 Lex Software User Manual Version 1 1 x RevA English Special Needs Computers ca Office Ergonomics amp Assistive Technology We Help You Empower Yourself 1 877 724 4922 pecialneedscom Canadian Distributor VisionAld International Copyright C 2008 2012 VisionAid International Ltd all rights reserved B Lex VisionAid International Table of Contents TADE OTC ONE ea E E E E ny eorsacdennicnnbert 1 HOUN e a a E E EEA E A AE E A A NE AE E EN A E A E 4 Lex improvement program cccsccssccssccsecssccsececcseceseceeseseceeesseceeesseeeseceeesseceeesseceeeseeesseceestseceeeseceeeceeetsecesteeceeeteeceseeaecs 4
14. your mouse wheel if you have one Overview O Overview is ideal for quickly selecting a different area of the page to view or start reading Pressing O turns on Overview mode This enables the whole document to be viewed on screen A highlighted rectangle can be moved around the document using the mouse This denotes the area to be zoomed back into when Overview mode is left Pressing O again or left clicking the mouse returns to the last used visualisation before Overview was enabled The closest full word to the top left corner of the Overview rectangle is the word that is selected on exit Cycle full colour greyscale and binary colour modes C Pressing C cycles full colour advanced greyscale and binary modes Full colour is ideal for looking at photographs Advanced Greyscale is the standard two colour way of viewing documents Binary is an enhanced two colour algorithm that even distinguishes multiple colour texts and backgrounds in your chosen two colour combination Cycle two colour combinations forwards backwards L Shift L 7 Pressing L cycles through 5 common two colour combinations and their inverse Black White Black Yellow Blue Yellow Black Green Black Cyan Pressing Shift and L together cycles backwards w Tip An additional custom colour combination can be set in Tools gt Options gt Appearance Custom colour combination A total of 64 different combin
15. B Lex VisionAid International Speech rA Speed Shift and Shift Numpad A slider to adjust the speed of both the reading and interface voices The shortcut keys are Shift and Minus to decrease the speed and Shift and Equals to increase it Volume Ctrl Shift and Shift Numpad A slider to adjust the volume of both the reading and interface voices The shortcut keys are Ctrl and Shift and Minus to decrease the volume and Ctrl and Shift and Equals to increase it Default reading language When reading multi language documents if the language is unknown for a particular sentence then it will be read in the default reading language Automatically select reading voice for language Default Enabled When reading multi language documents the reading voice will automatically change on a per sentence basis to match the language of the document Reading voice E Shift E Allows you to select the default reading voice for a particular language When in document mode the letter E cycles through your available reading voices Shift and E together cycles backwards Read when recognition complete Default On Automatically begins reading your document out loud as soon as recognition is complete Turning this off means you have to manually start the document reading FAQ and Troubleshooting Below are a list of common questions and problems with
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17. annotation Continuous panning scrolling Middle click drag Middle click and dragging will start the document continually scrolling in the direction you drag This works for all visualisations except Word Left clicking when the document is scrolling will halt it Scroll up amp down left amp right Mouse Wheel Shift Mouse Wheel To scroll in all Visualisations except Word use your mouse wheel and to scroll left and right use Shift and mouse wheel Zoom Ctrl Mouse Wheel To zoom in and out simply press Ctrl and move your mouse wheel Next and previous screen of text Mouse buttons 4 and 5 If your mouse features 4 and 5 buttons these can be used to control forward and backwards a screen of text within Document Mode Page 18 le Lex VisionAid International Annotations This allows you to make notes within your documents on a particular sentence These can be ideal for hk revision purposes or simply if you need to note something important down that relates to the sentence you re reading Annotation Window Ctrl J To shows hide the annotation window either press Ctrl and J access it from the menu Edit gt Annotations gt Annotation Window or use the menu button on your keyboard and choose Annotate When shown the annotation window appears below the document window This is made up of the annotation toolbar with a text box area immediately below it Resizing the Annotation Wind
18. ar format Quick Export Options This enables you to choose your settings for the Quick Export feature The options dialog is accessed from the File menu The options include Quick Export Options Destination folder C Users Smith Documents Browse Format Word Document z D Layout retention Default 73 Open with default application when export completes Cancel Page 31 B Lex VisionAid International Opening documents When you open a document the position you were last at is restored You can open documents in two ways through standard Windows Explorer by double clicking on the document or using the Open option within the Lex software Open Ctrl 0 To open an existing document go to File gt Open on the menu shortcut key Ctrl and O together This displays a standard Windows dialog box that lets you select your document to open Recent documents A list of your last 10 documents can be found in the File gt Recent documents menu Importing documents IMPORTANT To import files other than PDFs or images you must have Microsoft Office 2003 or later installed on your machine Lex allows you to import documents of the following types Excel xls and xlsx OpenDocument Spreadsheets Powerpoint presentations ppt OpenDocument presentations text txt Rich Text Format RTF Word documents doc and docx OpenDocument text
19. arate installs of the software and voice packs for the licensed user Each install is tied to a unique Hardware ID so a different software and voice pack activation key is required for each machine that it is installed on If additional licenses are required they can be purchased through your local distributor Stop reading Single tapping on the screen will stop Lex from reading If you need to re activate the Lex software or any voice packs on a machine for example after formatting your hard drive it will not use up an additional activation Navigate around your document To move around your document simply place one finger on the screen and maintain contact as you move your finger around Page 8 Page 33 B Lex VisionAid International Destination folder Choose where you wish to save your Quick Export documents to Format Choose the type of document you wish to save to These include PDF RTF txt Word 97 2003 Word latest format and MP3 Layout retention This is as described in the Export section on page 31 Open with default application when export completes Once quick export has finished if this option is selected your exported document will automatically be opened with your computer s default application for the particular document type Key Help F1 You can access help when in Camera or Document mode by simply pressing F1 or going to Help gt Keys This provides a complete list of all availab
20. ation Shift I This provides information on the currently selected page This includes the original page orientation heading number of paragraphs and words and which settings were used when recognition was carried out on the particular page Position information Ctrl I This provides information on your current sentence position relative to the entire document 000 Page 20 le Lex VisionAid International vie Delete current page Del To delete the current page simply press the Del key Find Ctrl F The Lex software enables you to search for and find particular words within your documents In your document simply press Ctrl and F together or go to Navigation gt Find to bring up the find window Options include searching the current page or entire document the recognised text of the document or any document annotations matching the case or searching backwards up through your document Find X Search term incredible Look in Entire Document a Text to search Recognised text Match case l Search up Cancel Find Again F3 Tl If there is more than one occurrence of the word you are looking for simply press the F3 key or go to m Navigation gt Find again to take you to its next occurrence in your document Go to page Ctrl G To instantly navigate to a particular page number simply press Ctrl and G together or go to Navigation gt Go to Go To Pa
21. ations are available Saturation and Contrast adjustment Number strip 8 9 or Numpad 0 reset When in Image View with Colour Mode enabled you can decrease and increase the saturation of the image using 8 and 9 on the number strip or minus and plus on the Numpad 0 on the number strip resets the level to default When in Enhanced Greyscale mode the two colour threshold level can be adjusted using the same controls Invert colours I q When in advanced greyscale and binary modes pressing I allows you to quickly invert your chosen two colour combination which may be necessary for certain coloured texts and backgrounds Page 19 B Lex VisionAid International Navigation controls Alt N Start stop reading Space bar and Ctrl Alt Spacebar To start and stop the speech read back of your document press the Space Bar For background reading when another application has focus using Ctrl and Alt and Space bar together allows you to start and stop reading of your document without having to change back to Lex first Letter Navigation Left Right arrow To navigate one letter backwards and forwards use the left and right arrow Phonetic Alphabet Navigation Shift Left Right arrow To navigate backwards and forwards one phonetically pronounced letter at a time use the Shift key together with the left and right arrow Word Navigation Ctrl Left Right arrow
22. e you have the document you wish to export open within Lex then go to File gt Export on the menu shortcut key Ctrl and T together This will bring up a standard Windows dialog box where you can select what type of export you require and enter the location and filename of the document MP3 documents are created with your current reading voice and speed A folder is created with the document name and each page of your document is saved into that folder as a separate numbered MP3 file Depending on the chosen export format selected you may be asked to select from up to 5 Layout retention options These are Default This will retain pictures fonts and formatting as closely to the original document as possible and can choose any of the other options automatically None This exports pictures and unformatted text to the document Text comes before or after pictures and not placed on top of them This is an ideal format for creating large print documents Formatting only Exact and Flowing It is best to experiment with these settings depending on your captured document type to see which one results in the best exported document format for your requirements Quick Export Ctr1 Q ay To quickly export a document to a previously selected location and format chosen in Quick Export Eit Options use Quick Export shortcut key Ctrl and Q together This is ideal if you regularly need to convert documents to a particul
23. es between Camera mode for real time viewing and capturing of documents and Document mode for viewing and reading your captured documents 2 Change Colour Mode Allows you to change between colour advanced greyscale and binary viewing modes 3 Invert colour When in greyscale or binary modes invert colour swaps the colours of the image Please note that this does not invert the colour of recognised text only the colour of the image 4 5 Zoom out in Decreases and increases the magnification 6 A3 A4 not Wand Allows you to zoom directly between A3 double letter paper and A4 letter paper sizes 7 Camera Target not Wand Allows you to change camera target between documents on the desk distance e g a whiteboards or self a mirrored view for personal grooming 8 Refocus not Wand Refocuses the camera 9 Capture Captures a single page to your current document 10 Split Screen Enables or disables split screen if a screen reader is running 11 Split Position Changes split position from top bottom left or right 12 View Annotation Displays the annotation window in Document Mode Document Mode Toolbar 1 Toggle Camera Document Mode Switches between Camera mode for real time viewing and capturing of documents and Document mode for viewing and reading your captured documents 2 Change Colour Mode Allows you to change between colour advanced greyscale and binary viewing modes 3 Invert colo
24. f Guide 1 position G up down Holding down G and the up or down arrow alters the position of the first line or guide Guide 2 position G left right Holding down G and the left or right arrow alters the position of the second line or guide IMPORTANT Reading guides only work in Virtual X Y mode Page 11 B Lex VisionAid International Capturing Documents LexCam s main feature is its ability to photograph documents recognise the words on them and automatically reformat those words to your preferred visualisation text colour and size together with the ability to read them out loud at the push of a key Capturing a single document Appending Enter With your document positioned under your camera simply press Enter to take a picture This will initialise Lex s motion detection which means after two seconds of no movement being detected a picture will be taken If motion is detected an audible beep will be emitted This is ideal if you need to hold the pages of a book down before capturing If you wish to override the motion detection and timer for reduced capture time or if some particular motion is preventing the picture being taken press Enter again If you have not created a document to capture to or have no document open using Enter will automatically create a new document for you Using Enter for subsequent captures will simply add pages to the end of your current document append As s
25. ge ex Page Number 1 5 Cancel Type the page number you wish to navigate to and press Enter or click OK Page 21
26. ing allows access to a drop down list where you can choose to have your font changed to Serif Sans serif or Monospace Retain font styles Default Enabled Allows the style of the font in your document to be retained bold italic underlined etc Line Spacing Default 1 Enables the line spacing when in Column and Vertical Visualisations to be altered from 1 to 2 in 0 1 increments Increasing the line spacing can greatly help the legibility of text for certain eye conditions Word Spacing Default 1 Allows the spacing between words to be adjusted between 1 and 2 in 0 1 increments This can help with the legibility of the text Page 37 le Lex VisionAid International le Lex VisionAid International Options F10 To access Lex Scholar s options simply press F10 or go to Tools gt Options in the menu System requirements The Lex software requires the following operating systems and hardware in order to run Options allow you complete control of Lex s settings It is made up of 6 tabs each containing different settings Operating systems Lex software is supported on the following operating systems Options Recognition Visualisations Appearance Controls Interface Speech LPP L P Windows XP all versions 32bit only 7 Optical character recognition Languages 3 Page straightenin 4 English English i i rsions 32 and 64 bi Deutsch Deutschland German Germany WinaoWe Vista ay NC Valens
27. irectory OpenCV is distributed under the terms of the Berkeley Software Distribution BSD license a copy of which is included in the software s program directory Copyright C 2000 2008 Intel Corporation all rights reserved Copyright C 2009 Willow Garage Inc all rights reserved Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners Page 36 Page 5 B Lex VisionAid International Software installation The software installation is divided into two parts the Lex software itself and Voice Packs Voice Packs provide you with the available voices for that language allow you to OCR text in that language and allow you to change the menu into that language providing translations have been completed IMPORTANT Administrative rights are required in order to install the Lex software If you are on a business network with limited access permissions you will have to speak to your IT support department for them to temporarily provide you with admin rights to install the software Your computer should meet the minimum system requirements as previously detailed For the best experience they should meet the recommended requirements We strongly recommend that you run Windows Update before installing the Lex software to ensure you have the latest patches for your operating system and for Microsoft Office Part 1 Lex Software Installation Insert the installation CD in to your CD DVD drive then Click the Sta
28. le keyboard shortcuts for Lex Page 32 le Lex VisionAid International Using Lex Software Lex is designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse touchpad or trackball and its optional dedicated keypad If you have a system with Windows 7 and a multi touch monitor additional multi touch features can also be used Eh high resolution low frame rate real time view with optional magnification and colour enhancements This mode can Lex has two main modes They are Virtual X Y mode and Document mode To change between these modes simply press Tab Virtual X Y mode is available only with the optional LexCam camera It enables you to view documents in a be scrolled around using your mouse Document mode is used to read your captured documents in many enhanced ways with speech output as well as for importing and exporting documents If the software is started and LexCam Lex s optional camera is connected you will automatically be in Virtual X Y Mode If the camera is connected and turned on after the Lex software is started you will automatically be taken to Virtual X Y mode Accessing the Menu Alt Lex s menu is permanently located at the top of screen This can be navigated in the same way as standard Windows application menus using the Alt key including key accelerators which are underlined in the menu and arrow keys Page 9 B Lex VisionAid International Virtual X Y Mode for LexCam only Tab
29. ment Saving documents Documents are saved as a single file in the VisionAid Document format VAD The default location for your saved documents is My Documents Lex Save Ctrl S To save your currently open document go to File gt Save on the menu shortcut key Ctrl and S together This displays a standard Windows dialog box that lets you type your document name and select where you want to save it Save As Ctrl Shift S To save a copy of your document go to File gt Save As on them menu shortcut key Ctrl and Shift and S together This either displays a standard Windows dialog box or Lex s custom one depending on your settings that lets you type your document name and select where you wish to save it Page 29 B Lex VisionAid International Editing your documents Pages dialog Ctrl E Lex allows you to edit the pages of your documents In the document you wish to edit simply press Ctrl and E together or go to Edit gt Pages Select all Page 1 The Land of Painted Caves a Information Earth s Children Book 6 AUEL EEEE z Move Down Page 2 Her sense of smell and taste were also keen but s Clear selection Rotate Page 3 herself with anyone and didn t realise 2 Jean M He knew it meant to stay near Recognise Split pages Page 4 and pay dose attention to her Delete The Land of Painted Caves Those
30. nAid International B Lex VisionAid International Speech 6 Word 6 Stop announcements Left Ctrl G aaa X File Edit View Navigation Speech Recognition Tools Window Help C7 If Lex is speaking a menu option or dialog to you simply press the Left Ctrl key to stop it Em m O COD A _ m Speak punctuation U q Default Disabled To enable or disable speak punctuation press U This is useful for users needing punctuation of a document to be read aloud This is currently only available in British and US English but more languages will support this feature soon Pause At Line Breaks Default Disabled Forces speech to pause at the end of every line as detected by Lex This can be useful when reading bank statements or lists Cycle Reading Voice E v To cycle through all available voices for your current reading language press the letter E Speed Slower Faster Shift and Shift Numpad To decrease the reading and interface voice speed press the Shift and Minus or Shift and GO LY T i Numpad minus keys together To increase it press the Shift and Plus or Shift and Displays one word on screen at a time Users can advance the text using screen by screen see page 20 Numpad plus keys together Scroll Bars Volume Decrease Increase Ctrl Shift and Ctrl Shift Numpad 10 1 Lex features standard horizontal and vertical scroll bars To dec
31. nition This contains the same settings as Capture Options detailed in on page 12 together with Layout O C Analysis and Languages Layout analysis Default Accurate This alters how Lex analyses each page For most documents the default Accurate setting is best However occasionally Balanced may yield better results Languages Lists the available recognition languages which are determined by the installed Voice Packs Selecting multiple languages can slow down recognition slightly and also increase the likelihood of recognising a sentence in the incorrect language so it advisable to select as few languages as possible for your document capture If more languages are required please contact your local distributor to purchase them Visualisations Allows you to fine tune how captured documents are displayed O Behaviour Centre on word Default Disabled When enabled the word being read aloud is always centred on the screen When disabled the screen position is only updated when the word being read aloud is not completely within the screen boundary Draw paragraph boundaries Default Enabled When enabled Column Horizontal and Vertical visualisations display a horizontal or vertical line to denote a paragraph boundary This can aid in visualising the document s layout Retain typeface Default Enabled This determines whether the typeface is preserved within your document Disabling this sett
32. nt annotation press the Ctrl and Del keys together Alternatively access it from the menu via Edit gt Annotations gt Delete Annotation Speak Annotation Shift Space To have your current annotation read out in full from the beginning press Shift and Space together OCs Alternatively access it from the menu via Edit gt Annotations gt Speak Annotation Page 23 B Lex VisionAid International Copy to Clipboard N Lex features several ways to copy text information to the clipboard ready to be pasted into other applications Mouse users can right click on a word and choose Copy before selecting their desired copy size Keyboard users can navigate to Edit gt Copy in the menu or press the menu key on the keyboard from Document Mode Copy Sentence Copies the current sentence to the clipboard Copy Paragraph Copies the current paragraph to the clipboard Copy Page Ctrl C Copies the current page to the clipboard The shortcut key for this is Ctrl and C together Copy Document Copies the entire document to the clipboard Page 22 le Lex VisionAid International Image controls Zoom out in Keyboard Ctrl or Ctrl Numpad D Mouse Ctrl Mouse wheel Press and hold the Ctrl key with dash or equals key on the keyboard to zoom out and in or use Ctrl with Numpad plus and dash Alternatively use the Ctrl key together with
33. oon as the capture is complete you will be taken to Document mode where you can view your captured document in many enhanced visualisations and also have it read out loud Please see Document Mode on page 14 for more information Capture New Quick capture to a new document Ctrl Shift N To perform a single page capture to a brand new document press Ctrl and Shift and N together Multiple Capture append Shift Enter To capture more than one page at once press Shift and Enter together After your first page has been captured denoted by the camera sound you will be asked to turn the page Lex then waits to detect enough motion to signify a page turn denoted by a page turning noise then waits for your document to be still for two seconds before taking the next picture This repeats until you stop Auto Capturing by pressing Escape or Shift and Enter again or toggle to Document Mode using Tab Append File Providing you have an open Lex document you also have the ability to append a file to it This will import the file and join it onto your current document using the currently selected capture options Capture Options Alt R There are different settings to control the way your document is recognised These are found under the Recognition menu Alt R E wv with no printed text such as a photograph or hand written document The shortcut key is Shift and O together
34. ow The annotation window can be resized using the mouse in a normal window resizing manner Press Alt to release the mouse position the cursor just above the annotation toolbar and then left click drag the annotation toolbar until it is your desired size Annotation Toolbar There are 6 icons on the annotation toolbar Their icons and functions are described below nt AG An oA Xx 1 2 3 4 5 Add annotation Adds an annotation at your current location Delete annotation Deletes your current annotation Speak annotation Reads your current annotation out loud Decrease text size Reduces your annotation text size Increase text size Increase your annotation text size OU FP WN e Hide Hides the annotation window All Annotations Ctrl Shift J To view all of your annotations either in the current page or entire document press Ctrl and Shift and J together Alternatively access it from the menu via Edit gt Annotations gt All Annotations Add Edit Annotation Ctrl Ins To add an annotation at your current location press the Ctrl and Ins buttons together If the annotation window is not shown this will automatically display it Alternatively access it from the menu via Edit gt Annotations gt Add Edit Annotation You can then immediately start typing or editing your annotation in the annotation window with standard text box controls Delete Annotation Ctrl Del To delete your curre
35. ows If you wish to use the standard Windows ones simply turn this on Use system colours Default On When on the interface and menus will be displayed in your standard Windows operating system colours When turned off they will use your chosen two colour combination Language Allows you to select from the available interface languages Additional interface languages become available when a Voice Pack for a particular language is installed Please contact your local distributor for information on obtaining additional voice packs Voice Allows you to select from the available interface voices Speech Verbosity Default High There are three options Very High High Medium and Low Very High Highest level of speech alerts which includes announcing the types of controls in dialogs High High level of speech alerts with most menus dialogues and navigation boundaries being announced audibly Medium Turns off audio alerts for main menus this can be useful if you wish your screen reader to read the menus to you rather than Lex Low Disables all speech alerts except for navigation boundaries Off Disables all speech Page 39 B Lex VisionAid International Character Spacing Default 1 Allows the spacing between characters to be adjusted between 1 and 2 in 0 1 increments This can help with the legibility of text with certain eye conditions Cyclable visualisations When using the letter V to cycle thro
36. ratically Page 34 le Lex VisionAid International Starting Exiting Lex Software Running Lex Software Once Lex has installed you can either run the program from its program folder Start gt All Programs gt Lex gt Lex or double left click the Lex shortcut on the desktop Exiting Lex Software lex There are three ways to exit Lex 1 Press and hold Alt and then press F4 Go to File gt Exit on the menu To access the menu if you re in a document press Alt The menu can then be navigated using the arrow keys and Enter or the mouse 3 If running in Windowed Mode left click on the X in the top right corner with your mouse You will be prompted to save or discard any unsaved documents before exiting Activating Lex Application and Voice Packs The Lex software license allows you to install and run the software and voice packs on up to three machines They will run for 30 days without activation You will need an internet connection in order to activate online using our remote server or e mail Alternatively for users without an internet connection on their machine you can telephone your distributor or email the required information from another machine to receive your activation keys for both the Lex Application and Voice Packs On start up Lex will inform you if you have any non permanent licenses Licenses Application license Your trial license has 29 days remaining Activate application
37. rease the volume press Ctrl and Shift and Minus or Ctrl and Shift and Numpad minus together To increase it press Ctrl and Shift and Equals or Ctrl and Shift and Numpad plus These can be clicked and dragged to move the view port area around together Speech Replacements Ctrl R BRI To enter Speech Replacements press Ctrl and R together These can be useful if Lex is not pronouncing a particular word or place name correctly as you can manually change the letters used to pronounce a particular word In many cases this will allow you to improve the pronunciation Speech Replacements Language All languages 7 Match Ignore Original Replacement alee sell eeee hedgerow Page 24 Page 17 B Lex VisionAid International Mouse Pointing Device Controls Direct Pan Left click drag In any of the visualisations left click dragging will directly pan your document around on screen Start stop reading Double left click on a word single left click Double left clicking on a word will begin reading from that word The selection point is at the very tip of the cursor To stop reading single left click anywhere Context sensitive menu Right click on word Right clicking on a particular word brings up a context sensitive menu allowing users to copy particular parts of the text lookup the word in a dictionary supported languages only add a bookmark or make an
38. ree 90 degree rotation options Page 28 l Lex VisionAid International Split Book Pages Shift B Default Disabled 4 2 When enabled Lex attempts to intelligently identify page splits This should be disabled for single page captures such as letters or single pages of magazines but should be left on for double spread captures of books or magazines The shortcut key is Shift and B together Crop To Text Default Disabled When enabled Lex attempts to remove any excess background from the image of your document This can be useful if you wish to then export he document as a Word or PDF file as it can help improve the export results Please note crop to text will only function if the background colour is very white in colour Single Column Recognition Shift S Default Disabled Enabling this forces Lex to read across columns of text treating the whole page as just one column where possible This is ideal for reading bank statements or other multi column documents where text needs to be read across columns The shortcut key is Shift and S together Page 13 le Lex VisionAid International 4 Lex VisionAid International Document Mode TAB Bookmarks Ctrl B Document mode allows you to read your captured documents and re format them to your preferred visualisation Lex features the ability to add sentence level bookmarks into your document In your document press Ctrl and B together or go to
39. rop down list 4 Repeat this procedure for all voice Manual Activation Cancel _ 7 Atthe bottom of the screen you can now give the flick a name we suggest Alt and in the Keys box underneath select the box and press the Alt key The word ALT should appear in the box 8 Click Save then OK then OK again to exit the settings Manual Activation 9 You can now try the flick out in the Lex software 1 Select Manual Activation packs you wish to activate Finger controls Rather than tracking a cursor around the screen you can simply use your fingers on the screen to directly 2 For manual activation you will need to provide your software version hardware ID and serial number 3 Follow the on screen instructions and either contact VisionAid International Ltd by phone on 44 0 1775 711 977 email activation visionaid international com or contact your distributor 4 Once you have your activation key enter it into the Activation key field and press Activate manipulate your documents The specific touch screen controls are detailed below Start reading IMPORTANT Pressing twice on a word double tapping will start your document Once a voice pack has been activated you will manually have to change your interface and reading voice reading from that word To do so please see the Interface and Speech sections on pages 39 and 40 Lex s software license allows up to 3 sep
40. rt button in the bottom left corner of your screen Click Computer or My Computer Double click on your CD DVD drive letter often D Navigate to the Lex folder Double click setup exe Se ee ie Follow the on screen instructions IMPORTANT Do not run Lex 1 x x msi You must run setup exe to install the Lex software correctly as this will install other necessary components automatically Part 2 Voice Pack installation Once the Lex application has installed you will need to install at least one Voice Pack Click the Start button in the bottom left corner of your screen Click Computer or My Computer Double click on your CD DVD drive letter often D Navigate to the Voice Packs folder Double click on the voice pack you wish to install oe a ae te This will take several minutes When complete the Voice Pack installation window will disappear Tp Your Lex software and voice packs can be installed and activated on up to three machines for your own personal use Page 6 le Lex VisionAid International Virtual X Y and Document Mode Toolbar An easy access toolbar allows quick mouse access to frequently used controls To alter the icon sizes on the toolbar go to Tools gt Options gt Interface gt Icon Size Virtual X Y Mode Toolbar aE 9H at 9 10 1 8 1 Toggle Camera Document Mode Switch
41. ting Options using the keyboard ceccccesecccsececesececenececenececenececeueceseececeeceseeceseeeceseueceseneeesenseessueceseneeenens 36 ROCO UOI cg annsctcaacocnnsataunatensnticcqucdecnbec cine 4ouetee E A ausia doanen eonenueelen picaveauamnatannrie in 37 NTS OAS cl QING a E sea aee omen S E aaeneae ss E dene tay seeasne von E ui eicemeseeamtecatsmoy eaaecenwesonares 37 7AV 6 61 12 6c 6 oe eee ee ne een er ee eer rene er ee eee ee ee ere ere ere eee errr 38 CO Sarasa E E E 38 UCE e E E E E E 38 PEE a A E EEA E AE 40 POA TOODE NOONE eoi E EE EEEE 40 Page 3 B Lex VisionAid International Introduction Congratulations on choosing the Lex software This user manual will provide you with full instructions in using the Lex software both with and without the use of its portable camera add on LexCam Lex improvement program Users are the best people to help us improve and develop our products so if you have any ideas or suggestions no matter how small please do contact us Suggestions contact information Please use the following methods to contact us regarding your suggestions Email suggestions visionaid international com VisionAid Internationa VisionAid International Ltd Bridge Lodge Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 3AU United Kingdom Phone 44 0 1775 711 977 Thank you and we wish you many hours of enjoyment with your Lex software camera system Page 4 le Lex VisionAid International y Recog
42. ugh visualisations Lex will only cycle through visualisations that are enabled here Appearance Options for setting your preferred colour combinations and highlighting Colours Colour combination Allows you to select your preferred two colour text colour combination from 10 presets Custom Colour Combination When enabled allows you to create your own custom colour combination from 8 foreground and 8 background colours Highlight Custom highlight Colour Select from 8 custom rather than automatic colours for highlighting Highlight shape Default Rectangle Select the way your text is highlighted None Line Rectangle Inverse Controls Allows customisation of Cursor size colour etc Cursor Custom Colour Allows you to select a custom colour for your cursor rather than an automatic one There are 8 possible colours to choose from Size A slider to adjust the size of your cursor Sensitivity A slider to adjust the sensitivity of the mouse within the Lex software This is separate to the standard Windows operating system mouse sensitivity Interface Allows you to alter dialogue text size colours language voice etc Font size Default 8 25 pt Select from 3 different font sizes 8 25 12 and 16 pt Please note that at some resolutions a high font size may not allow you to see all of the menu text Page 38 le Lex VisionAid International COIS hehe seen A E ace nesoudeeneremt saver A A 36 Naviga
43. ur When in greyscale or binary modes invert colour swaps the colours of the image Please note that this does not invert the colour of recognised text only the colour of the image 4 5 Zoom out in Decreases and increases the magnification 6 Visualisation Allows you to choose between the 6 different visualisations 7 Previous Screen Navigates backwards one screen of text 8 Play Pause Starts and stops reading of your document 9 Next Screen Navigates forwards one screen of text 1 0 Split Screen Enables or disables split screen if a screen reader is running 11 Split Position Changes split position from top bottom left or right 12 View Annotation Displays the annotation window in Document Mode Page 35 B Lex VisionAid International Zoom in out To decrease the magnification use your index finger and thumb to make a pinching movement on the screen To increase the magnification move your closed finger and thumb apart You can also do the pinching and stretching motion with two fingers on separate hands Some people can find this easier Caring for your touch screen Your touch screen will attract finger marks over time Please follow your particular touch screen s guidelines for cleaning Tp When using touch screens make sure that at most two of your fingers come in contact with the screen at once Also make sure sleeves or other clothing items are not touching the screen as this will cause it to behave er
44. ustom e_ colour combinations can also be created in Tools gt Options gt Appearance as detailed on page 38 Invert colours I a i When in advanced greyscale and binary modes pressing I allows you to quickly invert your chosen two colour combination which may be necessary for certain coloured texts and backgrounds Rotate Virtual X Y R Shift R To rotate Virtual X Y mode in 90 degree increments simply press R This is ideal if you want to look at something quickly as you can position it under the LexCam then simply enhance it and move it around A with your pointing device Number strip 8 and 9 Numpad and 0 t t When in colour mode you can decrease and increase the saturation of the image using the number strip 8 and 9 Adjust colour saturation and greyscale binary brightness Numpad minus and plus can also be used To reset the levels to default press number strip 0 In advanced greyscale and binary mode you can decrease and increase the brightness of the image using the same controls This can help to sharpen the edges and colours of the text you are viewing Page 10 le Lex VisionAid International Exporting documents Lex allows you to export your documents into the following formats Eh Portable Document Format PDF Rich Text Format RTF text txt Word doc and docx and MP3 Export Ctrl T To export a document ensur
45. yes are found among worms mollusks EESE ahne derms and other invertebrates image forming eyes are found in certain mollusks most arthropods and nearly all vertebrates Arthropods are unique in possessing a compound eye ainal o such as fish have eyes on either side of the head allowing wing B view of the surroundings but producing two serie Rl eama Agon Ta ry birds and mammals binocular vision became p ort volutionary changes in the placement of rapes eyes p ermil ted a larger er of the two visual fields resulting in the h ig mammals n a par Delete Deletes the currently selected bookmark Go Navigates directly to the selected bookmark 5 eat Tak A spheri A Li ght p asses j UALS pa eye T H Ig e 119i oe z pel A recer D oele or th retna ONG TONS EOU for colour vision rods for black and white vision n fair in Vielen re he pup pee estes antec include near and farsightedness and opp re theth _ s s i Page 1 of 1 This displays the unenhanced original image of your document It is perfect for looking at handwritten documents or photographs Page 14 Page 27 le Lex VisionAid International Dictionary Ctrl D This allows you to look up words in Lex s integrated dictionary which doesn t require online access This currently supports UK and US English only 2 5 To launch the dictionary press Ctrl and D together
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