Eye-Pal Training Guide and User Manual OS Windows XP, Windows 7 Release 4.1.
Table of Contents What is Eye-Pal?..................................................................................................................................................................3 Setting Up Eye-Pal................................................................................................................................................................3 How to Place a Document Under the Camera..............................................................................................
What is Eye-Pal? Eye-Pal is a computer-connected portable electronic scanner/reader that helps those with low vision to hear text read aloud. Eye-Pal reads aloud books, magazines, newspapers, documents, prescription labels and other print in a variety of naturally-sounding voices and languages. The software program is fully customizable to accommodate individual preferences. Default settings can be changed by going to Application and down to Settings. Setting Up Eye-Pal 1.
How to Place a Document Under the Camera Place a document under the Eye-Pal camera and press the Space bar to hear “Camera started” 1. To scan and hear printed material read aloud, press E on the keyboard, and wait until you hear a shutter sound. Reading starts immediately. 2. Press X to pause and resume reading. 3. Press E to have the text read to you from the beginning of the document. Follow along as the text is read aloud and displayed on the screen. Keyboard Keys to Navigate Reading 1.
You can change the voice parameters by going to Application, Settings then Voice tab: Test different voices, select the one that you like and click Apply. You can change the speed by clicking the Shift + Q key to make it faster or the Shift + Z key, to make it slower. You can also change the speed by going to Application, down to Settings, over to the Voice tab and using the slide bar.
including text, menus, and dialog boxes. By default, the Application Language is English. Saving a Document and Opening a Previously Saved Document Place a new page at the Eye-Pal base. Go to Application and down to Save Image. A Save Image dialog box will appear. Type in the name for your document, and click the Save button. The image will be saved in the default directory My Documents\Eye-Pal\Images. You can also select another directory in which to save the document.
A Save text dialog box will appear. Type in the name for your document and click the Save button. Documents will be saved in the default directory My Documents\EyePal\Texts. Again, you can select another directory in which to save the document. When saving a previously saved image as text, there is no need to stop the camera because it is already stopped. Follow the same steps listed above.
Creating and Managing Books A Book is an electronic copy of a book that you can create using the Eye-Pal camera. Eye-Pal allows you to scan and save multi-page documents to a computer. While reading a Book you can use all the same document capabilities that are available for documents with Eye-Pal. You can listen while the book is read to you page by page. The whole book can be saved as text, using any third party software to read the file. A Book allows you to bring your book anywhere with you.
The dialog will go away and the Add Pages bar will appear instead. You can save any kind of book using Eye-Pal; small paperback books, large books with page sizes up to 8.5’x11’, and magazines. Choose how to scan a Book Start by selecting one of the three scanning options: 1. Scan one page at a time. Use this option to scan a small amount of large pages. 2. Scan only odd or only even pages. Use this option to scan pages in a large book. Open the book and place the left or right page under the camera.
can save both pages at once. While using this option, the book orientation is important. Always put the book in landscape format and align the edges of the book with the EyePal base. When you scan two pages at once, both pages will be saved with their respective numbers. You will be able to view each page separately. If the Book failed to separate two pages, this will be indicated by an error sound and will be saved as one page. In this case, you can delete that page.
2. Auto Mode: a) Click the Start Auto Mode Button. b) Place the open book under the camera and use both hands to flatten the page. In a few seconds you will hear the shutter sound, as the page has been scanned and saved. c) Turn the page, again keep the page flat and in a few seconds you will hear the same sound. d) Continue turning pages until you have all the pages you want to be scanned and saved.
4. When you are saving a lot of pages in Auto mode, you may notice you have to wait longer to hear the shutter. It could be due to one of three reasons: a) The camera detects some motion such as wind, unstable hands, etc.; b) The camera missed a motion when you flipped the page; or c) Eye-Pal turned the camera off because the conditions have changed; for example, the lights in the room were turned on or off. You can always restart the camera and click the Start Auto Mode button again. 5.
viewed. If the Status Parameter box is checked under General Settings, Eye-Pal will tell you the current page number. Eye-Pal will remember all of your selections when you move from page to page or from book to book. If you use the Save only odd or only even pages option while saving the book, you will have to rotate only the first even (odd) page. EyePal will rotate the rest of the pages automatically. 4. Click the Next button or N on the keyboard to go to the next page of your document.
5. Repeat step 4 as needed. 6. When you finish adding new pages, click the Done button. If you are saving pages in Auto Mode, click the Stop Auto Mode button first and then click the Done button. The Add Pages book bar will disappear, and the Read Mode Book bar will appear again. Deleting pages in an existing Book In order to delete a page in a book: 1. Open the book by going to the Book menu, and click on Open Book. The Read Mode Book bar will appear. 2.
1. Go to the Book menu, and click on Delete Book. 2. The Delete Book dialog box will appear. Select the book that you wish to delete and click the Delete button. You cannot delete an open book. 3. You will be asked to confirm your instruction. Click yes. Closing a Book To close a book you can click the Exit button or go to the Book menu, and click Close Book.
Saving a Book as text After you have scanned the book, you can convert the whole book to one text file. Under the Book Menu, click on Save Current Book as Text. The file is saved in the folder My Documents\Eye-Pal\Texts. Depending on the power of your computer, it will take approximately 3 to 6 seconds to save each page. For 200 pages the process may take 10 to 20 minutes. If the Status box is checked under General Settings, Eye-Pal will tell you the current page number.
There is a check box under the General tab of the Settings window: “Use arrow keys to simulate X-Y table”. The default is unchecked. The unchecked option allows you to use arrow keys while reading the text. For example: to move to the next word, sentence, etc. If you noticed that arrow keys do not behave properly for reading, check this setting. Eye-Pal Quick Reference Guide (4.1.
Start/Stop Eye-Pal Camera: (Insert + Delete) Start reading: (Insert + 2) (It will read to the end of page.
Next page: Previous page: N P Zoom-Book Menu Accelerator Keys (Alt + B) is an accelerator for Book Sub-Menu. Key B O D L V A G T Function Book Menu, Create new book Open Book Delete Book Close book Save current book as Save current book as text Add pages Delete this page ABiSee Contact and Customer Service Information Please feel free to contact us regarding any questions or concerns you may have. ABiSee, Inc.
Fax: 253-595-3623 E-mail: info@abisee.
