Scanner Mouse It’s a mouse...
Table of contents Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Location of Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing Software and Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CAUTION • T O REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. THERE ARE NO SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE • T THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrow-head symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the unit’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
DANGER To reduce the risk of electric shock, burns, fire or injury: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do not use while bathing or in a shower. Do not place or store unit where it can fall or be pulled into a tub or sink. Do not place in, drop or submerge in water or other liquid. Do not reach for unit that has fallen into water. Unplug it immediately. Care should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled onto the unit. WARNING 1.
10. T o avoid the risk of electric shock, do not disassemble or attempt to repair the unit. Incorrect repair can cause risk of electric shock or injury to persons when unit is used. 11. Do not operate in the presence of explosive and/or flammable fumes. 12. Never remove the USB from the port by pulling the USB cord. 13. D o not direct the LED light or laser beam towards your eyes. Otherwise, this may cause damage to your eyesight or a loss of vision. 14.
FCC INFORMATION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference. 2) This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Location of parts and controls 1. Smart Scan Button 2. Mouse Roll Button 3. Right-click Pad 4. Left-click Pad 5.
PC - Installing Software and Driver 1. I nsert the CD and choose the Program Installation for PC. You may also go to Brookstone.com and search for Scanner Mouse under 817873. Scroll down and locate the “Product Specs” tab, and open. Find Apple®/Windows® Drivers and select “Click Here to Download Windows Drivers.” 2. Click the Install button to display the initial installation screen. 3. C heck the compatibility with your computer, then click Install.
Mac® - Installing Software and Driver 1. Insert the CD and choose the Program Installation for Mac. 2. C lick the Install button to display the initial installation screen and follow the instructions to complete. 3. Y ou may also go to Brookstone.com and search for Scanner Mouse under 817873. Scroll down and locate the “Product Specs” tab, and open. 4. Find Apple/Mac Drivers and select “Click Here to Download Mac Drivers.” 5.
Scanning Function description/ mouse wheel, stop scan Remaining available memory display Scan Window Scan Image 1. P lace the scanner mouse on the desired document or photo, then press the Smart Scan button on the left side of the mouse. 2. O nce the scan program starts, your screen turns black and the image under where the mouse is positioned is displayed. 3. Move the scanner mouse side to side to scan the desired area of the document.
• I f the scan window turns green, you can move the mouse faster. If the screen is yellow, slow down. And if the screen is red—you are scanning way too fast! • I f you move the scanner mouse too fast, some areas may not be scanned and will result in empty spots. You may go back to the empty spots and move the scanner mouse slowly to re-scan those areas. • I f the scanned image appears distorted or broken, stop moving the scanner mouse briefly. The image should calibrate automatically.
• Avoid pressing the scan button for a prolonged period of time as it may damage the LED. • If you pause scanning in a blank area with no text or image, the scanner is not able to resume the operation and stops scanning and returns to the edit mode. • The Scanner Mouse will not work on glass. Remove the glass from the document, or put document on top of the glass surface.
Editing your scan When scanning is complete, the scanned image is automatically cut into a rectangular shape and should be aligned vertically to the background. However, when scanning a partial area, the image may not be automatically set vertical to the background. If the image is not vertical to the background, you can rotate it manually by using the arrow above the box where your scan appears.
• T o erase a section of your scan simply select erase in the menu at the right of the scanned image window and roll the mouse over the sections you’d like to remove. • T o check whether a large image is scanned properly, roll the mouse wheel up/ down to zoom in/out the area where the mouse cursor is located. • P ressing the Smart Scan button on the mouse restarts the scanner. Be careful not to press the Smart Scan button unless you wish to scan the document again.
OCR (Optical character recognition) OCR is a feature used to recognize the text from the scanned image, which allows you to edit or modify the text from your scan. OCR software supports: • Microsoft Office (e.g.
Important: If the image has text and is not vertical, the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) function may not work properly. Make sure to align the image vertically prior to proceeding with OCR. Using OCR Paste Image/Paste Text Save the scanned image as an image file (png, jpg, tif, bmp) or a text file (pdf, xls, doc) to the desired location.
Using the Share feature If you press the Share button, four options are displayed. When you use this function for the first time, you will be asked to authenticate your account. Once the authentication is complete, you can use these services with your account. Caution: Do not open multiple applications. Using email: Click the Mail icon to attach an image as a .jpg file to the added email application. Flickr, Twitter or Facebook: Click the Flickr, Twitter or Facebook icon to share your images on the Web.
Print your scan Activate the print dialog box and print using the designated printer. Document mark: This icon is enabled when the OCR function is activated and the text is recognized. You can drag and drop the icon, similar to the text pasting function, to copy the text to a compatible program. Preview window: Once the scan is complete and the editing is finished, press OK to display the preview of the selected image. You can drag and drop to copy the image to a compatible application, save as a .
The Drag and Drop feature also limits the quality of the image. Make sure to switch to the maximum scan size after using it. (This feature will produce different output sizes for the same image depending on the resolution.) In Outlook Express, you can drag and drop attachment files (jpg, Word) only. If there are multi languages within paragraphs in the same page, it is better to separate them for Edit mode performance for OCR. To close out of the software please go to the bottom right side of Windows O/S.
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Settings General options User interface language Scan maximum resolution-Full: 400 dpi, High: 320 dpi, Medium: 200 dpi, Low: 100 dpi (can be modified in Settings) *The resolution may be lower than the available options due to your computer specifications and/or user settings.
Text recognition Languages for OCR can be selected in the options menu. • F ilter: Languages can be filtered by selected languages and available languages. • S earch: Languages can be found quickly using the Search tab underneath the Filter option. Advanced options Modifying the advanced options is generally not suggested as it may affect the system's performance. You will see this message as a reminder, when you open the Advanced tab.
Settings Manage extensions: Manage application programs to add convenience to the scan software. • Y ou can view, add, or remove the settings for your e-mail, Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. • If you want to sign out of Twitter, Facebook or Flickr and use another application, click the desired application to display its button at the bottom right of the window. Click the button to log out from the account.
How to Add Your Social Networking Accounts When you sign in to an application for sharing, authentication needs to be done only once. Next time you access that social networking service, the scanned image will be automatically uploaded to the added account. For example, Acudad is an application that automatically uploads a scanned image to the added account. Authenticating your Twitter, Flickr or Facebook account • View account information.
Note: When you request to upload the image in Photo Album the image may not upload. If this happens, click the back button to the My Photo Album which is located at the top, left side and then allow the authorization to upload. Tip: If you want to change the account of the service system (s-logo) menu go to > Manage extensions -> Click the service you want to change -> click the setting -> log out. This will update the new account.
Specifications (continued) System Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W indows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6 or above CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ntel Core Duo 1.2GHz, or AMD Athlon 64x2 1.7GHz or better Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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One (1) Year Limited Warranty Brookstone® warrants this product against defects in materials and/or workmanship under normal use for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of purchase by the original purchaser (“Warranty Period”).
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