KAPTEN MOBILITY USER’S GUIDE Revision 5 Introduction to Kapten Mobility 1.1 Introduction Kapten Mobility is primarily a navigation device designed for visually impaired people using GPS satellite-positioning system. Kapten Mobility is fully accessible thanks to its accessible interface, which implements speech recognition and voice synthesizer. Kapten Mobility is more than a simple GPS navigator.
Thank you for respecting these guidelines. 1.3 Various technologies used in Kapten Mobility It includes several advanced technologies: Geo localized digital map, Speaker independent speech recognition, Voice synthesizer with text to speech capability, Multi-transport navigation engine including pedestrian, public transport and car navigation, Geo localized public transport database, MP3 player, And, Audio book reader.
1.4 MP3 Player MP3 is an audio format for storing sound or music, without audible loss of quality to the human ear. Kapten Mobility uses an MP3 player to play music files stored in its storage space. Audio book reader Kapten Mobility uses an audio book reader compatible with Daisy standards using HTML format or MP3 stored in Kapten Mobility’s memory space. 1.
Moreover, at any time, you can use the contextual help of Kapten Mobility by performing a long press the play button, or using the voice command "I need help." Interact with Kapten Mobility This part explains how to interact with Kapten Mobility through its interfaces using either the keypad or speech recognition technology. It introduces the voice menu concept and explains different possibilities when using Kapten Mobility. 1.
Note: A long press on the “K” button lists all Point of Interest around your current location. Function buttons The function keypad includes five dedicated buttons at the lower part of the front panel. They are spread over two rows separated by a horizontal bar. Above the bar, is a row of three buttons, and below, a row of two buttons. These five buttons activate various features of Kapten Mobility. The "Navigation" button is located at the left of the top row and is symbolized by a diamond.
The Micro SD connector for memory cards, located on the right edge: The additional micro SD card can increase the memory capacity of Kapten Mobility for multimedia content. The Audio jack connector, located on the top edge of Kapten Mobility: This allows you to connect the headphones as an accessory. 1.11 Headphones The headphones provided with Kapten Mobility features an integrated microphone and a push-to-talk button.
Before entering your command, press the ASR button, wait for the beep and then speak your choice such as an item from the active menu. A voice command is pronounced aloud from the integrated microphone or microphone of your headphones. To increase the efficiency of the speech recognition by Kapten Mobility, we recommend that you: Speak into the microphone with a clear voice, Keep the microphone about 10 centimeters or four inches from your mouth, Speak after the beep, And preferably in a quiet environment.
POI around Indicates Point of interests of any category around your current position. Repeat Repeats the last message announced. GPS Signal Indicates the quality of GPS signal. Battery level? Indicates the battery level in percentages. What time is it? Indicates time of the day. Volume down Decrease the audio level. Volume up Increase the audio level. Current position Indicates latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds and the altitude.
What am I listening to? Indicates information about the current track Next title Advances to the next track Previous title Returns to the previous track Play all tracks Plays all tracks of your music stored in Kapten Mobility Start random mode Starts playing tracks randomly Stop random mode Stops playing tracks randomly Stop music Stops MP3 player « Audio book» related keywords The following keywords are only valid when using the audio book reader.
Long press on « Next» button Toggles between letters and numbers Short press on « K » button Select the current character Long press on « Previous» button Discard the last entered character Short press on « Play, Pause » button Spells the entered characters Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help 1.
Long press on “Volume down” Decreases the speech speed Navigation function 1.16 Before you start navigation with Kapten Mobility Please listen carefully to this message. The Kapten Mobility navigation device, using GPS system, is dedicated for pedestrians, but can also be used in the car. During a navigation session with Kapten Mobility, we invite you to respect carefully warnings described herein.
« Car Navigation »: navigation suitable for in-car use; « Map Discovery »: allow you to read your Kapten Mobility’s digital map and virtually movecross intersections, while giving you a description of each of the intersections; « Public Transport »: allow you to list the road book between two public stations such as subway, tramway or train; « Track »: allow you to record a route, name it, and then play later.
« New address by ZIP code»: Defines a destination point by entering a ZIP code, « Last destinations»: Allows you to select one of your last recorded destinations, « Favorites »: Allows you to select one of your favorite destinations from your favorites list (Please note that all KTAG created with “Favorite” attribute can be retrieved from Favorites list), « Contacts »: Allows you to select your destination from your Contact list; « KTAG »: Allows you to select your destination from your KTAG list; « Point o
Enter the country of your destination by voice, or select from the list of maps available in your Kapten Mobility using the keypad.
City name selection Either enter the city name of your destination by voice, or select city name from the list using the keypad. By default, the proposed list of cities consists of the city of your current position and the last selected cities.
Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item on the list Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu. Long press on « Next» button Selects the city center as your destination.
Crossroad selection Either enter the crossroad name of your destination by voice, or select crossroad name from the list proposed using the keypad. To improve voice recognition of street names, it is necessary to pronounce the street name as a whole. Example: pronounce « Broadway Avenue » and not just « Broadway».
Navigate to « Last Destinations » Either enter the complete address of one of your «Last Destinations» by voice, or select from the list of your last destinations. To choose one of your Last Destinations you can use following buttons: Push to talk button Allows you to select one of your last destinations by pronouncing the complete address as entered first time by voice.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Navigate to « Contact » Either enter the name of your « Contact » by voice, or select one from the proposed list. To create a « Contact », please refer to section "K-Tag". To choose one of your Contacts you can use following buttons: Push to talk button Allows you to select one of your Contacts by pronouncing the name attached to by voice.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Select « K-Tag » Either enter the name of your « K-Tag » by voice, or select one from the proposed list. To select a K-Tag from selected category, you can use the following buttons: Push to talk button Allows you to select K-Tag by pronouncing KTag name recorded during K-Tag creation by voice.
To enter the starting point, you can use the following buttons: Push to talk button Enter one of the menu items by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item on the list Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the men
Short press on « K » button Selects the current item on the list Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Select POI name Ether enter the name of « POI » by voice, or select the name from the proposed list.
Push to talk button Select the starting point address category by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item on the list Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « P
If you entered the Postal code of a city, eventually the next steps will be selecting the name and number of the street in the selected city. If you entered the ZIP Code of a specific area, navigation to this location will start automatically.
Active buttons during navigation During navigation, you can access to information related to the current navigation session by interacting with Kapten Mobility: Either entering navigation related keywords by voice, or by using the keypad. If you want to know the list of navigation keywords, simply say: “Keywords” while accessing the push-to-talk button.
Public transport mode only. Road book mode can be activated using « Roadbook » keyword. Following buttons can be used in « Road book » mode: Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next instruction of Roadbook Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous instruction of Roadbook Short press on « K » button Repeats the last message Long press on « Next» button In pedestrian mode that includes public transportation or Itinerary mode, it allows switching the current Roadbook to the next.
Long press on « K » button Switches to alphanumerical entry mode Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item on the list Long press on « Previous» button Return to select another city name Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Pl
intersection. Once the street announced, Kapten then positions you again on the next crossroad in the direction you have chosen.
Short press on « Stop» button Exits the Map Discovery mode Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help 1.25 « Pedestrian Track » mode Description Kapten Mobility allows you to record a path or a track while walking in order to replay it later as navigation session providing that playing a track cannot be played over to any other navigation mode.
« Record track » menu Before recording a track you have to either enter a voice memo by voice associated to the track in order to retrieve it easily by pronouncing the same memo content. You can use Push-To-Talk button to enter a voice memo or press on « Next » button to skip the voice memo recording. When you arrive to your destination point, press on « Stop » button to exit Track mode.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Track direction to play Either enter the direction of the track by voice using one of the following keywords: « Play Forward »: Navigation will follow the direction of the track as recorded, « Play Reverse »: Navigation will follow the route in the opposite direction of the recording.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Confirm the deletion of a track You have to confirm the deletion of the selected track either by entering YES or NO, or enter the answer from the list. Please note that you cannot recover the deleted track.
When a “track record” is running, Kapten Mobility records your location at regular intervals on your journey, in order to play it again later. During a “track record”, it is not possible to activate navigation at the same time. Nevertheless, it is possible to activate “Free Navigation” mode or playing MP3 or Audio Book. During “Track Record” mode, the following buttons are available: Push to talk button Access to keywords Short press on « Stop» button Stops the “Track record” 1.
Possible actions during “Direct Guidance” When “Direct Guidance” mode is enabled, distance, cardinal direction and clock wise directions are announced automatically in time intervals. "Direct guidance" parameters as defined in Parameters section allows you to: Set the time interval for automatic message generation, Activate or deactivate the "Direct guidance" function automatically at the end of a navigation session.
Or by simply saying: « Start free navigation » or « Stop free navigation ». In both cases Kapten mobility will acknowledge the action. « Free navigation » button can be recognized by triangle symbol and is located in the middle of the upper row of function buttons. Please note that the free navigation mode is automatically disabled when you connect your Kapten Mobility to your computer or when it is switched off. K-tag 1.
Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help 1.
The following buttons are active: Push to talk button Start recording of memo associated to K-Tag by voice Short press on « K » button Stops the recording of memo associated to KTag Short press on « Next» button Skips the recording of memo associated to KTag.
To associate « Favorite »attribute to the K-Tag, you can use one of the following buttons: Push to talk button Allows you to enter your choice by voice: YES or NO Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button
Long press on « K » button Validates the entry and exits from alphanumerical mode Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu without taking into account the entry Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Latitude entry confirmation Either confirm the entry of latitude by voice, or select Yes or No from the list.
Short press on « Play, Pause » button Announces the entered character or characters Long press on « K » button Validates the entry and exits from alphanumerical mode Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu without taking into account the entry Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Longitude entry confirmation Either confirm the entry of longitude by voice, or select Yes or No from the list.
Please note that you cannot modify the geographical position of a K-Tag Modify a K-Tag element Once the K-Tag to modify is selected, you can choose the element of the K-Tag to modify as follow or select from the following list. « Category »: Allows you to change the category of the K-Tag, « Voice memo »: Allows you to change the voice memo of the K-Tag, « Favorite »: Allows you to change the Favorite attribute of the K-Tag.
Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Multimedia features 1.35 Description Kapten mobility offers multimedia features such as MP3 music player and a Daisy audio book reader. 1.
You can access to your preferred music by selecting one of the following modes. You can either select the artist name or the album name. You have also possibility to access all the music of your MP3 player. Either enter your choice of mode by voice, or select from the following list: « Artist »: Selects the artist’s albums to play, « Album »: Selects the album to play, « Play all tracks »: Allows you to play all tracks you have in your Music folder.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Album selection You can either enter the name of the album you want to listen by voice, or select from the list of albums available on your player.
Long press on « Previous» button Allows you to fast rewind Short press on « Play, Pause » button Allows you to pause or play the music Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Short press on « Stop» button Stops the player and exits the MP3 function 1.39 Audio book reader You can activate the audio book reader: Either by a short press on « Audio book » button, Or by saying the « Audio book » keyword.
Either once you select your audio book; Or anytime when listening to an audio book. This menu has the following menu items: « Restart from the beginning »: allows you to restart reading from the beginning of the audio book. « Resume reading »: resumes the reading the audio book at the point you left off during last session. Note that a bookmark is set when you quit reading an audio book. « Stop reading »: stops reading the audio book and exits from audio book function.
Push to talk button Allows you to select the index number of the bookmark to reach by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item from the list Long pr
You can select the browsing level with following buttons: Push to talk button Allows you to enter the browsing level by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and c
and exit Audio book function Parameters This section describes how to configure your Kapten Mobility using the Settings menu accessible form the « Parameters » menu. This menu can be activated: Either by short pressing on « On Off » button which is located at the upper right corner of the front case, Or by entering the « Parameters » keyword by voice. 1.40 Category of Parameters The various parameters of Kapten Mobility are grouped by categories.
1.41 System parameters You can modify the following System Parameters by either entering one of them by voice, or select from the proposed list: « Language »: allows modifying Kapten Mobility’s language.
voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Setting « Speech Speed» You
You can use the following buttons to set the units: Push to talk button Allows you to enter the measurement unit you want to use by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of th
You can use the following buttons to reset your Kapten Mobility: Push to talk button Allows you to enter your choice by voice: YES or NO Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the
« Public transport routing »: allows you to set parameters related to public transport routing « Automatic instruction repeat»: allows you to define the time interval for repeating navigation messages.
Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Automatic repeat for navigation instructions Kapten Mobility allows you to automatically repeat navigation messages at regular intervals . Either enter the time interval for repeating messages by voice, or select from the following list: « Never »: Automatic repeat of messages is disabled. « 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes »: allow you to define the time interval.
Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Car navigation routing parameter Either enter one of the following routing parameter by voice, or sel
Use one of the following buttons to set the parameter: Push to talk button Allows you to enter your choice by voice Short press on « Next» button Indicates the next item of the list Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current ite
« P.O.I announcements »: allows you to select and filter P.O.I category announcements when you are close to them, « K-Tag announcements »: allows you to select and filter K-Tag categories announcements when you are close to them, « Type of announcement »: allows you to select the type of announcement when you are close to a P.O.
Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Managing announcements when close to a P.O.I or K-Tag Either enter the announcement type when you are close to a P.O.I or a K-Tag by voice, or select from the following list: « Audio Indication »: a beep will indicate the proximity of P.O.I or K-Tag « Audio announcement »: the name of P.O.
Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item on the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help 1.46 « Direct Guidance » parameters You can set following Direct Guidance parameters defined in this paragraph.
Short press on « Previous» button Indicates the previous item of the list Short press on « K » button Selects the current item Long press on « Previous» button Returns to the previous menu Short press on « Stop» button Exits the menu Short press on « Play, Pause » button Repeats the title of the menu and current item fon the list Long press on « Play, Pause » button Activates the contextual help Enabling of Direct Guidance at the end of navigation session If you want to enable or disable automa
After installing Kapmanager Mobility on your computer you can connect your Kapten Mobility to your computer with the USB cable in order to manage software updates of your product or updates databases. When connected, Kapmanager Mobility automatically detects Mobility Kapten and the information about your product such as Serial number, software version, etc. is displayed. New updates, when available, are automatically prompted when Kapmanager Mobility is launched.
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